Queso
Queso is a delicious cheese dip that has been around for centuries. The history of queso recipes is a long and delicious one.
Queso recipes can be traced back to the Aztecs, who created a dish called “chili con queso”. This dish was a mixture of chili peppers, cheese, and other ingredients. It was served as a dip or sauce for various dishes.
The first recorded queso recipe was in a cookbook from the 16th century. This cookbook, called “Libro de arte de cozina”, contained a recipe for a cheese dip that was very similar to the modern queso recipe.
Advice
Making queso is a relatively simple process, but a few tips can help ensure a delicious result. Start by choosing high-quality cheese and melting it in a saucepan over low heat. Adding a bit of broth or wine and stirring continuously will help the cheese melt evenly. Once melted, you can add spices and other ingredients such as diced tomatoes and jalapenos to give the queso more flavor. For an extra creamy texture, consider adding a few tablespoons of cream cheese and a tablespoon of cornstarch. Finally, adjust the seasoning and serve your queso warm with chips or vegetables. Enjoy!
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Recipes
Creamy Queso with Chorizo
- vegetable oil
- salt
- cotija cheese
- chipotle
- half
- ancho chile
- chipotle chile powder
- chorizo
- monterey jack cheese
- cheddar cheese
- velveeta cheese
Queso Fundido With Chorizo, Jalapeño and Cilantro
- olive oil
- lime
- bread
- tortilla chip
- monterey jack cheese
- jalapeño
- salt
- cilantro
- green onion
- chorizo
Queso
- ADDITIONS (OPTIONAL)
- salt
- chipotle chiles en adobo
- black bean
- cilantro
- cumin
- red pepper flake
- oregano
- lime zest
- garlic
- green onion
- QUESO
- tortilla chip
- tomato
- block american cheese
The Best Jalapeño Queso
- butter
- cumin
- milk
- onion
- monterey jack cheese
- cheddar cheese
- salt
- cream cheese
- all purpose flour
- chipotle
- garlic
- jalapeño
- mango salsa
Vegan ‘Queso’
- TOMATILLO SALSA
- salt
- serrano chile
- shallot
- cilantro
- garlic
- tomatillo
- FOR SERVING
- tortilla chip
- cilantro
- onion
- CASHEW “QUESO”
- cashew
- salt
- chipotle
- turmeric
- almond milk
Mac and Queso Fundido
- salt
- green onion
- chicken stock
- mexican cheese
- vegetable
- onion powder
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- smoked paprika
- heavy cream
- italian sausage
- butter
- all purpose flour
- milk
- garlic
- mushroom
- cavatappi
Best Vegan Queso (Ever)
- tomato
- potato
- coconut milk
- vegetable broth
- lemon juice
- pickled jalapeño juice
- cumin
- garlic powder
- tapioca starch
- turmeric
- salt
- chile
- pickled jalapeño
- nutritional yeast
- cashew
- garlic
- cilantro
Natural chile con queso
- milk
- cilantro
- sour cream
- onion
- cumin
- all purpose flour
- butter
- plum tomato
- jalapeño
- serrano chile
- garlic
- hand cheese
- salt
Smoked Queso Dip
- evaporated milk
- chorizo
- olive oil
- cumin
- onion
- rotel tomato
- deli white american cheese
- jalapeño
- tortilla chip
Chile Con Queso
- chip
- jalapeño
- onion
- hot breakfast sausage
- tomato
- green chile
- block cheese
Quealy’s Queso
- velveeta cheese
- sambal oelek
- heavy cream
Queso Dip (Mexican Cheese Dip)
- cornflour cornstarch
- garlic
- tomato
- butter
- cilantro
- onion powder
- onion
- milk
- cheddar cheese
- evaporated milk
- green chile
- salt
Chorizo Mushroom Queso Dip
- mexican melting cheese
- corn tortilla
- mushroom cap
- chorizo
- olive oil
- green onion
Bolitas de Yuca y Queso (Fried Yuca Balls Stuffed With Cheese)
- vegetable oil
- mozzarella cheese
- panko breadcrumb
- yuca
- all purpose flour
- heavy cream
- salt
- egg
Chile con Queso
- tortilla chip
- garlic
- white american cheese
- onion
- jalapeño
- anaheim chile
- tomato
- black pepper
- milk
- cumin
Queso with black beans, Austin style
- black bean
- water
- milk
- american cheese
- green chile
- avocado
- pico de gallo
- onion
- cayenne pepper
- cumin
- cilantro
- cornstarch
- butter
- garlic
- jalapeño
- salt
- torilla chip
Ham and Potato Croquettes—Croquetas de Jamon y Queso
- all purpose flour
- panko
- cheddar cheese
- egg
- egg yolk
- yellow potato
- butter
- cream
- parmesan cheese
- water
- salt
- parsley
- ham
- black pepper
Chipotle Pumpkin Queso Dip
- velveeta cheese
- tomato
- pumpkin puree
- adobo sauce
- chipotle
- tortilla chip
Easy and Delicious Queso Dip
- sour cream
- chili powder
- bell pepper
- green chile
- cumin
- onion
- asadero cheese
- cilantro
Bob Armstrong Chile con Queso
- salt
- salt
- pico de gallo
- chicken stock
- ground beef
- vegetable oil
- chili powder
- poblano pepper
- milk
- cumin
- monterey jack cheese
- cheddar cheese
- bell pepper
- onion
- onion
- all purpose flour
- garlic
- tomato
- butter
- jalapeño
Dairy-Free Queso Dip
- cornstarch
- water
- salsa
- garlic powder
- lemon juice
- nutritional yeast flake
- mustard powder
- salt
- apple cider vinegar
- tortilla chip
Easy Queso
- queso blanco cheese
- hot tomato
- pimiento
Queso Dip
- cilantro
- tortilla chip
- tomato
- green chile
- milk
- american cheese
- cornstarch
- onion
- onion powder
- butter
- chili powder
- garlic powder
- cumin
- salt
Queso flameado
- monterey jack cheese
- poblano pepper
- chorizo
- asadero cheese
- corn
One Skillet Queso Fundido
- poblano pepper
- onion
- oaxaca cheese
- monterey jack cheese
- cilantro
- tomato
- chorizo
Butternut Squash Smoky Queso Dip
- salt
- kale chip
- milk
- sage
- chipotle
- butternut squash
- cornstarch
- butter
- pepper jack cheese
- cheddar cheese
Shrimp queso flameado with ranchera salsa
- shrimp
- garlic
- tomato
- cilantro
- salt
- pepper
- onion
- monterey jack cheese
- lime juice
- jalapeño
- garlic
- olive oil
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- corn tortilla
Chorizo Mushroom Queso Dip
- mexican melting cheese
- corn tortilla
- mushroom cap
- chorizo
- olive oil
- green onion
Fully Loaded Vegan Queso Dip Recipe
- hot sauce
- vegetable oil
- black bean
- avocado
- tortilla chip
- vegan nacho cheese sauce
- jalapeño
- ro tel tomato
- cilantro
- vegan chorizo
- green onion
Easy Queso
- salsa
- pilsner beer
- mexican cheese
- cream cheese
Texas caviar chile con queso
- grape tomato
- lime juice
- cumin
- garlic
- black eyed peasdrained
- half
- water
- american cheese
- olive oil
- cilantro
- bell pepper
- black pepper
- salt
- cornstarch
- onion
- butter
- garlic
- jalapeño
- jalapeño
- tortilla chip
Keto Queso Dip Recipe
- monterey jack cheese
- butter
- garlic powder
- salt
- cumin
- water
- chipotle
- cheddar cheese
- pickled jalapeno
- cream cheese
- heavy cream
Chili's Copycat Skillet Queso
- milk
- lime juice
- cumin
- cayenne pepper
- hormel chili
- velveeta cheese
- paprika
- chili powder
Queso Fundido
- lime
- poblano pepper
- cilantro
- powdered adobo seasoning
- hot sauce
- vegetable oil
- green onion
- chorizo
- queso chihuahua
Chorizo Queso Dip with Beer and Chiles
- cheddar cheese
- jalapeño
- ground pork chorizo
- evaporated milk
- green chile
- dark beer
- tortilla chip
Chile con Queso
- tortilla chip
- lime juice
- jalapeno salsa
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- jalapeno chily
- stale corn tortilla
- olive oil
- water
- salt
- vegetable oil
- oregano
- onion
- mexican asadero
- anaheim chily
- garlic
Bacon Queso
- tortilla chip
- cilantro
- plum tomato
- milk
- jalapeño
- cheese
- green onion
- bacon
Chili parlor queso
- brick cheese
- ground beef
- bacon grease
- oregano
- cumin
- tomato
- black pepper
- salt
- onion
- pickled jalapeño
- onion
- water
- ancho chile
- garlic
- cayenne pepper
- cayenne allspice
- tortilla chip
Texas pulled pork queso
- american cheese
- butter
- black pepper
- brown sugar
- garlic
- smoked paprika
- green chile
- pork shoulder
- cumin
- onion
- cayenne pepper
- chicken broth
- cornstarch
- salt
- garlic
- barbecue sauce
- pico de gallo
- tortilla chip
Vegan queso
- navy bean
- pickled jalapeño
- cashew
- jalapeño pickle juice
- chipotle
- serrano chile
- tomato
- coconut milk
- celery salt
- cumin
- salt
- nutritional yeast
- onion
- lime juice
- garlic
- carrot
- pico de gallo
- tortilla chip
Crawfish queso fundido
- crawfish tail
- worcestershire sauce
- celery
- salt
- cilantro
- oregano
- cumin
- onion
- mozzarella cheese
- lime juice
- butter
- jalapeño
- garlic
- cayenne pepper
- salsa
- all purpose flour
Pickle queso
- half
- american cheese
- pickle juice
- dill pickle
- pickled jalapeño
- lager
- dill weed
- onion
- corn starch
- butter
- garlic
- salt
- cayenne pepper
- tortilla chip
White Queso Dip (+Video)
- cumin
- white american cheese
- heavy cream
- green chily
- pico de gallo cilantro
Cowboy Queso
- black bean
- pepper jack cheese
- kernel corn
- rotel tomato
- sausage
- onion
- cilantro
- velveeta
- pale ale
- cream cheese
Queso Fundido
- pico de gallo
- pork chorizo
- cheese
- green chili
Chile con Queso
- lime juice
- jalapeno salsa
- salt
- mexican asadero
- water
- jalapeno chile
- olive oil
- oregano
- onion
- poblano pepper
- garlic
Felix queso
- chili powder
- paprika
- all purpose flour
- onion
- vegetable oil
- water
- garlic
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- grape tomato
- american cheese
- tortilla chip
Chorizo Queso
- chorizo
- butter
- all purpose flour
- mexican lager
- smoked gouda
- heavy cream
- cheddar cheese
- american cheese
Beery Chorizo Queso Fundido
- tortilla chip
- jalapeño
- onion
- cilantro
- cumin
- mexican lager beer
- milk
- chorizo
- chili powder
- garlic
- all purpose flour
- monterrey jack cheese
- butter
Chili Queso
- cornstarch
- tortilla chip
- onion
- heavy cream
- cheddar cheese
- mike' straight chili
- garlic
Chorizo Queso
- cilantro
- salt
- tortilla chip
- american cheese
- avocado
- chorizo
- all purpose flour
- pickle
- onion
- black bean
- jalapeño
- red pepper
- cheddar cheese
- heavy cream
Chorizo Queso Fundido
- corn tortilla chip
- ground pork
- paprika
- cumin
- salt
- sugar
- garlic
- spanish onion
- apple cider vinegar
- thyme
- cilantro
- tarragon vinegar
- vegetable oil
- black pepper
- garlic powder
- guajillo powder
- fresno chile
- monterey jack cheese
- mozzarella cheese
Copycat Chili's Queso Dip (Slow Cooker)
- cayenne pepper
- milk
- cumin
- paprika
- bean chili
- chili powder
- velveeta cheese
- lime juice
- cilantro
- onion
- lime
- tortilla chip
Restaurant-Style White Queso (Queso Blanco)
- pickled jalapeño juice
- pickled jalapeño
- half
- white american cheese
- salt
Empanadas de Jamón y Queso (Ham and Cheese Empanadas)
- lard
- salt
- cumin
- pimiento stuffed olife
- cheddar cheese
- butter
- sweet paprika
- garlic
- onion
- all purpose flour
- salt
- hard-boiled egg
- all purpose flour
- olive oil
- spanish ham
- queijo de coalho
Chile con Queso
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- sour cream
- cheddar cheese
- onion
- vegetable oil
- garlic
- anaheim chile
Creamy Vegan Queso
- cashew
- russet potato
- oil tomato
- white wine vinegar
- onion
- water
- garlic powder
- chili powder
- cumin
- onion powder
- salt
- smoked paprika
- nutritional yeast
- avocado oil
- pickled jalapeño
- hot sauce
- tomato
- garlic
- salsa
Chile con Queso
- salt
- cilantro
- sour cream
- onion
- tortilla chip
- tomato
- milk
- jalapeño
- all purpose flour
- butter
- garlic
- serrano chile
- cheddar cheese
- monterey jack cheese
Kimchi Queso Fundido
- kimchi
- gochujang
- cumin
- tortilla chip
- sausage
- onion
- bell pepper
- cheddar cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- salt
Asadero Queso Dip (with No Velveeta!)
- green chile
- asadero cheese
- spinach add in
- salt
The Best Queso
- cherry tomato
- jalapeño
- onion
- salt
- cilantro
- butter
- garlic
- milk
- cream cheese
- cheddar cheese
- monterey jack cheese
- hot sauce several
- tortilla chip
Queso Flameado
- corn tortilla
- tequila
- cilantro
- asadero cheese
- serrano chile
- poblano pepper
- garlic
- mexican oregano
- onion
- salt
- olive oil
- green onion
- oaxacan cheese
2-Ingredient Queso Dip
- brick cream cheese
- salsa verde
Chili Queso
- hormel chili
- milk
- lime juice
- velveeta cheese
- tomato
- ground beef
- cumin
- cayenne pepper
- paprika
- chili powder
Queso Fundido with Shrimp & Tomatoes
- salt
- corn
- monterey jack cheese
- garlic
- serrano chile
- onion
- oregano
- olive oil
- shrimp
- plum tomato
Chorizo Queso
- evaporated milk
- el paso green chile
- tomato
- salt
- cream cheese
- butter
- cornstarch
- chorizo
- cheddar cheese
Vegan Chipotle Carrot Queso
- blendtec blender
- green chili
- onion
- adobo sauce
- olive oil
- vegetable broth
- cumin
- salt
- pickled jalapeño pepper
- carrot
- nutritional yeast flake
- garlic
- cherry tomato
- black pepper
- cilantro
Tex-Mex Chile con Queso
- heavy cream
- velveeta
- cheddar cheese
- jalapeño
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- onion
- tomato
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Staple Ingredients
- salt 45%
- garlic 39%
- onion 39%
Common Ingredients
- cumin 29%
- tortilla chip 24%
- butter 22%
- cilantro 20%
Usual Ingredients
- jalapeño 18%
- tomato 18%
- milk 16%
- water 16%
- all purpose flour 14%
- cayenne pepper 14%
- cheddar cheese 14%
- american cheese 12%
- black pepper 12%
- cream cheese 10%
- lime juice 10%
- pickled jalapeño 10%
- vegetable oil 10%