3-Ingredient Cream Cheese Sausage Dip – SOOOO good! Sausage, cream cheese, and Rotel. Ready in under 10 minutes. Great for parties! There is never any left!!
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Pin This RecipeI must confess. I had my doubts about this recipe. With only 3 ingredients I wasn’t sure this was going to have much flavor. Well, I was completely wrong! This stuff is awesome!!!
I am not a big fan of plain cream cheese. I love it in dips, casseroles, etc. But just cream cheese on a bagel – nope. I was worried that this 3-Ingredient Cream Cheese Sausage Dip would have too much of a cream cheese flavor, but it didn’t. The sausage and tomatoes really shine in this dip. We served this with some scoops tortilla chips and it was perfect! This is a great dip for when you need something quick and easy for a party. It is always a hit!
3-Ingredient Cream Cheese Sausage Dip
Ingredients:
- 1 pound sausage , such as Jimmy Dean
- 1 (10-oz) can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, cut into pieces
Instructions:
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage until crumbled and no longer pink. Drain. Add Rotel and cream cheese to skillet. Stir until cheese melts.
- Serve warm with tortilla chips.
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*Great additions! I’ve made this many times will try it with the hormel + hot sauce thanks!
Is it any good cold?
Since this goes very fast…I upped the ingredients to make more. Three cream cheese bricks, two cans of Rotel and one package is the rolled sausage. So yummy!!!
This is how I make it. We call it 3-2-1 Dip. I add extra Jalapeños.
I use two spicy chubs of Tennessee pride. 5 bricks of cream cheese. Two cans of spicy rotel or original depending on the store. A can of beanless hormel chili. A swirl of Frank’s hot sauce.
Literally gets destroyed every Sunday.
I’m definitely going to try this!
I add a little less than an 1/8 tsp of cumin. Gives it a great flavor.
I have always made with 2 packages of cream cheese, one rotel and sausage
I make this with sausage,cream cheese and salsa .. everyone loves it
So, so, so good! Husband and I ate the whole bowl of dip on Christmas Eve this year while having video calls with friends and family. I used a spicy Italian chicken sausage, original Ro-Tel, full fat cream cheese, and added a couple of splashes of jalapeño Tabasco (the green one).
I have to say, I did not like this recipe at all with Italian sausage. The Italian seasoning doesn’t compliment the taste of this recipe. But I’m glad you enjoyed it! We always use a roll of Jimmy Dean mild country sausage, 1 can hot rotel and 1 brick of Philadelphia cream cheese. If it’s just my husband and I, I will use a roll of hot Jimmy Dean sausage and can of hot rotel and the brick of Philadelphia. But when the kiddos eat with us, I do the country mild Jimmy Dean and can of hot rotel and then brick of Philly cheese. Served with French bread chunks and scoops tortilla chips. The best! Try the ORIGINAL recipe like this and you’ll be in for a treat!
If you have leftovers, which you shouldn’t unless you make tons…try using it as a spread on and English muffin or egg muffin sandwich!
YUM!
Mine is a little soupy for tonight. Any ideas as to how I can thicken kt up a bit?
let it cool off some?
You must have put 2 cream cheeses to one sausage. That is always too soupy for me. If you have any more sausage to cook, you might cut off and cook about 1/4 of the roll and cook and add to your thin dip, and it should help.
For just us, I put 1 cream cheese to 1 lb sausage and 1 Rotel. In the future, you might ‘drain’ the liquid off the Rotel if you think it is too soupy.
Actually, for a party, I do TWO of each, 2 Sausage, 2 cream cheese and 2 Rotel 1 drained and undrained.
Enjoy!
I make a double batch. 1 lb hot sausage, 1 lb regular sausage, 2 packages cream cheese and 2 cans of the fire roasted rotel.
Can you substitute the sausage for ground turkey?
Sure. You might want to add some spices to the dip since you aren’t using the seasoned pork.
We’ve always called this Ugly Dip…. everyone can understand why. But it is amazingly good!
We call this 3-2-1 dip. 3 packs of cream cheese, 2 cans rotel, 1 pound sausage. Throw it all in the crockpot and still really flavorful!
To use hamburger in place of sausage for work parties because onevof our doc’s can’t eat pork. I use the spicy Rotel. Still good and I don’t e we bring any home:(
I don’t eat pork either. I used Jimmy Dean’s turkey sausage crumbles in place of pork sausage. I also add a little maple syrup to the sausage while it’s cooking to give it a maple flavor. Gives the dip a little bit of sweet yet still spicy. Coworkers loved it.
My idea would be to encourage them to eat pork because it’s ridiculously awesome.
Most often it is for a religious reason. I would suggest not leaving them out by preparing it as you said. Turkey sausage or hamburger.
can it be bake
Does it reheat well. Thinking of making it ahead.
It reheats fine. If the dip gets too thick, add some milk. Enjoy!
Just put back in fry pan or pot on low!
Is it better to add 8oz. of cream cheese or 16oz.
I use one 8-oz package of cream cheese
I have been making this forever and everyone loves it! Sometimes I add a 2nd can of Rotel (partly drained), to make it a little less thick (my husband likes it thicker than I do!). We use the HOT sausage, but it's still not that spicy of a dip. My husband likes to paper towel the grease from the sausage, but I think it adds flavor! I make it as an appetizer for get-togethers or sometimes my husband and I have it for lunch on the weekend. Sooooo good!
We’ve been making this in Mississippi for years and we call it Tuzzi Dip. Our recipe calls for two blocks of cream cheese and you cook your HOT sausage first. Serve with Fritos.
didn't even think, if it goes in crockpot with all the ingrediants (sausage not cooked) will it be okay?
I would suggest cooking the sausage first
How to store and reheat if I make it the day before!!