Chile Con Queso
Thursday night we had Chile Con Queso & tortilla chips for tea. Definitely not the healthiest of meals, since Chile Con Queso is an extremely cheesy sauce! But damn it was good. I blame the cherry tomato plant. It's been produceing quite a few cherry tomatoes, but we haven't really been eating them because, well, they're best in salads, aren't they, and it's certainly not salad weather! But I didn't want them to go to waste, so I said to Peter on Wednesday that we should do something with them. He suggested bruschetta, which seemed like a good idea when he said it, but by the time I got home on Thursday night I was cold, and wanted something nice & warm for tea. Bruschetta is more of a summer-weather thing too really, isn't it? And that's when I had the brilliant idea of Chile Con Queso, which I don't think I've made for about 5 years! It's really a sharing kind of food, best as part of an entire mexican meal, rather than all by itself for tea! Not really generally worth making just for the 2 of us...
Chile Con Queso
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped tomato (I had double this, so I doubled the rest of the recipe too. We still ate most of it!)
1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
1/2 tsp salt
450g cheddar cheese, cubed (I find a nice vintage one is best - the Cracker Barrel one is pretty good)
Saute onion in butter until tender (don't brown). Stir in the tomatoes, chillies,& salt, simmer for 5 mins (until it mushes down). Add a few cheese cubes at a time to allow them to melt, adding more as they melt. When they're all melted in, serve with corn chips. Yum!
Chile Con Queso
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped tomato (I had double this, so I doubled the rest of the recipe too. We still ate most of it!)
1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
1/2 tsp salt
450g cheddar cheese, cubed (I find a nice vintage one is best - the Cracker Barrel one is pretty good)
Saute onion in butter until tender (don't brown). Stir in the tomatoes, chillies,& salt, simmer for 5 mins (until it mushes down). Add a few cheese cubes at a time to allow them to melt, adding more as they melt. When they're all melted in, serve with corn chips. Yum!