Give us all the cheese! This Queso Blanco Dip (White Queso Recipe) is a super simple, creamy, spicy, filled with all the cheesy goodness you can handle easy recipe.
If you are like me, I like to dip and have condiments. Grill up some chicken and dip it in this homemade queso blanco dip. If you like tacos, try this slow cooker shredded beef recipe and use this queso dip as a topping.
This cheesy dip is just like the perfect appetizer at your favorite Mexican restaurant but it’s made at home! Perfect for game day (super bowl party), an easy appetizer at your next party or even for a cinco de mayo!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our queso blanco dip, you need the following ingredients:
- White American cheese
- Diced green chilies
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Half and half or heavy cream
- Water
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Queso Blanco Dip
- Place all ingredients into a microwavable-safe bowl.
- Microwave on high for 5 minutes, stopping to stir after every minute. It might appear runny at first, but it will thicken up as it starts to cool down.
- Serve immediately with tortilla chips.
Spice it up!
This white queso sauce recipe has medium heat, if you want more heat simply add more jalapeños, poblano pepper or green chiles. You can always spice it up with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. If you would like to add a little different texture to this easy queso blanco recipe, add some black bean, tomatoes, green onion, fresh cilantro or ground beef!
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Queso Blanco Dip (White Cheese Dip) Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ pound white American cheese, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles
- 2 jalapeños, seeded and diced
- ⅔ cup half and half
- ½ cup cold water
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a microwavable-safe bowl.
- Microwave on high for 5 minutes, stopping to stir after every minute. It might appear runny at first, but it will thicken up as it starts to cool down.
- Serve immediately with tortilla chips.
Notes
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Can this be put in a slow cooker to keep warm?
Great dip! Definitely a must try 🙂
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I too, am a dip addict. Or,more honestly, an appetizer addict. thank you forgiving me one more to try!! 🙂
This dip is out of this world delicious….I recommend Cooper White American cheese for this dip
I think it would work great to keep warm. My crock pot has a warm setting that is a lower temp than the “LOW” setting.
Saute 1 to 2 really thin onion slices in 2 to 3 tbl. of real butter. Add to cheese mixture. You won’t be disappointed.
Is this dip really hot?? I was wondering if I should just use one jalapeños?
The heat in this recipe will come from the jalapenos. So if you don’t like it too hot you may want to add only one.
This dip never comes out right for me :((( IT is really chunky and oily and not creamy at all. It also is always separated.
Any ideas??
Racheal you need to make sure you are using a very high quality cheese not a processed cheese that contains oil. Do not see how an all dairy recipe could come out oily but it could if the cheese was something that contained oil.
Loved this! Brought it to a party and it was so rich and creamy! Could have been more spicy IMO but I did take out the jalapeño’s seeds so maybe next time I’ll leave them in. Used Boar’s Head cheese. Mmmmmm
Made this last night for the first time, we love our mexican restaurant cheese dip. I was so hoping this would turn out just like it. It did not turn out like theres at all. I think it was 10 times better. Perfect for dipping lovely amount of heat consistency was great not to runny not to think Thanks for posting this we are big mexican food eaters so this will come in handy, yummmmy
This is ridiculously delicious. I couldn’t stop myself from raving on and on as I was drowning Scoops in this dip! I used Cooper cheese as suggested by another reviewer and I thank her for that suggestion. 🙂 I’m making this for our Super Bowl party and I will use a few more seeds from the jalapenos as we like it best when it has some real kick. Thanks for a wonderful, rich and creamy dip recipe.
I didn’t have good results when I put it in the crock pot. It separated and was inedible.
As I live in Australia – what would be the equivalent to American white cheese? Thank you as I would love to try this recipe.
This was amazing! Used some home pickled jalapeno’s but didn’t use the can of chilis.
If you don’t live In the USA what would be an equivalent to white American cheese?
Hello could you please explain what is half and half ????
Half and half is a creamy rich milk. It is half milk and half cream. You find it in the milk/dairy section of the store.
Provolone cheese would work as a substitute if you can’t find white American cheese.
Made this yesterday but cooked 2 chicken breasts and chopped it up and added to melted queso! yummy
What about white cheddar if you can not find white american cheese?
Hi Diane! We have only made this dip using the White American cheese. White cheddar would probably work but the taste would be different. American cheese is creamier when it melts. Let us know how it all turns out.
How much half and half and water
The heat from jalepenos come from the seeds. It just brings good flavor when they have been seeded.