If you aren’t making a true Southerner’s Pimento Cheese dip, you ain’t doing it right. This one is easy but super flavorful. I combine four different cheeses, pimento peppers, creamy mayo, and tons of bomb spices! That thing is popping. That’s why I had to show y’all how to make it, and make it right boos. You can’t trust everybody’s pimento cheese recipe out here.
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Pimento Cheese Ingredients
- Mayonnaise: Try your best to just stick with mayo but if you must swap, sour cream or plain greek yogurt will work in a pinch.
- Diced pimentos (drained): Necessary.
- Grated Vidalia onion: Shallots also work.
- Worcestershire sauce: Soy sauce also works as a swap.
- Seasoned salt: Kosher salt works too if you want less seasoning.
- Black pepper: to balance salt.
- Garlic powder: Minced garlic will also work.
- Cayenne pepper: Optional. Hot sauce also works.
- Shredded Cheeses: Sharp yellow cheddar, medium yellow cheddar, mild white cheddar, and mozzarella.
How to Make Pimento Cheese
- Start your recipe by whisking together your mayonnaise, pimentos, onion, Worcestershire sauce and spices in a medium sized bowl. You are completely in control of how spicy you want this recipe to be. Adding or removing cayenne pepper and pimentos will allow you to customize your spice level the way you like it. Do you boos!
- Next, carefully fold in your cheeses with a spatula.
- Mix until it’s well combined. Refrigerate for at least three hours and then it’s ready to serve up y’all! No sweat fam!
PRO TIP: If you want your pimento cheese spread to be super smooth without texture, just throw the ingredients in a food processor to smooth out to your preference.
Pimento Cheese Recipe
Super Easy Pimento Cheese recipe is filled with flavor! Sharp and creamy cheeses, pimento peppers, and incredible spices mix together with mayo to create the perfect Southern cheese spread!
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Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 4 oz diced pimentos jar drained
- 1 tbsp grated vidalia onion with juice
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 1/4-1/2 tsp seasoned salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 cup shredded sharp yellow cheddar (Best if grated with food processor or by hand finely from a block)
- 1 cup shredded medium yellow cheddar (Best if grated with food processor or by hand finely from a block)
- 1/2 cup shredded mild white cheddar (Best if grated with food processor or by hand finely from a block)
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (Best if grated with food processor or by hand finely from a block)
Instructions
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, pimentos, onion, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne together.
- Next carefully fold in all cheeses with a spatula until well mixed and combined throughout. Add to a container and refrigerate for 3 hours then serve. Use within 1 week.
Notes
Tip: If you’re looking to amplify this recipe, buy your cheeses in whole blocks and grate them finely yourself. Pre-shredded cheeses can sometimes be coated with preservatives that dull the sharpness and prevent flavor from really shining through.
Tip: If you want your pimento cheese to be super smooth without texture, just throw the ingredients in a food processor to smooth out to your preference.
How to Store Southern Pimento Cheese
- Refrigerate: Store any leftover pimento cheese dip in an airtight container in your fridge. It will stay fresh and delish for about a week.
- Freeze: Don’t do it boos! Homemade pimento cheese doesn’t freeze well. The mayo can separate and get all watery when you thaw it. Just eat it fresh and from the fridge.
Nutrition
Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 572mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 434IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 290mg | Iron: 1mg
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Recipe Tips
- Cheese Quality: To really up the quality and flavor of your pimento cheese recipe, buy cheese blocks and grate them yourself. That way you will avoid the preservatives that dull that fantastic flavor.
- Taste and Adjust: Taste as you go along. You can adjust the seasonings to make it based on your preferences or you can even make it creamier by changing the amounts of mayo.
- Don’t Overmix: If you want to keep the textures in there, make sure you don’t keep mixing until it’s totally smooth.
- Let it Rest: After you make your homemade pimento cheese recipe, add to the fridge and let it sit at least a few hours. This will help all those cheeses soften and allow those flavors to come together perfectly before you serve it up.
Recipe Help
Can I make this easy pimento cheese dip ahead of time?
Yep you absolutely can! In fact, it tastes even better if you do. Just pop it in the fridge. It will last for about a week.
What is the best way to drain the pimentos for this pimento cheese recipe
Throw the pimentos in a fine mesh sieve or colander and press with a spoon very gently to get all that liquid out. No sweat!
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Serving Suggestions
- Appetizer: This Southern pimento cheese recipe is so fantastic served along with deviled eggs and tomato tarts y’all. Serve it up with your fave crackers, crostinis, toasted baguette slices and a veggie platter.
- Grilled Cheese: Add pimento cheese to the inside of this Italian beef grilled cheese or pizza grilled cheese. Talk about flavor bombs!
- Fry it Up: Add a bit of this into your batter for hush puppies, corn fritters or fried cornbread.
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MY Mom made pimento cheese when I was real young( a long time ago) and all I can remember was she used cream cheese and pimento, I know there had to be more but I can’t remember what. Anyway, In Ga. there was Mrs. Kinsers pimento cheese, smooth or chunky. I can’t find it anymore, I loved to use it for a dip with fritoes.
Yes, Paula Deans pimento cheese calls for cream cheese also.
I live in NY but visited family in SC and went to college in GA. I loved Ruth’s pimento cheese. I could only find it down there. I miss it soooo much and can’t seem to find a recipe that tastes similar. I’m going to give this a try!
Hi! I love pimento cheese and can’t wait to try your recipe! Quick question, is it tsp or tbsp for the Worcestershire sauce? Thanks!
Teaspoons! Let me know how it turns out for you!
I love the way you added 4 cheeses , that is going to make this recipe even better. Also the spices I always knew my pimento cheese needed something. Thank you for sharing, I am going to make this now I love Pimento Cheese.
This looks like the most amazing snack, can’t wait to try it!
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I absolutely love how this dip looks.. and sounds. It’s so cheesy and flavorful. Yummy! I’m hosting a party this weekend and this will be perfect for my guest to serve them. Saving this recipe.
I love cheese, so I think this would be a delicious snack for me, especially so beautifully served.
I looooove pimento cheese, this would be great to add to my charcuteries! What an easy recipe!
I love a good dip, and I am a big fan of cheese, so this is a win with me. it looks so creamy and flavorful, I am sure its quite addicting as well!