Chorizo and Beef Queso Recipe
This isn't your typical queso. Made with cottage cheese for a creamy, protein-packed cheese sauce, it's hearty enough to enjoy as a satisfying lunch or dinner with a handful of tortilla chips.
Ingredients
1/2 Bottle (5 oz) of Chili Crush - Green (or up to 2 Bottles of Chili Crush - you decide!)
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound ground chorizo
1/2 yellow onion (chopped)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 Bottle of Dash Extra Spicy Seasoning (salt free)
Ingredients For Blender
32 oz cottage cheese (fat free)
8 oz block pepper jack cheese (cut into large chunks)
8 oz shredded Mexican cheese blend (or shredded cheddar)
8 oz Velveeta original (cut into large chunks) (See Note #1 below)
2 Taco Seasoning Packets (or enough to season 2 pound of beef)
1 ¼ cups water
Directions
Combine all of the blender ingredients into a blender and blend on high for 30 seconds. Scrape down the edges with a spatula and blend again until smooth.
In a pot or a large pan, cook the ground beef, chorizo, and onion with the salt and garlic powder over medium/high heat until browned and no longer pink. If there is excessive oil then drain.
Turn the heat down to medium/low and pour the blended cheese sauce over the beef/chorizo/onion. Stir to combine. Try to avoid your queso going above 150 degrees because the sauce could break.
Pour in 1/2 bottle of Dash Extra Spicy Seasoning. Continue to stir.
After the cheese sauce has warmed (roughly 5 minutes), pour in the 1/2 bottle of Chili Crush Green (or up to 2 bottles - you decide!). Stir to combine.
Note:
The reason for the Velveeta cheese is for the emulsifiers. If you don’t want to use Velveeta, you will want to put 2 teaspoons of sodium citrate in the blender with the rest of the ingredients. Without emulsifiers, your cheese sauce will break (start to separate, turn gritty, etc.) due to the heat from the stove and the acidity of the green chili.
Serving
Serve with your favorite tortilla chips or veggies and enjoy! You can also pour the queso into a crock pot and set to low/warm. This also reheats well in the microwave.
