Lady Bird Johnson’s Chile Con Queso
Delicious creamy cheesy Queso with tomatoes spices, cheese and an excellent dip for chips or even we can eat tortilla with it.
Servings: 4 serving
Ingredients
- 1 10 ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies with juice
- ½ cup diced yellow onion
- 1 small clove garlic minced
- 2 tablespoon chili powder
- ½ tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon fresh oregano if using dried oregano uses ½ teaspoon
- ½ pound processed cheese Velveeta or aged cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon whole milk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- In a medium sauce pan, add tomatoes with chilies, onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin and fresh oregano. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat to low and continue too cook until the mixture turned into a paste. It takes about 10 minutes.
- To this add cheese and cook until the cheese melted and if the queso becomes thick add milk to bring it correct consistency you want.
- Enjoy with bowl of tortilla chips.
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