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Queso Dip

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I noticed a lot of queso dips use Velveeta, but I’m not a fan of processed cheese. So I decided to make my own queso dip from a roux, like you’d do to make a sauce for macaroni and cheese!

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Flour
  • ¼ teaspoons Garlic Powder
  • ¼ teaspoons Onion Powder
  • ⅛ teaspoons Chili Powder
  • 1 pinch Cayenne (more Or Less To Your Taste)
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 cup Milk
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 cups Shredded Mexican Cheese (jack, Asadero, Etc)
  • 1 can (10 Oz. Can) Rotel Diced Tomatoes & Chilis

Preparation

In small bowl, combine flour, garlic, onion and chili powders, and cayenne (if using). Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Add flour mixture and whisk until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Add milk and whisk until boiling. Reduce heat and continue whisking about 3-5 minutes until mixture thickens (mixture should resemble heavy cream).

Remove saucepan from heat and add salt and half of the grated cheese. Whisk until melted, then add remaining cheese. Add Rotel and mix. If mixture is too thick, add some of reserved juice from Rotel until desired consistency is reached. Serve warm with tortilla chips.

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Cooking In KC's Kitchen! on 2.7.2011

Thanks for the recipe! Can’t wait to try!

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mrspuma on 1.22.2011

Sounds delicious, I love good queso and I can’t wait to make this!

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luckylilmomma on 1.21.2011

i make something similar but i use pepper jack, yumm

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christygintx on 1.21.2011

One of my favorite “mom & pop” mexican food restaurants-where everything is homemade-makes almost the same queso. They use fresh green chilies and tomatoes instead of rotel and one of the Mexican white cheeses but I forget which one. I create my white queso very similar to this recipe and it is very good and a different taste than the traditonally Velvetta.

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Anne McCoy on 1.19.2011

Well, how about that….just the other day I was wanting a recipe for white queso so I went to the store to buy white Mexican cheese. Cubed up the cheese, just like I would for Velveeta, then added the Ro-Tel and microwaved for the usual time. To my horror and shame, it turned out to be a glob with Ro-Tel. It looked more like a failed science project!!! Thank you for sharing and I can’t wait to try it!

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Chargingbird on 7.20.2011

Easy to make, and quite the hit at our house!!

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