Name: Pimento Cheese Sausage Dip
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 11 ounce container pimiento cheese; 1 pound hot ground sausage; 8 ounce block cream cheese ((cut into chunks)); 1 cup salsa

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Pimento Cheese Sausage Dip is always the surprise hit at parties! It adds amazing flavor and a new twist on the usual sausage cheese dip!

A DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT CHEESE DIP

I think I have a new favorite dip! I love a good sausage dip made with Velveeta but I decided to switch out the Velveeta for pimento cheese and oh boy!! This was so amazing in flavor! The pimento cheese really adds extraordinary flavor to punch up your ordinary sausage dip. If you make this, your guests will all want to know what your secret ingredient is!

a hand holding up a tortilla chip with some pimento cheese sausage dip on the end of it.

TIPS FOR MAKING PIMENTO CHEESE SAUSAGE DIP:

This dip is creamy and savory and only has a very small kick of heat from the hot ground sausage. If you want even more heat, you could use a hot salsa or add some jalapeños. You can even find spicy pimento cheese as well.
You can make it very mild by using a regular, non-spicy ground sausage as well as a mild salsa. Whatever your tastebuds prefer. It's that easy!
If you want to keep this warm while serving, put it into a small crock pot and keep it on the "warm" setting.
Just buy your favorite pimento cheese. I usually grab what is on sale. My personal all-time favorite is Callie's Hot Little Biscuit Pimento Cheese (you can find it at many Costco locations - but not all.) I don't have a Costco near me but when I travel to one, I always pick up Callie's. Palmetto cheese (shown below) is a close second.

a tortilla chip being dipped into a bowl with hot pimento cheese sausage dip.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

pimento cheese
hot ground sausage
cream cheese
salsa

pimento cheese, salsa, hot sausage and cream cheese.

HOW TO MAKE PIMENTO CHEESE SAUSAGE DIP:

Cook and crumble ground sausage until no longer pink.

browned and crumbled sausage in a skillet.

Drain excess grease and put ground sausage back into pan. Add in cream cheese and salsa and stir.

cubed cream cheese and salsa added to the skillet with cooked sausage.

And finally, stir in pimento cheese.

Cover and allow cheeses to melt slowly over low-medium heat. Stirring frequently. Note: Do not allow mixture to come to a simmer.

pimento cheese sauce dip shown in a large skillet with a wooden spoon.

Once mixture is combined and melty, serve immediately. Note: you can keep this mixture in a small crock pot on the "keep warm" setting while serving.

white bowl of pimento cheese sausage dip with a tortilla chip that has been dipped in and scooped out some of the dip.

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Originally published: April 2016
Updated and republished: February 2023