Queso Dip for Meat Lovers: Johnsonville’s Spicy Sausage Queso

While at the Johnsonville blogger retreat, another one of the many Johnsonville-inpsired dishes I sampled was the Spicy Sausage Queso. While the ingredient list might leave you calculating how many miles you’ll have to run on the treadmill to burn it off, I can assure you that the recipe is well worth it.

Spicy Sausage Queso

Yield: 6 cups

Ingredients

1 package (16 ounces) Johnsonville Hot All Natural Ground Italian Sausage
2 pounds Velveeta process cheese, cubed
1 jar (16 ounces) chunky salsa
2 teaspoons fennel seed, crushed
2 teaspoons garlic powder
¼ teaspoon dried basil
Garlic toast

Directions
In a skillet, cook and crumble sausage until no longer pink; drain.  Place cheese in a large microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave on high for 6 minutes or until melted, stirring every 2 minutes.  Stir in the salsa, seasonings and sausage.  Microwave 2 minutes longer or until heated through.  Serve with garlic toast.

Tips:

• Add ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper for a spicier dish
• Serve garlic toast with diced tomatoes and chopped black olives
• To serve in a bread bowl, cut off the top of a round loaf of bread; carefully hollow out bottom, leaving a 1-inch shell.  Cube removed bread.  Spoon cheese dip into bread shell.  Serve with bread cubes.

Recipe from Johnsonville Sausage. For more recipes from the Johnsonville kitchen, click here.

Stacy DeBroff

Stacy DeBroff, founder and CEO of Mom Central.com and social and digital consultancy, Influence Central, is a social media strategist, attorney, and best-selling parenting author. A sought-after expert for national media, she trend-spots regularly with national brands and speaks frequently to national and international audiences on a wide range of subjects, including influencer marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and consumer trends. A passionate cook, gardener, reader, and tennis player, she adores this new chapter of post-college-age parenting.