QUESO FUNDIDO
Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network
Categories appetizer
Time 30m
Yield Makes about 4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 14
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!
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