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 crammed with 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 know why whenever you understand it’s principally a skillet crammed with melted cheese and browned chorizo!

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

What’s Queso Fundido?

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

It’s sometimes a mix of jack, chihuahua, and oaxaca cheeses. When you can’t discover both of these, you may positively seize some jack cheese and a few chihuahua and/or oaxaca cheeses and grate them your self. Both possibility will work superb right here.

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

Queso Fundido Recipe

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

• chorizo
• queso quesadilla cheese
• non-obligatory, however tasty: cilantro and inexperienced onions

The perfect skillet to make use of for the job is -in my opinion- a forged iron skillet or heavy stainless-steel frying pan. The rationale 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 great 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 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.

On the lookout for a terrific accompaniment to your cheese dip? Moist your whistle in type with these Ruby Red Grapefruit Margaritas or Cranberry Margaritas.