Queso Fundido – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Queso fundido is a real cheese-lover’s dream. Are you able to think about something extra tempting than a skillet full of effervescent scorching cheese and spicy chorizo topped with recent cilantro and inexperienced onions served with tortilla chips? I certain can’t!

Queso Fundido

That is one dish that my guys will go for nearly each time they see it on a menu. It’s not laborious to grasp why if you understand it’s principally a skillet full of melted cheese and browned chorizo!

There’s a bit extra to it than that, in fact. You need to select essentially the most melty-stretchy cheese attainable for the recipe.

What’s Queso Fundido?

Our desire is to make use of freshly grated queso quesadilla cheese. When you’ve got a tough time discovering queso quesadilla cheese within the grocery retailer, you would possibly have the ability to discover “quesadilla melting cheese” which comes already shredded in a bag.

It’s usually a mix of jack, chihuahua, and oaxaca cheeses. In case you can’t discover both of these, you’ll be able to undoubtedly seize some jack cheese and a few chihuahua and/or oaxaca cheeses and grate them your self. Both possibility will work tremendous right here.

You will need to notice that this dip is finest made instantly earlier than serving. It won’t be as beautiful when reheated, so this recipe just isn’t a fantastic candidate for making in giant quantities as deliberate leftovers.

Queso Fundido Recipe

To make this superb dip, you’ll want the next elements:

• chorizo
• queso quesadilla cheese
• elective, however tasty: cilantro and inexperienced onions

One of the best skillet to make use of for the job is -in my opinion- a forged iron skillet or heavy chrome steel frying pan. The rationale for that is that it’s strikes seamlessly between the prepare dinner high the place you’re browning your chorizo and the oven the place you’ll be melting the cheese.

And the heaviness of the pan is a bonus right here, too. It retains the warmth and retains your dip at temperature for consuming longer than a lighter, thinner pan.

Queso Fundido con Chorizo

To make your cheese dip “con chorizo” (with chorizo), start by preheating the oven to 400°F.

In an oven proof, heavy skillet, prepare dinner the chorizo over medium-high warmth. Stir to interrupt it aside because it cooks.

Cooked chorizo will nonetheless seem a bit moist, however will probably be browned. Take away from the range.

Shred or crumble the cheese. Sprinkle the cheese over the meat within the pan and place within the oven. Bake for 6-10 minutes, till fully melted and effervescent.

Sprinkle with cilantro and/or inexperienced onions earlier than serving with tortilla chips.

In search of a fantastic accompaniment to your cheese dip? Moist your whistle in fashion with these Ruby Red Grapefruit Margaritas or Cranberry Margaritas.