Queso Blanco Dip
Yields about 2 cups
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup finely chopped onion*
1/4 tsp crushed garlic*
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups whole milk (for thicker sauce use lesser portion)
8 oz. finely shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Optional ingredients:
1 Roma tomato, seeds removed then diced
2 Tbsp canned, diced green chilis
1 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
Directions:
Melt butter
in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until
soft about 4 minutes, adding garlic during the last 30 seconds of
sauteing. Whisk in flour, and cook stirring constantly, about 30
seconds. Slowly pour milk into mixture, while whisking vigorously.
Bring mixture just to a gentle bubble stirring constantly, then reduce
heat to low. Allow to rest over low heat 2 minutes,
stirring occasionally. Add in finely shredded Monterrey Jack cheese and
cook over low heat, stirring constantly until cheese melts (it will take
the cheese a minute to melt, at first it may look curdled but that just
means the cheese hasn't fully melted yet so continue to cook until
completely melted). Stir in optional ingredients. Serve warm with
tortilla chips (or serve over tacos etc. Note that it will thicken as it
rests so reheat to thin if desired).
*For a
smooth cheese sauce without the chunky ingredients, omit the chopped
onion and crushed garlic. Replace it with 1/2 tsp onion powder and a
generous pinch of garlic powder. Since you won't need to saute simply
melt the butter then add the flour, garlic powder and onion powder and
continue as directed and omit the optional ingredients.
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