Beef Queso Dip

Ground Beef:

  • 1 pound ground beef

  • 4-5 green onions - white part only, diced

  • 2 garlic cloves diced

  • salt and pepper

  • 2 teaspoons (or move) ground cumin

  • 1 jalapeno chopped

  • 1 cup chicken low sodium broth

  • 1/2 cup salsa (See Janice's Cilantro Salsa recipe or use whatever you love. Original recipe uses tomatillo salsa)

Queso:

  • 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter

  • 4-5 green onions - white part only, diced

  • Poblano or Jalapeno diced

  • 2 garlic cloves diced

  • 1/2 cup salsa (See Janice's Cilantro Salsa recipe or use whatever you love. Original recipe uses tomatillo salsa)

  • 2 Tablespoons flour

  • 1 1/2 cups milk

  • 10 oz queso fresco cheese

  • 8 ounces monterey jack cheese

Optional Mix Ins: sour cream, guacamole, cilantro, chives

Cook Ground Beef:

Cook ground beef to crumble, remove grease

Add all ingredients except salsa and cook for about 10 minutes until the broth is evaporated.

Add salsa and set aside or put into crock pot.

Cook Cheese Sauce:

Melt butter

Add onion, peppers, garlic and cook until soft.

Add salsa

Stir in flour and then slowly pour in milk while stirring

Whisk until thickened

Reduce heat to low and add cheeses

Add milk if you need to thin it out a bit.

Pour over meat

Add mix ins and garnishes (chives, cilantro, tomatoes).