White Queso Dip
Restaurant Style White Queso Dip Recipe
Equipment
- Cheese shredder
- Stainless steel saucepan
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 8 oz. block pepper jack cheese or Monterey cheese
- 2 cups whole milk*
- 2 tablespoons butter salted
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Dash of salt
Instructions
- Coarsely shred the cheese.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the flour and salt.
- Whisk it together and cook it for about one minute. It may be clumpy
- While whisking constantly, slowly pour the milk in, only pouring about ½ cup at a time. Whisk and cook until it thickens, then pour more milk in, repeating this step until all of the milk is incorporated.
- Cook and stir constantly for about 8-10 minutes until the milk mixture has slightly thickened.
- Add a large handful of cheese and stir it in until melting.
- Repeat step 6 until all of the cheese has melted and cook it for 5-10 minutes until it reaches the thickness you want it to be.
- Serve warm with tortilla chips and enjoy!
Notes
*Traditional restaurant style white queso is thinner than other queso dip or nacho cheese. If you prefer your queso dip to be on the thicker side, use only 1 ½ cups of milk.
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