- You know what happens when you have great quality cheese
and even better quality beef?
Your queso game has just been upgraded.
Stick around and make it with me.
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I wanted to develop this recipe
because I cook a lot for my family,
and it's really important to me
that I'm feeding my family great quality ingredients.
We also happen to love queso.
So, great quality ground beef, great quality sharp cheddar
and Monterey Jack cheeses
with all the familiar fixings coming with it,
let's get started.
I'm going to start by browning my ground beef in a skillet
and I'm using an 80/20 blend here
for really great beefy flavor.
Be sure to break up your ground beef really fine.
So all of those crumbles are evenly distributed
throughout your beef dip later.
Once your ground beef is fully cooked,
let it drain on a few paper towels,
just to get rid of that excess grease.
In the same pan,
I'm going to add a little bit of oil
and get my chopped onion and garlic bowing
to get a nice saute
and a little bit of browning in that pan.
So I pay attention here
and really focus on the size of my onion dice.
You want to really imagine yourself dipping a chip
into this dip.
So get those onions pretty small
but still big enough to see them.
So, you know, they're in the dip.
Getting my onions into the pan
the goal here is just to cook them down a little bit
to have all of those juices break out of the onion
and get that garlic caramelized a little bit
but we're not looking for mushy onions.
This is a dip that you really wanna taste those onions with.
One of the key ingredients in my case or recipe
is actual fresh cheese that I grate myself.
The stuff in the bag
just doesn't add as much high quality flavor to this recipe.
And now that my onions are at a good place
I'm going to add my seasoned tomatoes
and canned green chilies
to the skillet and with the onion and garlic,
I'm just gonna give this a good stir
and get all of these flavors really blended together.
So now that our onions and tomato
and fresh garlic and green chilies
have been simmering for a little bit
and really marrying and flavor,
this is where we're gonna add our dry spices
and let it continue to simmer for a few minutes
to really blend everything together
and get it nice and aromatic.
Something I like to do,
that's a really great tip for this recipe
is adding a bit of cornstarch to my freshly grated cheeses.
I toss it all together to make sure that cheese is coated
and this ensures even melting and no clumps.
At this stage, we're going to add our evaporated milk
to the onion tomato and chili mixture
slowly blending together.
This is where the creaminess really starts to appear.
This evaporated milk is a really great way
to ensure everything melts evenly and stays nice and creamy.
Now it's time for the cheese.
Evenly sprinkle the freshly grated cheese into the skillet,
continuously stirring until combined and creamy.
This is where that fresh cheese will pay off.
It melts so quickly and so evenly,
you'll be very satisfied that you've used fresh cheese.
Add in your fully cooked ground beef into the skillet
and folded into your beautiful dip.
My last tip and trick for this recipe
is adding in a little bit of sour cream at the end.
Once you fold in this dollop of sour cream,
it adds a little bit of welcomed tang and acid
to balance out that creamy cheese.
And now it's time to plate up your queso,
and because of the great quality ground beef
that we've put into this step, I'm gonna go ahead
and use it as a garnish.
Maybe throw on a little bit of pickled jalapeno.
It's all up to you how you'd like to garnish your dip.
And this my friends is why you take the extra time
to use some fresh cheese
and great quality beef in your queso.
It's instantly upgraded.
I'm gonna eat this entire bowl.
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