Mexican Fiesta Dip

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (12 ounce) package low-fat sausage
• 3/4 lb extra lean ground beef
• 2 (8 ounce) softened cream cheese
• 1 (16 ounce) container queso blanco, cheese dip (such as gordo's)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded monterey jack pepper cheese
• 1 1/2 cups salsa
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, finely diced (optional)
• 3 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 -2 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 2 -3 teaspoons minced garlic
• salt and black pepper
• 2 -3 chopped green onions, for garnishing
• 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack pepper cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a large stove top pot over medium-high heat, cook the sausage, ground beef, diced onion and jalapeno. add a little oil, if needed, and season with salt and pepper.
• 2 drain any excess fat from the pan, then add the taco seasoning, lime juice, minced garlic and worcerstershire sauce.
• 3 continue to cook for a couple of minutes, until no pink remains in the meat.
• 4 add all of the softened cream cheese, the queso dip and 1 1/2 cups of salsa.
• 5 lower the heat to medium-low, and slowly melt all of the ingredients together.
• 6 stir often to prevent the dip from sticking to the bottom of the pot. simmer for a total of 25 minutes.
• 7 stir in 1 1/2 cups of grated pepper jack cheese and chopped cilantro.
• 8 remove the dip from the heat, and pour carefully into your slow cooker to keep w.
• 9 arm, or serve immediately with lots of tortilla chips for dipping. sprinkle the remaining shredded cheese on top to melt and a sprinkle of chopped green onion.