Sausage Dip

Browned ground pork sausage combined with sour cream, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, scallions, and jalapeno chili pepper. Sausage mixture spooned into bread bowl and baked. Dip served with tortilla chips.

Ingredients -

1 pound Ground Pork Sausage
1 (8 ounces) package Sour Cream
8 (8 ounces) package Cream Cheese
8 (8 ounces) package Cheddar Cheese
3 Scallions, chopped
chopped Jalapeno Chili Pepper, to taste
Round French Bread Loaf

Preparation:

1. Remove top and soft bread center from French bread loaf, creating a bowl. Reserve top.

2. Preheat oven to 250 F.

3. In a skillet over medium heat, brown pork sausage. Use wooden spoon to break up sausage.

4. Remove from heat. Drain off excess fat.

5. Add sour cream, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, scallions, and jalapeno chili pepper to skillet.

6. Stir to combine.

7. Spoon sausage mixture into bread bowl and place top back on bread.

8. Bake 1 hour.

9. Serve with tortilla chips.

Variations and Recipe Ideas:

Cooking Tip

Sour Cream

Sour cream is a cultured dairy product. Cream that has been homogenized is combined with a bacteria culture. The culture adds the tangy flavor, and not the result of cream becoming sour.

Cooking Tip

Jalapeno Chili Pepper

Removing the seeds and the membrane inside the pepper will remove much of the heat of the pepper. The jalapeno flesh can still pack a punch. Always be careful when handling raw chili peppers, wearing gloves is advised. Always wash hand and work surfaces after handling the hot peppers to reduce risk of injury.