When it comes to Chipotle Queso, you’ll know that most homemade queso is created with processed cheese, canned tomatoes, and green chillies. These ingredients are melted together in a slow cooker.
This copycat dish mimics Chipotle Mexican Grill’s emphasis on using only the best ingredients and cooking them by hand, so it’s a good fit.
Even though the list of Chipotle queso ingredients is large, preparing your own queso dip is a breeze. You’ll need a dutch oven and a whisk for this recipe.
Dip your tacos, burritos, and bowls in this chipotle queso dip to take Chipotle’s flavour home with you.
No one can deny that the queso served at Chipotle is controversial. Customers complained that the natural components used in the restaurant’s queso didn’t taste anything like the queso they were used to eating. When the restaurant re-introduced queso to their menu, it was enough for me to re-test, replicate and post the recipe! In the case of Panda Express’s General Tsao Chicken, I was not impressed.
It doesn’t matter if you’re serving burritos, tacos, or bowls; a Mexican buffet is elevated by the addition of cheese. In preparation for the big game, queso dip is a tasty and easy-to-serve appetiser. Try this Chipotle queso copycat recipe and compare it to both the restaurant version and the crockpot version of the queso. Make this creamy queso dip, and we think you’ll love it!
Tacos with Queso de Chipotle (Copycat)
An all-natural creamy chilli cheese dip with tomatillo salsa can be made in just 20 minutes with this Chipotle Queso (Copycat) recipe!
8 servings per batch
Preparation
- 1 hour and 30 mins
- Total Cooking Time: 10 Minutes Twenty minutes
Course Sabrina Snyder is the author of Mexican Appetizer Cuisine. - Ingestible oil, about two tablespoons
- 1 green bell pepper, diced and a half yellow onion
- Sliced finely, deveined and seeds removed from 1 jalapeño pepper
- Tomatoes and chilis in a 15-ounce can
- 1/2 a cup of tomatillos in sauce
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- Chipotle chile powder and two tablespoons of flour
- 1 tbsp. cumin seed powder.
- 1 tbsp. of oregano powder
- One-half teaspoon of kosher salt
- 2 grinds black pepper, coarsely
- 2 quarts of whole milk
- As much tomato paste as you like.
- Red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp.
- Grated 2 cups of cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon of lime juice
- Citrus flavouring: 1 tbsp
Instructions
Add the onion, bell pepper, and jalapenos to a large dutch oven and simmer for 5-6 minutes, turning periodically, until softened.
Make sure to thoroughly combine the canned tomatoes and chilis with tomatillo salsa as well as the spices and seasonings before serving.
Whisk in the milk, followed by the tomato paste, vinegar, and cheese, all of which should be melted at this point.
Whisk in the lime and lemon juices just before serving.
Nutrition
Vitamin A: 755IU, Vitamin C: 17.6mg, and Calcium: 287mg are all found in this meal, as well as 0.8mg of iron.
Read More: What Kind of Cheese Does Chipotle Use in their Product?
