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Chile Con Queso from New Mexico

12/8/2016

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PictureChile Con Queso
One of the first New Mexico recipes I learned to make when I moved to New Mexico was this Chile Con Queso which was served at about every party and get-together I attended. This concoction was never meant to be a health food. The main ingredient is Velveeta. 

Now you may ask, as I did, what Velveeta is doing in a traditional New Mexican dish. My research tells me it was the first cheese that didn't need to be refrigerated, and a boon to those households that had little refrigeration. 

We made this for our family "Thanksmas" last week, and had some leftover, so I put it in the ham and been soup I made. Delicioso!  T'would be good in posole too.

Servings: 8    Serving size: 1/4 cup    Preparation time: 30 minutes    Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup onions, minced
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons of butter
15 ounces tomato sauce
4 ounces canned diced green chiles.
3 teaspoons N.M. chile powder  
​(or 2 tablespoons Secret Santa Fe Red Chile Sauce)
8 ounces Velveeta cheese
Directions
1. In a medium sucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until soft.
2. Add the tomato sauce and chile powder and simmer for thirty ninutes.
3. Add the Velveeta and the green chiles. Stir over medium to low heat until the cheese is melted.
4. Serve in a small crockpot or cheese fondue pot to keep warm, along with a basket of corn tortillas. 
Good cooking to you! 
​Linda

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    Linda M. Kurth is the creative mind behind such stories as the romance, Home of the Heart, and her  memoir, God, the Devil and Divorce, as well as the recipes and crafts you'll find in these pages. Here's how this blog began:
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    "This chicken salad is fabulous" my writer friends told me at our little luncheon. "We want the recipe."

    "I've been thinking of starting a recipe blog," I said. "This will be the first dish on it. Will that work for you?"

    "Do it!" they urged. 

    I've thought about creating a cookbook for years, but with all of my other activities, I realize that's not going to happen in the traditional sense. So I'm happy to have this venue to share my favorite dishes and discoveries. I hope you'll find some dishes here that become some of your favorites too.

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