Slow Cooker Rotel Dip with Beef
59 Comments Jun 14, 2020
Updated Oct 17, 2024
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Make Rotel Dip in your crockpot with Velveeta, ground beef and 2 cans of Rotel Tomatoes. Perfect dip for parties and gameday.
We love a good Velveeta dip like this recipe or my cheeseburger dip or nacho cheese sauce too!
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What is Rotel?
- Rotel is canned tomatoes with diced green chiles. It is a brand name, and you can usually find it on the top shelf near the canned tomatoes.
- There are different varieties of Rotel such as Original, Hot, Mild, No Salt added and Fire-Roasted. Use whatever variety you like, my store only had the no salt variety due to low stock on items. Often you can find the store brand version.
How to make Rotel Dip:
- 2 cans of Rotel – Yes! two cans, if you only use one you will have a dip that is too thick.
- Velveeta cheese – A small 1 lb. box. – You may also like my loaded nacho dip recipe that uses the same cheese.
- Seasonings – I use chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Ground beef – cooked, crumbled, and drained before adding to the slow cooker.
How long do I cook?
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Can I use sausage instead of ground beef?
- Ground sausage is great in this recipe!
- I like to use 1 pound of Jimmy Dean Breakfast sausage.
How can I make this less spicy?
- Rotel tends to be spicy, be sure to use “Mild” if you have any aversion to spicy food.
- Alternatively, you can use mild salsa instead of Rotel.
How can I thin my dip after it’s been on the warm setting for too long?
- The dip will thicken with time if left on the warm setting for a length of time while serving.
- Add a splash of milk to thin the dip.
How to serve
Rotel dip is best served with corn tortilla chips, which can be store-bought or homemade. Here is the recipe I use: Homemade Tortilla Chip Recipe.
You can also use “Frito” corn chips – buy the larger kind labeled “Fritos Scoops”.
For a lower-carb or healthier option, you can serve the dip with vegetables such as carrot chips, sugar snap peas, cucumber, or celery.
Other great dip recipes:
- Slow Cooker Bacon Cheeseburger Dip
- Slow Cooker Chili Cheese Dip
- Slow Cooker Velveeta Bean Dip
- Slow Cooker Taco Dip
- Slow cooker Smoked Queso
- Slow Cooker Sausage Dip
- Slow Cooker Artichoke Dip
- Slow Cooker Creamy Bean Dip
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Rotel Dip
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 16 oz. Velveeta cheese, this is the smaller box
- 20 oz. Rotel® diced Tomatoes with & Green Chiles, (TWO 10-oz. cans) DO NOT DRAIN
- 2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
For serving
- corn chips
- chopped cilantro, optional
Instructions
- Set a large skillet over medium high heat on the stove top. Brown and crumble the ground beef, drain the fat.
- Add the cooked ground beef to the slow cooker, cube the velveeta and add on top of the beef.
- Pour over the can of rotel and sprinkle over the chili and garlic powder. Stir.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for 2 hours or until cheese is melted and the dip is hot.
- Keep on warm while serving.
How to Video
Sarah’s Notes
- Rotel tends to be spicy (even the original style), be sure to use “Mild” if you have any aversion to spicy food.
- Alternatively, you can use mild salsa instead of Rotel.
- Ground sausage is great in this recipe!
- I like to use 1 pound of Jimmy Dean Breakfast sausage.
- The dip will thicken with time if left on the warm setting for a length of time while serving.
- Add a splash of milk to thin the dip.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Can I use Swiss cheese instead of velveeta?
I don’t know how it would melt, you may need to add milk.
A little late, but you can use a small amount of sodium citrate to give any cheese that velveeta smoothness.
made this for the super bowl, added elbow macaroni to the left over dip the next day….
That is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Great recipe base. I added a couple of different things. When I cooked the hamburger I added a little taco seasoning to it before adding to the crock pot. After it cooked for an hour and 15 minutes and stirred I thought it was missing something else. So, I added 2 cups of triple cheese shredded cheese and 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Then finished out the 45 minutes and man that was perfect! Thank you for the easy recipe. Also, with this recipe crock pot liners are your friend super easy clean up.
An all time favor favorite. Originally published in the Crock Pot recipe book that came with the appliance in the 1970’s. Thanks for sharing as I can’t find my pamphlet!
How long on low will this take in a crock pot
The full recipe is in the recipe card. Crock pot and slow cooker are the same thing.
I also use one large can of cream of mushroom it turns out perfect
Can i use a 7 qt slow cooker?
Yes!
Can you use ground turkey
Yes! Or ground chicken.
Thanks
Looks amazing! How long would I bake in the oven?
I’m unsure, I only test my recipes in the slow cooker.
I followed your recipe and it turned out marvelous! My daughter said it was the best rotel dip I have ever made. I think adding the chili powder gave it that extra flavor it needed because in the past I’ve always only done the cheese, meat and one can of rotel and that was it. So thank you so much! I garnished it with pico de gallo and sour cream.