Keto Queso – Low-Carb Creamy Recipe (2024)

This keto queso recipe is the perfect low-carb appetizer! Whether you need to make a holiday party appetizer or you just want a game-day snack, you’ll love this ultra-rich keto cheese sauce dip.

Whether you need a dish to whip up for a holiday party appetizer, or you just want a tasty weekend snack – this keto queso is where it’s at! It’s ultra-rich thanks to the heavy cream, cheddar, and cream cheese, and has the perfect little kick from the green chiles. My family devours this whenever we make it! Let’s teach you how to make your keto queso!

IS QUESO KETO?

Many people ask ‘can you eat queso on keto’ ‘is queso keto friendly’?’ Queso can be keto-friendly depending on how it’s made. However, many versions follow the traditional Mexican use of roux with flour to create the thickness you’re used to. Because of that, the carb count can quickly increase to a level that may not be optimal for your low carb diet.

With this queso recipe, we’re using heavy cream and cream cheese to act as the main thickeners, which not only keeps the carb count down but also adds a ton of filling fats.

HOW TO MAKE KETO QUESO

To make this dish, you’ll only need a few simple ingredients:

• Butter
• Onion
• Heavy cream
• Cream cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Can of Rotel tomatoes & chiles
• Salt
• Pepper
• Cumin

You’ll start by melting your butter in a pot over medium heat, and then add your onion. Yes, I know that onion adds a few extra carbs to this dish overall – but we only use a quarter cup and that little bit sautéed in butter adds quite a depth of flavor.

Next, you’ll stir in your heavy cream, cheddar, and cream cheese. Keep stirring this frequently so everything gets all melty and smooth.

Lastly, mix in a drained can of Rotel tomatoes with green chiles, salt, pepper, and cumin. Similar to the onion, I recognize that the Rotel adds a few extra carbs. You can leave this out if you’d like to nudge down the net carbs, but I love the flavor dynamic with the Rotel in there.

The result is a very thick, rich queso. I love it with the chunks of tomatoes and chiles and onion. It’s just so delicious.

If you want it to be a bit creamier or thinner, you can either a) leave out the Rotel, and/or b) use extra heavy cream. The flavor won’t be quite as good but it would give you more of a nacho-cheese style sauce rather than as-is which is more of a thick sauce/dip.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

This keto queso makes about 8 servings. Each serving contains 20 grams of fat and just 3.5 grams of net carbs.

The macronutrient breakdown is as follows:

• 80% fat
• 13% protein
• 7% carbohydrate

A pretty nice breakdown for a keto dieter!

Keep in mind you’ll want to make sure you choose good, low-carb options for eating with this queso, and make sure to add those into the total net carbs for your snack/meal.

HOW TO USE KETO QUESO

Here are some great options for items to dip or other ways to use this delicious low carb cheese sauce dip. The carb counts listed after each option are for that food itself; it doesn’t include the dip as well.

DIPPERS

• Slice 3 medium stalks of raw celery and dip that into this queso. (3 stalks = 4.2 g carbohydrate, 1.8 g fiber, 2.4 g net carbs)
• Dip with sliced raw bell pepper (1 medium = 5.5 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3.5 g net carbs)
• Dip with raw cauliflower (1 cup = 5.5 g carbohydrate, 2.5 g fiber, 3 g net carbs)
• Scoop the queso with sliced cucumbers (1 cup slices = 4 g carbohydrate, 0.6 g fiber, 3.4 g net carbs)
• Use pork rinds as a dipper! (0 g carbs)
• Try it with theselow carb tortilla chips(1 serving = 4.8 g carbohydrate, 2.9 g fiber, 1.7 g net carbs)
• Scoop the dip on thesepepperoni chips(0 g carbs)

OTHER WAYS TO USE THIS:

• Drizzle the queso over the cooked broccoli (1/2 cup cooked = 5.6 g carbohydrate, 2.6 g fiber, 3 g net carbs)
• Stir the queso into cooked cauliflower rice (1/2 cup cooked = 4 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 2 g net carbs)
• Scoop the dip into lettuce wraps with chicken, pulled pork, or steak (4 large leaves = 1.2 g carbohydrate, 0.8 g fiber, 0.4 g net carbs)
• Make a bun-less burger topped with queso. (0 g carbs)
• Sub out the cheddar cheese and tomatoes for queso in ourketo taco bowls.

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