Quick Queso Dip

[apollymi]

 Do you ever go through those spells where you have to eat one thing over and over and over? Yeah, that's where I am. And the food of choice is -- oddly enough -- cheese dip. Queso is the preference, but any cheese dip is working really nice for me lately.

Well, queso dip that isn't in a glass jar with Doritos/Fritos/etc on the front can be expensive and/or too spicy. And the Doritos/Fritos/etc queso always seems to use yellow cheese and so doesn't look like "real" queso. So I took it upon myself to come up with my own queso recipe, based on one I found on AllRecipes.com. Getting it off the stove and tasting it was one of those "damn, I'm good" moments.

Ingredients:

• 12 slices White American cheese
• 1-2 4-oz cans green chillies (to your own taste)
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup milk (I used soy)
• 2 Tbsp cumin powder
• 2 Tbsp onion powder
• 2 Tbsp garlic powder
• chili powder to taste

Directions:
In a heavy bottom medium boiler or pot, slowly heat the butter and milk over medium-low heat until butter begins to melt. Tear cheese into smaller sizes and add to milk and butter, stirring constantly, until cheese melts. Putting it into smaller pieces helps this go faster. 

Once the cheese melts, stir in the green chillies. Once this is mixed, add the remainder of the spices to your own taste. You may need to add additional milk if it becomes too thick. Serve hot with chips or over enchiladas/tacos/etc.

Note:
This reheats well in the microwave. However, be sure to cover it and stop to stir it frequently, no less than every minute.