Spicy Sausage & Beer Cheese Dip Recipe, easy dip made in a slow cooker with sausage, green pepper, onion, beer, and cheese.
Slow Cooker Spicy Sausage & Beer Cheese Dip, an easy warm dip recipe made right in your crockpot and great for parties! Last year I won some great prizes from a recipe contest sponsored by Taste of Home Magazine and Jimmy Dean. One of the prizes was a year supply of Jimmy Dean sausage. Not sure who in my family was the most excited! We were all thrilled to get a yearly supply of sausage! Everyone at Taste of Home Magazine and Jimmy Dean were so wonderful! Whenever there was a box on our front porch the kids would get really excited, but then disappointed if it was NOT our sausage shipment. Unfortunately, the shipments have stopped but we still have sausage in the freezer and I can’t stop coming up with recipes using all my Jimmy Dean sausage so you may see a few more recipes in the next few months!
Although you may think of Jimmy Dean as breakfast food, Jimmy Dean has all kinds of products and different varieties of sausage including a reduced fat variety. I wanted to come up with an easy dip recipe that would be great for the Super Bowl.
There is a little prep work involved but you can cook the sausage and vegetables a day or two ahead of time, store in the fridge, then put everything in the slow cooker the day you want to serve it. I used the “hot” variety of Jimmy Dean Sausage, but I’m sure any of their varieties would work just as well.
The Spicy Sausage & Beer Cheese dip will look like a big mess when you first put it in the slow cooker but it will all melt and come together. You can serve this dip with all sorts of things such as tortilla chips, toasted baguette slices, crackers, etc.
(Slow Cooker) Spicy Sausage & Beer Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 1 pound spicy Italian sausage (or your favorite sausage), crumbled
- 1 small green pepper seeds removed & finely chopped
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- 12 ounces beer
- 6 cups shredded cheese (3 – 8 ounce bags like Monterrey Jack)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (1 – 8 ounce block), cut into cubes
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet cook sausage, green pepper, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat for about 5-7 minutes or until meat is cooked through and vegetables start to soften. Drain any excess fat, then pour sausage and vegetables into bottom of slow cooker.
- Add beer, shredded cheese, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, and salt and pepper to taste to slow cooker on top of sausage and vegetables. Stir everything to combine.
- Cook dip on low for about 2 hours or until heated through and cheese has melted. Stir well. Remove cover and keep on low to serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition:
(Nutrition data is provided when available for informational purposes only and calculated using an online nutritional calculator. For the most accurate information please calculate based on specific ingredients and brands you use as well as any changes you made to the recipe. I am not a certified nutritionist or registered dietician and any nutritional information provided should only be used as a general guideline and estimate.)
About Lisa Huff
Lisa Huff is a Cookbook Author, Freelance Recipe Developer, Food Photographer, Blogger/Writer, and award-winning home chef. She loves creating unique recipes from healthy to decadent including cocktails, appetizers, main dishes, dessert recipes and more and has appeared on various shows, publications, and websites.
Yum!!! Thanks for the recipe. I will make it this Sunday. What size crockpot did you use?
I think this was just ok. I thought it would be a lot better considering the ingredient list. I followed the recipe exactly, but ended up needing to add more garlic and Tabasco because it was bland. I made for the super bowl, but it wasn’t a big hit among guests. I used a light beer so maybe a full flavored beer would be better? I probably won’t make again, but thanks for sharing the recipe!
Sorry you didn’t like it. Yes, a different beer and spicy sausage makes a big difference. Sorry!
What type of beer is best for this?
So, what.contest did you win? I was a runnerup a few urs yrs ago with Taste of Home, and I received a years worth of sausage. Mine was for a chowder recipe.
Hi! It was a contest through Taste of Home & Jimmy Dean quite a few years ago.
This sounds really good, Lisa. Saw it on Pinterest…..a sure repin!
Yum!!! Thanks for the recipe. I will make it this Sunday. What size crockpot did you use?
Hi Alycyn!
This dip looks so good. Beer, cheese and sausage sound like a great combo. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Deb!
No pork sausage and cheese is expensive there?? Gosh, I don’t know that I could do it Carrie! I’m sure other types of sausage would work just fine.
hmmm… might have to try with turkey sausage. No pork in Doha and we REALLY miss good sausage.