Are you excited, Cinco de Mayo is almost here!!! As you can probably tell, our family loves Mexican food! Thankfully there is an entire holiday surrounding all of the delicious Mexican flavors. What could be more perfect at your next Mexican fiesta than Queso Blanco Dip?
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Thick, melted cheese blended with jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, and onions…YUM! This is the perfect dip to serve along side these delicious José Olé Shredded Steak Taquitos wrapped in corn tortillas…..
and these José Olé Chicken & Cheese Taquitos wrapped in flour tortillas…..
and no one can pass up these fun José Olé Beef & Cheese Mini Tacos…..
This recipe makes a lot of Queso Blanco Dip!! You will have plenty to serve with your José Olé favorites, as well as chips and cut veggies…..
How to make Queso Blanco Dip:
Remove the membrane and seeds from your jalapeno peppers…..
and tomatoes…..
dice them along with your onion, and set aside…..
Cut your cheese into cubes…..
and set aside. You want to have all of your ingredients ready to go before you start!
Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add the onions and jalapenos and cook over Medium heat for 5 minutes, until softened and translucent…..
Add the tomatoes and garlic, stir and cook for one additional minute. Sprinkle flour over the vegetables, and whisk to coat…..
Gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly until all milk has been added and no lumps remain…..
Slowly add the cheese cubes, one cup at a time, mixing and allowing to completely melt before adding more…..
Once all of the cheese has been added, and melted, add the Greek yogurt {or sour cream} and stir to combine…..
Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve…..
more delicious Cinco de Mayo recipes:
Instant Pot Red Chile Pork Tamales
Restaurant Style Blender Salsa
Mexican Style Shredded Beef {Instant Pot}
Enjoy!!
Queso Blanco Dip
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
- 2 large jalapenos diced (membranes and seeds removed)
- 3 large cloves garlic minced
- 3 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk I used coconut/almond
- 1 pound Colby Jack cheese cubed (can substitute white American.)
- 1 pound Monterey Jack cubed
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt I used Fage
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil over Medium heat in a large pan. Add onions and jalapenos, cook for 5 minutes until softened and translucent.
- Add tomatoes and garlic, cook for one additional minute.
- Sprinkle flour over vegetables, and whisk to coat.
- Gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly until all milk has been added and no lumps remain.
- Slowly add the cheese cubes, one cup at a time, mixing and allowing to completely melt before adding more.
- Once all of the cheese has been added, and melted, add the Greek yogurt {or sour cream} and stir to combine.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
Oh my gosh – we have to get together sometime!! We would have soooo much fun! I big fuzzy heart love queso!! Great idea to pair the queso with José Olé products! 🙂
Homemade nacho cheese — I love it! This looks amazing, Lisa. Pinned!
Perfectly yummy! Pinning to make for my next fiesta! Cheers!
Can I just have a spoon or a straw? Yum!
OMG!!! You are making me so hungry. Love the dip and the chicken and cheese taquitos!! Thanks for sharing!
Ohhhh YUM!!! I love queso!! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
This looks amazing. I love the pictures of the process! They are gorgeous! Visiting from the Creative Ways link party 🙂
How many tomatoes? Looks like you used plum or roma tomatoes by your photos but there are none listed in the ingredients and yet they are referred to in the directions. Would like to try this for our Cinco de Mayo dinner but would like the complete recipe please.
Ooops, sorry about that Vickie. You are correct, I used 3 Roma tomatoes. Thanks so much for letting me know. 🙂
This looks so amazing! Definitely trying it at my next party!
Love this dip, Lisa…it looks delicious! We’re huge Mexican fans in this house! We’ll definitely be trying this one.
Lisa, you just handed me my Cinco de Mayo menu- thank you! Your queso goes perfectly with all of the Jose Ole products, and looks amazing. You even used my very favorite yogurt. OK, gotta go print my coupon! 🙂
Okay, I’m drooling right now! Looks so good. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday at 7, we can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
Hello cute girl! Just stopping by to let you know that your dip was chosen by Jessica as her favorite from our last party! Happy dance time. We will be featuring it at our party tonight at 7. Lou Lou Girls