My favorite Super Bowl dip!

I hope every ones Super Bowl was as fabulous as mine was! Although I know nothing about football, I thoroughly enjoyed my SB Sunday because I made an AWESOME Chili Con Queso dip! I wasn't really planning a big Super Bowl event, but my plans took a turn and we ended up having a Super Bowl party at our house. Long story short, I had to find recipes and I had to find them fast!

I always want Chili Con Queso dip at Super Bowl parties, but it seems the entire world only knows how to make it with Velveeta ...and I am pretty sure I took a vow never to eat that stuff from the first day I saw it. I was really craving this Chili Con Queso dip and wanted to make a great homemade version. I found the best recipe EVER. The recipe is below from the "Homesick Texan" blog:

Chile Con Queso

Ingredients:

1/2 onion diced (about 1/2 cup)

4 cloves of garlic minced

3 Serrano peppers diced

3 jalapeno peppers diced

2 tablespoons of butter

2 tablespoons of flour

1 cup of milk

6 cups of shredded cheese, can use any combination of cheddar and Monterrey Jack

1/2 cup of cilantro, chopped

2 plum tomatoes, peeled and diced (about 1 cup, can use canned if tomatoes aren’t in season)

1/2 cup of sour cream

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium-low heat, and then cook the onions and peppers for about five minutes or until onions are translucent.

2. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.

3. Whisk the flour into the butter, vegetable mix and cook for about 30 seconds.

4. Add the milk to the pot, and cook on medium, whisking constantly until sauce is thick, about five minutes. Stir in the cilantro and tomatoes.

5. Turn heat down to low, and a 1/4-cup at a time, slowly add the shredded cheese stirring into the white sauce until completely melted. Repeat.

6. Stir in the sour cream.

7. Add salt to taste.

Serves four.

Notes: You can vary which chiles you use to control how hot you want the queso to be. Also, if the sauce is too thick, feel free to add a bit more milk a tablespoon at a time. The key, however, to a smooth sauce is adding the cheese very slowly and not adding any more cheese until the previous addition is completely integrated into the sauce.

My review

This recipe is GREAT! It is a good junk food kind of a dip that you would only eat during a sports show. It is surprisingly fresh tasting because of the cilantro. It is not really heavy and does not make you feel bloated and nasty like the other "fake" kind might make you feel. It is super easy to make. Everyone at the Super Bowl party LOVED it and couldn't get enough. Here's a note to future makers of this dish- you need a lot of cheese and you really have to let the cheese melt completely before adding more. Also, you may be scared if you see the texture of the melted cheese, but the cheese does not actually get creamy and smooth until you add the sour cream.

YUMMY! 

Gracias "Homesick Texan" for that great Chili Con Queso!