Queso Fundido With Sausage And Chipotle Chilies Recipes

CHORIZO QUESO FUNDIDO

Steps:

• For the chorizo pork sausage: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine the pork, vinegars, paprika, garlic powder, guajillo powder, pepper, salt, cumin and cilantro in a large bowl. Mix well using hands or a wooden spoon.
• Spread mixture over a baking pan and roast until cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain excess fat.
• For the rajitas: Saute onions and minced garlic with vegetable oil in a skillet on medium-high heat until onions are translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Add cilantro, salt and thyme and continue to cook 2 minutes.
• For the escabeche: Combine vinegar, salt, sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Place chile rings in a mixing bowl (remove seeds if desired to lessen heat). Pour boiling liquid over chiles and refrigerate until chilled, up to overnight.
• For the queso fundido: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Layer a 9-by-6-inch casserole dish with onion rajitas, 2 cups cooked chorizo pork sausage and cheeses. Place 4 to 6 pickled chiles on top.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a broiler and continue to cook until browned. Serve with corn tortilla chips or flour tortillas and extra pickled chiles!

QUESO FUNDIDO WITH SAUSAGE AND CHIPOTLE CHILIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sauté sausages and onion in large skillet over medium-high heat until brown, breaking up clumps of sausage with back of spoon, about 10 minutes. Mix in 1/2 cup cilantro and 1 teaspoon chipotle chilies. Transfer mixture to 9-inch-diameter baking dish. Mix cheese and remaining 1/2 cup cilantro and 1 teaspoon chipotle chilies in medium bowl. Sprinkle cheese mixture over sausage mixture. Bake casserole 10 minutes.
• Wrap tortillas in aluminum foil. Place tortillas in oven to heat through. Continue to bake casserole until cheese bubbles, about 10 minutes.
• Serve casserole with warm tortillas.

QUESO FUNDIDO CON HONGOS Y CHILE CHIPOTLE (MOZZARELLA CASSEROLE WITH MUSHROOMS AND SMOKY CHIPOTLE CHILE)

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet (preferably non-stick), heat the oil over medium-high. Add the sliced onion and cook, stirring frequently, until softening and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and stir nearly constantly until they have softened and any juice they release has evaporated, about 5 minutes longer. Stir in the sliced chile, then taste and season with salt, usually about 1/4 teaspoon. Transfer the mixture to a 9- or 10-inch shallow baking dish, Mexican cazuela or pie plate. Very lightly dampen a clean kitchen towel. Check the tortillas to make sure none are stuck together. Wrap them in the towel, then in foil, sealing the edges tightly. Place in the oven and set the timer for 7 minutes. When the timer goes off, stir the shredded cheese into the warm mushroom mixture. Set in the oven alongside the tortillas and bake until the cheese is just melted, about 5 more minutes. Sprinkle with the thyme or epazote and black pepper and serve without a moment's hesitation, accompanied by the warm tortillas.

TRADITIONAL QUESO FUNDIDO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450.
• In a pie plate, spray lightly with cooking spray and drizzle lightly with oil.
• Spread Picco De Gallo and chorizo (opt) in pie pan.
• Layer Chihuahua Cheese (and quesidilla cheese) on top.
• Place in over until cheese is throughly melted (place under broiler to brown a slight bit).
• Serve in warm torillas.