Mesa Grill Queso Fundido Recipes

QUESO FUNDIDO WITH CHORIZO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a skillet over medium heat, add the oil if using. Most Mexican chorizos have enough fat and won't need the vegetable oil. Add the chorizo and cook, stir frequently to cook evenly and avoid it from sticking to the bottom. It'll take about 6-7 minutes to cook.
• Once cooked, remove the excess fat from the skillet or place the cooked chorizo over a paper towel to absorb the fat.
• Place the chorizo in an oven proof dish, setting aside 2 tablespoons to garnish when ready to serve. I divided the chorizo and cheese into 2 small clay pots, but you can use a large oven proof dish.
• Place the grated cheese over the chorizo and bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbling. Do not overcook or it will have a chewy texture.
• Remove form oven and place over a heat proof surface. Serve warm with salsa and plenty of flour tortillas or tortilla chips.

QUESO FUNDIDO ON THE GRILL

Steps:

• Spray non-stick cooking oil to your clay bowl; this will allow the cheese not to stick on the bottom.
• Then add 2 cups of the grated cheese in each bowl and top with poblano strips and serrano chiles cut in halves.
• Turn on your grill let it get to 400 degrees, place the bowl and close the grill for 5-7 minutes.
• Open and check again, when the cheese is bubbling is ready to serve.

QUESO FUNDIDO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a 9-inch cast-iron skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook, crumbling it as you go, until browned and cooked through.
• Remove the chorizo from the skillet and drain it on paper towels (chorizo is very greasy!). Pour off any excess fat from the skillet.
• Without cleaning the skillet, add the onion and bell peppers.
• Cook the veggies over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until they brown and soften, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the tequila, if using. Turn the heat back on to medium-high and cook until the vegetables are golden brown and the liquor has reduced, 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove the vegetables from the skillet and set them aside. Turn off the heat.
• Mix the cheeses together, then cover the bottom of a medium ovenproof skillet with one-third of the cheese mixture . . .
• Add one-third of the vegetables . . .
• And one-third of the chorizo.
• Continue with two more layers, ending with chorizo. Sprinkle the top with chili powder.
• Bake until the cheese is totally melted, hot, and slightly bubbling around the edges, 4 to 5 minutes. Watch it constantly, as you don't want the cheese to get overly melted and hard. But you want it to be sizzling!
• Top with the tomatoes, a sprinkle of kosher salt, and the cilantro.
• Serve immediately with tortilla chips . . .
• Or carrot sticks and cauliflower florets if you want to avoid chips!

QUESO FUNDIDO

Steps:

• Bring the wine to a simmer in a double boiler. Add the mozzarella and jack cheeses and stir until melted. Add the remaining ingredients and cook for 5 minutes. Place in a fondue pot and serve with flour tortillas and blue corn chips.

QUESO FUNDIDO

Steps:

• Put oven on high broil, and place a whole poblano pepper on a small sheet pan. Broil until it's charred on each side (about 10 minutes total). Remove from oven and cover with foil, allow the pepper to steam for 5 minutes, this helps the skin easily peel off. Peel the skin off the poblano pepper, then dice, discarding the seeds.
• Preheat oven to 400F degrees
• In a cast iron skillet, over medium/high heat, add in the chorizo. Cook the chorizo fully through, breaking it up into smaller pieces as it cooks. Use a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Lower the heat to medium, add in avocado oil, diced onion and roasted poblano peppers. Sauté until the onion becomes translucent, about 4 minutes. Add onion and poblanos to the chorizo bowl and mix together.
• Turn the heat off and add half the grated cheese to the bottom of the skillet evenly. On top of the cheese, add in the chorizo, onion, poblano mix, and evenly spread. Add the rest of the cheese on top.
• Place in the oven for 8-10 minutes, until the cheese is browned and bubbling.
• Remove from the oven, garnish with cilantro and roma tomatoes, and serve immediately in the cast iron skillet.
• Use tortilla chips or scoop the queso fundido into warmed tortillas. Enjoy!

MESA GRILL QUESO FUNDIDO RECIPE

Steps:

• 1) Prepare Roasted Poblano Vinaigrette 2) Preheat broiler and sauce pan over MEDIUM heat 3) Melt butter and add flour and whisk and cook for 1 minute 4) Whisk in milk and cook until slightly thickened 5) Remove from heat and stir in Monterey Jack cheese and salt and pepper 6) Scrape mixture into 8" pan and top with goat cheese slices. Make sure goat cheese slices are not too chick so that they properly melt 7) Broil about 6" away so cheese does not burn but broil for a while until cheese is brownish and bubbly 8) Drizzle with Poblano Vinaigrette and sprinkle with Cilantro then serve with chips