Best Southwestern Chile Cheese Fondue Recipes

SOUTHWESTERN CHILE CHEESE FONDUE

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This fondue blends Monterey jack and cheddar cheese with a light cream, cream cheese, and plenty of southwestern flavor. Offer sturdy tortilla chips, warm, flour tortillas, chunks of cooked chorizo sausage and plenty of crunchy fresh vegetables as dippers. Makes about 5 cups, 6 to 8 main course servings or 12 to 14 appetizer...

Provided by Lynnda Cloutier

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

8 oz. monterey jack cheese, shredded
8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper, finely diced
2 tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped or 1 can petite cut diced tomatoes, well drained, 14.5 oz
2 to 3 jalapeno or serrano chile peppers, seeded and minced
1 large garlic clove, minced
2 cups light cream or half and half
6 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper or to taste
salt
2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro and/or scallions

Steps:

1. In large bowl, toss the Monterey Jack and cheddar with the cornstarch to coat.
2. In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, til onion is softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, chile peppers, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, til most of the moisture evaporates, about 5 minutes. Pour in the light cream and cook, stirring til sauce just reaches a boil. Reduce heat to low.
3. Break cream cheese into small pieces and gradually stir into the hot chile tomato sauce til melted and smooth. Gradually stir in the shredded cheese mixture, letting each addition melt before adding more. Stir in the lime juice, cumin and cayenne. Taste, adding salt if needed.
4. Transfer to a fondue pot, preferably ceramic or enameled cast iron. Sprinkle the cilantro and scallions over the top and serve at once. Regulate the heat under pot if possible so that the cheese fondue remains warm, not hot.

SOUTHWESTERN CHILE-CHEESE FONDUE

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From Vegetarian Times, November 2002 "Flavorful Pepper Jack cheese needs little help to make it taste wonderful. The pickled jalapeños may be eaten as a relish or dipped in the fondue and are especially suited to those who like fiery foods. Use fresh corn or flour tortillas, if available, and at serving time, place tortilla wedges in baskets lined with a damp napkin or dish towel. Warm in the microwave for 20 seconds and set out smaller baskets filled with tortilla chips. For festive color, garnish fondue with chopped red peppers."

Provided by Dominick and Amanda

Categories < 30 Mins

Time 20m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 garlic clove, mashed
2 1/2 cups beer, Dos Equis (or other Mexi- can)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, ground fine (raw hulled)
1 1/2 lbs monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded, about 4 cups
1/2 cup roasted green chilies, diced
2 dozen corn tortillas or 2 dozen flour tortillas, cut in wedges
1 lb tortilla chips, preferably baked
3 -4 quarts vegetables, cut into serving size (raw or steamed, such as carrot sticks, bell peppers, celery, radishes, baby carrots, broccoli pieces)
2 cups jalapenos, pickled (left whole)

Steps:

Place garlic and beer in saucepan, and heat over low until simmering.
Mix cornstarch with water, stirring to make paste, and stir into beer. Increase heat and cook beer until it boils and begins to thicken. Reduce heat to low. Add pumpkin seeds and cook 2 minutes.
Add cheese and, using generous handfuls at a time, stir into beer until cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat until cheese is gone. Stir in green chiles.
Transfer cheese mixture to fondue pot or crockpot. Keep fondue warm over alcohol burner or in crockpot over lowest setting. Serve with accompaniments.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1126.2, Fat 60.2, SaturatedFat 24.9, Cholesterol 100.9, Sodium 976.4, Carbohydrate 103, Fiber 11.4, Sugar 3.3, Protein 42.9