CHORIZO QUESO, MOTHERTRUCKERS
Are you from the south? Do you have strong feelings about the proper way that queso should be made? Good. I love pissing people off.
Just for you, tumblr, I slaved in my kitchen to try to figure out the best base for a good queso. I’m not from the south, so I don’t give a fuck about ‘tradition’. I just want the shit I put in my mouth to taste good. Or, at least not make me gag. So - I took a bullet for you guys. I spent $4 on a block of Velveeta, which was money completely wasted oh my god how do you get it past your lips I just don’t know.
Anyway. The Velveeta is history, and what we have here is a melty-cheesy-smoky-porky-spicy dip that you will want to lick off your girlfriend’s chest. Guaranteed to make you go ‘mm’ and other coital sounds.
Edit: listen, I know there are going to be people who will piss and moan about ‘home made salsa’. I get it. I just wanted to give you all a more simplified recipe. If you’re a bumper-sticker toting student of the month, go for it. I found a canned salsa I like that any of you fuckers can buy online if you want, which I thought would be important for those of you who might not have access to good salsa-making ingredients, or for whom making their own salsa might be overwhelming.
One more edit: I used ground Pasilla/Ancho peppers (two different names for the same thing) at the end to give it a nice kick. But feel free, if you can’t find Pasillas, or you have your favorite chili powder or if cayenne that you like, switch it out. But honestly - if you get the chance - try the Pasilla. It’s really tasty.
Overall, this recipe lends itself really easily to substitutions. You just have to be wary of your liquid/water content.
Ingredients:
105 ozs pork chorizo (Note the correction)- 5 tbsp vegetable oil (I used canola)
- 1 medium onion, diced finely
- 1 7-oz can of Herdez salsa ‘Casera’, or other really good salsa (if you use Pace, I will kill you in your sleep)
- 5 tbsp AP flour
- 1 3/4 C milk or cream
- 1 1/2 C grated mild cheddar cheese
- 1 C grated pepper jack cheese
- 3/4 tsp ground pasilla peppers
- 5 tbsp sour cream
- salt and pepper
How-to:
This is a fast recipe. After you’ve cooked the flour, move right through the following steps - be sure to be thorough, but don’t linger.
Fry up chorizo, remove from pan. In the same pan, add 1 tbsp oil and fry up onion for up to 4 mins (at least until translucent, I like ‘em smoky and caramelized). Add salsa, cook to reduce liquid. Add remaining oil and flour to pan and mix in well for around 1 minute, until flour is cooked. Add milk, stir until flour/onion mixture is well incorporated and smooth, at least 15 seconds, up to 1 min but not more. Don’t let it boil away. ( if it gets thick, shiny, and bubbly, you’ve gone too far and might need to add more milk). Add chorizo back to the pan and add both cheeses, and stir all together until cheese is completely melted and incorporated. (Note: if the queso refuses to be creamy at this point - if it’s stringy - then either your salsa was still too wet, you overcooked the milk, or your cheese portions were off. You’ll need to make up some more roux (oil + flour + milk mixture: 1 tbsp to 1tsp, cook, then add 1/4 cup milk) separately, and mix in to the whole pot. If one shot of this isn’t enough, do another. This works, but it takes a little time.) Stir in pasilla pepper, salt & pepper, and sour cream. Serve with chips, pour onto a burger, or eat with a spooooon.
This was a total hit at my book club football party.
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I’m totally doing this. It looks amazing.
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