Spicy Crawfish Queso

small bowl of spicy crawfish dip in the center of chips

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This spicy crawfish queso is perfect for dipping chips, grilled French baguettes, pitas, you name it! Inspired by a popular crawfish dip at a local eatery.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cheese dip, crawfish, queso

Servings: servings

Calories: 255kcal

Cost: 20

Ingredients

Crawfish Tails

1 tbsp Butter
16 oz Crawfish tails frozen and thawed
3 Garlic Cloves or 3/4 tsp garlic powder

Queso Ingredients

10 oz Can Rotel with green chiles undrained
⅙ cup Pickled jalapenos chopped, with juice
2 cups Cheddar cheese shredded
1 cup Oaxaca cheese shredded (can substitute Monterrey Jack)
1 tbsp Slap Ya Mama seasoning or any other preferred Cajun seasoning
1 cup Milk
1 tbsp Cornstarch

Instructions

To Cook Crawfish

In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
Add garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring often.
Add crawfish tails and sautee for 2-3 minutes before removing from heat, stirring several times.

To Prepare Queso

In a medium pot, add Rotel, jalapenos, cheese, and seasoning to pot.
Whisk cornstarch into milk.*
Add milk to pot.
Cook over medium heat, stirring often for 5-10 minutes until queso is melted and gooey.
Add cooked crawfish and stir into the cheese dip until well blended.
Top queso with green onions and serve warm with dippers (chips, Pita wedges, toasted mini toasts, etc.)

Notes

The cornstarch acts as a binding and thickening agent when whisked into the milk. If you do not have any cornstarch, you can just use the regular milk without cornstarch. Your dip will just be a bit thinner.

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