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 sizzling 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 arduous to know why whenever you notice it’s mainly a skillet full of melted cheese and browned chorizo!

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

What’s Queso Fundido?

Our choice is to make use of freshly grated queso quesadilla cheese. In case you have a troublesome time discovering queso quesadilla cheese within the grocery retailer, you would possibly be capable to discover “quesadilla melting cheese” which comes already shredded in a bag.

It’s usually a mix of jack, chihuahua, and oaxaca cheeses. In the event you can’t discover both of these, you possibly can undoubtedly seize some jack cheese and a few chihuahua and/or oaxaca cheeses and grate them your self. Both possibility will work wonderful right here.

You will need to observe that this dip is finest made instantly earlier than serving. It is not going to be as pretty when reheated, so this recipe will not be an important candidate for making in massive quantities as deliberate leftovers.

Queso Fundido Recipe

To make this wonderful dip, you’ll want the next components:

• chorizo
• queso quesadilla cheese
• optionally available, 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 explanation for that is that it’s strikes seamlessly between the cook 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 a superb 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, cook dinner the chorizo over medium-high warmth. Stir to interrupt it aside because it cooks.

Cooked chorizo will nonetheless seem a bit moist, however shall 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 utterly melted and effervescent.

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

On the lookout for an important accompaniment to your cheese dip? Moist your whistle in model with these Ruby Red Grapefruit Margaritas or Cranberry Margaritas.