Cream Cheese Salsa Dip

All you need is 3 ingredients to make my creamy, flavorful, and super easy Mexican cream cheese salsa dip recipe for your next party.

Back in the day Christy visited Mexico City Beach in Florida alongside Stacey from SouthernBite and Brandie from Country Cook. Over a few days, we checked out this wonderful town, collaborated on some work, and spend a little time in the kitchen. They did a few Facebook Live videos on our pages and received a challenge from some of y’all to come up with a new recipe based solely on ingredients we had on hand. That is how this cream cheese salsa dip recipe was born.

It’s a recipe that’s as quick and easy as they come. All you need is 3 ingredients: cream cheese, white meat canned chicken, and salsa. Then all you’re going to do is mix together the cream cheese and salsa until it’s smooth and creamy. Then you incorporate the chicken and voila, you have yourself a Mexican cream cheese salsa dip!

Keep scrolling for some ideas to make this recipe work for you. But serve it with some tortilla chips at your next potluck, game day, or upcoming Super Bowl party and it’s sure to be a hit! Who can say no to a creamy, flavorful chicken cream cheese dip? No one, that’s who! And you want to try a different kind of dip here are some of my other recipes Cheesy Baked Onion Dip, Cold Crab Dip Recipe, Creamy Peanut Butter Fruit Dip, Cheeseburger Dip, and Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip.

Recipe Ingredients

• Cream cheese (here’s my homemade cream cheese recipe).
• Salsa
• White meat chicken (canned, rotisserie, or whatever you like)

Helpful Kitchen Tools

• Mixing Bowl
• Electric Hand Mixer

How to Make Cream Cheese Salsa Dip

Using a hand mixer on high speed, mix together the cream cheese and salsa until smooth and creamy.

Mix the chicken in at low speed until well blended.

Doing this extra step at low speed ensures the chicken doesn’t get too minced.

It should look a little bit like this.

For best results, I recommend letting the dip chill in the fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hour before serving.

Then serve your dip with tortilla chips…

Or potato chips. Enjoy!

Storage

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Recipe Notes

• Want to make this into a layered dip like my Tex Mex 7-layer dip in a pie plate or casserole dish?
  • Start with a layer of softened cream cheese beaten with a hand mixer until smooth. For extra creaminess and flavor, combine it with a cup of sour cream before layering. You can also mix in a teaspoon of taco seasoning.
  • Add the salsa.
  • Add the chicken.
  • Finish with additional toppings if you like: shredded sharp cheddar cheese, avocado, diced tomatoes, chopped black olives, diced onion, chopped fresh cilantro, or chopped green onion, you name it!
• Use your favorite salsa in this recipe, whether that’s mild, medium, or hot salsa. You can even use salsa verde or green salsa if that’s more your style.
• If your drained salsa is extra liquid-y, a quick remedy is to drain it again using a fine mesh strainer to remove as much excess liquid as possible.
• Here are some options to use instead of canned chicken:
  • Omit the chicken entirely.
  • Substitute it for a can of black beans or kidney beans for a vegetarian option.
  • Use crispy crumbled bacon pieces instead.
  • Substitute it for cooked and cooled ground beef or crumbled sausage.
  • Use any type of leftover shredded chicken breast in its place.
• For extra heat, mix in half a finely chopped jalapeno when you mix in the chicken.
• For extra crunch, serve the cream cheese dip with a sprinkle of crispy fried onions.

Recipe FAQs

Check out these other delicious dip recipes:

Tex Mex Dip (a.k.a 7-Layer Dip)

Cheesy Baked Onion Dip

Cheeseburger Dip

Cold Reuben Dip Recipe

Pimiento Cheese Dip

Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip