This delicious Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn recipe can be thrown together in under five minutes and has an amazing flavor!
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Has this scenario ever happened to you…you’ve been running around like crazy all day, you look at the clock and dinner needs to be on the table in an hour, but you don’t know what you are going to serve with the main dish. Sound familiar? It happens here all the time. Well, you are in luck my friends! This Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn has an amazing flavor and can be done in an hour!
Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn
Note: Scroll to the bottom for the printable recipe
Ingredients for Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn
- 12 oz frozen corn
- 1 cup velveeta, cubed
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 10 oz diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper, optional
How to Make Cheesy Fiesta Corn in a Crock Pot
- Dump all of your ingredients in your 2.5 quart crock pot (I used Dotty, my 2.5-quart polka dot crock pot) and stir until well combined
- Cover and cook on high for 1 hour
- Stir and serve
Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn Notes
- When you stir everything together, make sure your cheese cubes aren’t touching the sides of your crock pot unless you plan on giving it a good stir. Cheese is great in a crock pot, but if it is left touching the side (especially at the top or where your crock has a hot spot), it tends to turn brown or burn.
- The ground red pepper gives it a nice added flavor without a ton of heat. However, if you like spicy foods, you could bump up the ground red pepper. Or if you are super sensitive to heat, then you can leave it out. Whatever works for you!
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Printable Recipe for Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn
Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hrs
Total Time
1 hrs 5 mins
This delicious Crock Pot Cheesy Fiesta Corn recipe can be thrown together in under five minutes and has an amazing flavor!
Course:
Side
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 12 oz frozen corn
- 1 cup velveeta cubed
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 10 oz diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper optional
Instructions
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Dump all of your ingredients in your 2.5 quart crock pot (I used Dotty, my 2.5-quart polka dot crock pot) and stir until well combined
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Cover and cook on high for 1 hour
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Stir and serve
Recipe Notes
- When you stir everything together, make sure your cheese cubes aren't touching the sides of your crock pot unless you plan on giving it a good stir. Cheese is great in a crock pot, but if it is left touching the side (especially at the top or where your crock has a hot spot), it tends to turn brown or burn.
- The ground red pepper gives it a nice added flavor without a ton of heat. However, if you like spicy foods, you could bump up the ground red pepper. Or if you are super sensitive to heat, then you can leave it out. Whatever works for you!
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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We have a family recipe much like this one. We like very spicy foods but since the canned tomatoes with green chiles come in several different degrees of “heat”, this recipe should be adaptable for most everyone. I occasionally add a 3-oz. package of cream cheese to my batch, and sometimes some smoked green chiles. The smoky flavor is really good with the corn. I find the smoked green chiles in the frozen food section with the Mexican foods.
That sounds yummy Carole! We will definitely have to try those suggestions out! Thanks so much for sharing!
Aunt Lou
This is a good idea for a side dish, I think you could make it the main dish by putting in some browned hamburger and onions to it. I usually have the hamburger and onions browned and in the freezer that would help a lot to get this done in an hour.
Hi Debi!
You read my mind! When Michael and I tried this, we both thought it had such a great flavor that it would be good with some kind of meat. We were thinking chicken, but I love your idea for ground beef and onions! Thanks so much for sharing your idea! (I’m thinking future recipe post!) We love hearing back from readers!
Aunt Lou
I was thinking the same thing as Aunt Lou, Chicken (cubed, or maybe even shredded). 🙂 I might try it this weekend, I’ll let you know!
Yes! Please do!