Save my cheese dip

I wanted to make cheese dip tonight but only had cheddar. I knew when I put it in the crock pot that it wasn’t going to work but I did it anyway. So I have browned ground beef, cubed cheddar and Rotel melting in the crock pot.

Of course the cheddar is stringy and not mixing with the beef and Rotel. I looked online to see if I could fix it. There is a recipe for milk, butter and flour brought to a boil and then adding the cheddar and pouring this over the beef mixture. Unfortunately, I have already added the cheese to the crock pot.

Do you think I could make a milk, butter, flour roux and then add this to the crock pot and stir it in? I have refried beans and a few other things I could add, but not cream of mushroom which is what I usually add to my Velveeta dip to keep it from seizing up.

Add sodium citrate. Search for cheese sauce recipes with it to get an idea of ratios.

Thanks, but if I don’t have cream of mushroom I probably don’t have sodium citrate :). I didn’t get any replies so I started a bechemel sauce and I’m going to try to add that to the dip.

Why not try adding the dip to the béchamel? Seems like that would work better.