Queso Fundido is a Mexican dip with ooey gooey melted cheese, chorizo, spices and your choice of toppings served with tortilla chips or flour tortillas. It is absolutely delicious and so flavor packed.
Queso Fundido is a beautiful hot mess and one of our favorite dips. It really is a cinch to make and can be prepped in advance of your celebration. You will find it difficult to stop eating this incredibly delicious dip. I like to top this cheesy dip with sun ripened tomatoes, minced red onion, and fresh chopped cilantro. However you could also substitute or add thin sliced jalapeno, guacamole, or Pico de Gallo.
How to make Queso Fundido
Start by cooking the chorizo in an ovenproof skillet or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Break it up with a spoon as it cooks. After a few minutes add the onion and cook until the onion is soft and chorizo is crumbly and cooked through. Move the sausage mixture to several layers of paper towels to drain the excess fat.
Sprinkle about half of the cheese in the bottom of a baking dish or use the same skillet you cooked the chorizo and onion in if it is oven safe. Spoon the chorizo and onion mixture on top of the cheese reserving a couple of tablespoons of the chorizo for the top. Now top the chorizo layer with the remaining cheese.
Bake for about 5-6 minutes or just until the cheese is melted. Be careful not to overcook as the cheese will harden on the top if cooked too long. Finally top with diced tomatoes, minced red onion, chopped cilantro, and the reserved chorizo. Serve your Queso Fundido immediately with tortilla chips or warm tortillas.
Queso Fundido recipe notes
- Mexican chorizo is a spicy ground uncooked sausage that is available in pork or beef. I usually find it in the cooler with the other ground sausages or in the cooler with the Mexican cheeses and tortillas.
- Feel free to top the Queso Fundido dip with whatever you like best. You could use diced tomatoes, minced jalapenos, chopped cilantro, diced avocado, green onions, black olives, salsa, or serrano peppers.
- Oaxaca cheese, Pepper Jack cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, queso asadero (also known as queso quesadilla) and Mozzarella cheese are all great melting cheeses for this recipe.
- For over the top flavor when in season add fresh roasted poblano or anaheim peppers.
- In a pinch or when necessary substitute 2 (4 ounce) cans of green chilies for the fresh peppers.
- Bake the dish just until the cheese is melted. Overcooking it can leave it hard on the top making it difficult to eat with chips or spoon on to tortillas.
- Serve this dish immediately while the cheese is hot and melted.
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Queso Fundido Recipe
This Queso Fundido is layered with melty cheese, chorizo, sautéed onions and topped with diced tomatoes, minced jalapeno and chopped fresh cilantro. This crowd-pleasing dip is perfect for any fiesta!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: appetizers
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 9 ounces beef or pork Mexican chorizo
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 6 ounces Pepper Jack Cheese shredded
- 6 ounces Oaxaca Cheese shredded (Mexican melting cheese)
- 3/4 cup diced tomato or salsa
- 1 tablespoon minced red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cook the chorizo in an ovenproof skillet or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Break it up with a spoon as it cooks. After a few minutes add the onion and cook until the onion is soft and chorizo is crumbly and cooked through. Move the sausage mixture to several layers of paper towels to drain the excess fat.
- Sprinkle half of the cheese in the bottom of a casserole dish or use the same skillet you cooked the chorizo and onion in if it is oven safe. Add the chorizo mixture on top of the cheese reserving 2 tablespoons for the top. Top with the remaining cheese. .
- Bake for 5-6 minutes or just until the cheese is melted. Over baking it can leave it hard on the top making it difficult to eat with chips or spoon on to tortillas.
- Top with diced tomatoes, minced red onion, chopped cilantro, and the reserved chorizo. Serve the dish immediately with tortilla chips or warm tortillas.
Notes
- Mexican chorizo is a spicy ground uncooked sausage that is available in pork or beef. I usually find it in the cooler with the other ground sausages or in the cooler with the Mexican cheeses and tortillas.
- Feel free to top the Queso Fundido dip with whatever you like best. You could use diced tomatoes, minced jalapenos, chopped cilantro, diced avocado, green onions, black olives, salsa, or serrano peppers.
- Oaxaca cheese, Pepper Jack cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, queso asadero (also known as queso quesadilla) and Mozzarella cheese are all great melting cheeses for this recipe.
- For over the top flavor when in season add fresh roasted poblano or anaheim peppers.
- In a pinch or when necessary substitute 2 (4 ounce) cans of green chilies for the fresh peppers.
- Bake the dish just until the cheese is melted. Overcooking it can leave it hard on the top making it difficult to eat with chips or spoon on to tortillas.
- Serve this dish immediately while the cheese is hot and melted.
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