Queso Blanco Dip recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound white American cheese (such as Land O'Lakes®), sliced
1 cup half-and-half, or as needed
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
2 tablespoons diced jalapeno pepper
⅛ teaspoon chili powder

Nutrition Info

253.7 calories
carbohydrate: 2.5 g
cholesterol: 64.5 mg
fat: 21.3 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 13.5 g
saturatedFat: 13.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 930.8 mg
sugar: 0.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place American cheese and about 1/4 cup half-and-half in a saucepan over low heat, cook and stir until cheese starts to melt, about 5 minutes. Slowly start stirring half-and-half into cheese mixture, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until cheese begins to melt and mixture is smooth, about 5 minutes more. Continue adding more half-and-half.

  2. Season cheese mixture with cumin, black pepper, and salt, add red pepper flakes, a little at a time, until desired spiciness is reached.

  3. Cook and stir cheese dip until cheese is fully melted, adding more half-and-half if needed to thin it out, 5 to 10 minutes more. Remove from heat and top dip with chili powder.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

Quick and easy queso dip. Pretty darn close to the kind at the Mexican Restaurant.

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