How do you make Queso?!
I'm from Oklahoma where there are LOADS of great tex-mex restaurants that bury everything in queso!. I'm now living in California (where I thought the mexican food would be better) and they don't even know what queso IS! My husband and I need some queso to sustain LIFE! Please help!.!.!. wanting a yummy creamy recipe!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
wow!.!.!. never thought they would not know what queso is!.!.!.!.!. i just thought everyone knew!.!.!.!.!.but maybe that is because i'm from texas!.!.!.!.!. couldn't live without tex-mex food and queso!.!.!.!. they don't know what they are missing out on!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
you can always make the traditional velvetta queso or i have another versions for queso!.!.!. both are good!.!.!.!.
VELVETTA QUESO
INGREDIENTS!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
2 (14!.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with mild green chiles
1 pound processed cheese food, cubed
DIRECTIONS
Combine the tomatoes with chiles and cheese in a medium saucepan cook over low-med heat stirring constantly so the cheese does not burn!.!.!.!. cook until cheese is melted, about 10-15 minutes!.!.!.!.!.
QUESO
INGREDIENTS!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 to 1 cup milk (depends on how thick you like it )
1/2 cup finely chopped jalapeno peppers, seeds and veins removed (optional!.!.!. depends on how hot you want your queso )
Tortilla chips
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender!. Add chilies and jalapeno peppers; cook and stir for 5 minutes!. Reduce heat to low!. Gradually add small amounts of cheeses and milk; stir until melted after each addition!. Serve warm with tortilla chips!.
you can add hamburger meat to either one of these if you like meat in your queso!.!.!.!.
Good Eating!.!.!.!.!.!.!. :)
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you can always make the traditional velvetta queso or i have another versions for queso!.!.!. both are good!.!.!.!.
VELVETTA QUESO
INGREDIENTS!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
2 (14!.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with mild green chiles
1 pound processed cheese food, cubed
DIRECTIONS
Combine the tomatoes with chiles and cheese in a medium saucepan cook over low-med heat stirring constantly so the cheese does not burn!.!.!.!. cook until cheese is melted, about 10-15 minutes!.!.!.!.!.
QUESO
INGREDIENTS!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 to 1 cup milk (depends on how thick you like it )
1/2 cup finely chopped jalapeno peppers, seeds and veins removed (optional!.!.!. depends on how hot you want your queso )
Tortilla chips
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender!. Add chilies and jalapeno peppers; cook and stir for 5 minutes!. Reduce heat to low!. Gradually add small amounts of cheeses and milk; stir until melted after each addition!. Serve warm with tortilla chips!.
you can add hamburger meat to either one of these if you like meat in your queso!.!.!.!.
Good Eating!.!.!.!.!.!.!. :)
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PAY DE QUESO (MEXICAN CHEESECAKE)
4 cups flour
2 eggs
4 teaspoons sugar
2 sticks butter, softened
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons vanilla
8 oz!. cream cheese
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees!.
On a clean working surface make a well in the center of 4 cups flour!. Break 2 eggs into the middle!.
Add sugar, softened butter, milk!.
Mix together to make the pie crust!. Divide into 2 parts and make 2 crusts!. Leave them unbaked!.
In a blender add milk, vanilla, cream cheese and 1 can sweetened condensed milk!.
Blend thoroughly!. Place in pie shells and bake until firm, about 1 hour!.
Cool and store in refrigerator!.
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4 cups flour
2 eggs
4 teaspoons sugar
2 sticks butter, softened
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons vanilla
8 oz!. cream cheese
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees!.
On a clean working surface make a well in the center of 4 cups flour!. Break 2 eggs into the middle!.
Add sugar, softened butter, milk!.
Mix together to make the pie crust!. Divide into 2 parts and make 2 crusts!. Leave them unbaked!.
In a blender add milk, vanilla, cream cheese and 1 can sweetened condensed milk!.
Blend thoroughly!. Place in pie shells and bake until firm, about 1 hour!.
Cool and store in refrigerator!.
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Okay, my hubby and I are Queso freaks!. We live in south Texas close to the mexican border, so naturally my fav!. food is Mexican!.
I make this queso at least twice a week, especially when friends come over!.!.!.!.and it doesn't last long!. Hope you enjoy!.
1 block of velveeta cheese--cubed
1 package of cream cheese--cubed
1 can of hot/ or mild rotel tomatoes ( I prefer hot)
Sometimes I add a pound of cooked ground beef or sausage
Throw all ingredients into a crockpot, put on low!.
Stir often, and in no time, you'll have the perfect queso!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I make this queso at least twice a week, especially when friends come over!.!.!.!.and it doesn't last long!. Hope you enjoy!.
1 block of velveeta cheese--cubed
1 package of cream cheese--cubed
1 can of hot/ or mild rotel tomatoes ( I prefer hot)
Sometimes I add a pound of cooked ground beef or sausage
Throw all ingredients into a crockpot, put on low!.
Stir often, and in no time, you'll have the perfect queso!Www@FoodAQ@Com
They have a block cheese called Queso de Papa, it looks like cheddar cheese but taste much milder and creamer too!. Get some of this and in a double boiler shred it up and add a little milk to get it going!. I would also speak to a waiter or waitress in one of these places and ask for the recipe!. Sometimes they will tell you!. That way you can make it exactly like they do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Get some velveeta, some shredded cheddar, some heavy cream and a jar of salsa
1 cup heavy cream to lots of cheese and about 1/2 cup salsa
Heat the cream on medium heat til warm/hot, then add in shredded velveeta and shredded cheddar and whisk whisk whisk!.
Add in salsa once the cheese is melted and whisk!.
Pour into a dish and let sit!. Then eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
1 cup heavy cream to lots of cheese and about 1/2 cup salsa
Heat the cream on medium heat til warm/hot, then add in shredded velveeta and shredded cheddar and whisk whisk whisk!.
Add in salsa once the cheese is melted and whisk!.
Pour into a dish and let sit!. Then eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Agree with Smellygrrl, but use a can of Rotel!. I lived in CA for six years!. I feel for you!. The lack of TexMex was devastating!. CA Mexican is different, more bland than TexMex, but you can almost get used to it!. The climate and beautiful outdoors is awesome!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://www!.cooks!.com/rec/search/0,1-00,q!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
block of velveeta, chopped
jar of salsa
mix & microwave
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jar of salsa
mix & microwave
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Well, being that Queso is cheese!.!.!. I would think that your local supermarket would sell it!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
What you want is Queso Blanco, you can find it in the farmer's market or hispanic supermarket or sometimes in your regular grocery store if you have a good one!. It usually comes in a round package!. It is white melting cheese!. Delicious!. It is soft and easily melts so it is sort of like a cheese sauce!. You don't need to add anything to it!. Just put it on top of your frijoles refritos or whatever you like and melt it!. Just don't heat it for too long or it turns thin and weird!.
Velveeta is garbage!. It isn't even cheese!. It's solidified oil!. I lived next to Tijuana, Mexico for many years growing up and I can assure you no one I new there used Velveeta for anything, nor would they know what it was or have anything to do with it!. I should also add that no one worth their salt in my old neighborhood would use storebought salsa!. You just make your own, and that's that!. Microwaved Velveeta with canned salsa is an American made up thing, not Mexican!. If you are living in California and they don't know what "queso" means, you are either living in Northern California, or you just have some different ideas about what it is supposed to be!. I can't imagine anyone in my old neighborhood in Chula Vista not knowing what it is!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Velveeta is garbage!. It isn't even cheese!. It's solidified oil!. I lived next to Tijuana, Mexico for many years growing up and I can assure you no one I new there used Velveeta for anything, nor would they know what it was or have anything to do with it!. I should also add that no one worth their salt in my old neighborhood would use storebought salsa!. You just make your own, and that's that!. Microwaved Velveeta with canned salsa is an American made up thing, not Mexican!. If you are living in California and they don't know what "queso" means, you are either living in Northern California, or you just have some different ideas about what it is supposed to be!. I can't imagine anyone in my old neighborhood in Chula Vista not knowing what it is!.Www@FoodAQ@Com