Friday, November 23, 2007

Chili Con Queso 1 Recipe

Spicy Cheesy chili with hot or mild peppers for dipping .. Bueno
Prep:10m Cook:15m Servings:8

Ingredients
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 sweet onion, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, diced
1 14-oz. can stewed tomatoes, or stew 3 of your own fresh tomatoes
4 cups Monterey Jack cheese, grated
One quarter cup light cream

Directions
Heat olive oil in a skillet and saute onion until tender. Add tomatoes and pepper and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Add cheese and cream and continue to heat for several minutes stirring continuously. Serve warm with tortilla chips. You may substitute any kind or pepper for the jalapeno such as like serrano or Anaheim depending on how hot you like you would like the dip to be. Jalapeno peppers have a heat index of 5.5 on a scale of 1-10.
Serrano peppers rate a 7 and Anaheim rates a mild 2-3. The big bad Habanero pepper rates a 9, so be careful if you select this super-hot pepper.
The Skinny: Use low-fat milk and cheese and substitute fat free Half and Half for the cream. You could serve the dip with fat free tortilla chips or even sliced veggies such as carrots or celery to cut out some fat and calories.

Zesty Chili Pie Recipe

This is so delightful. Great flavors and lots of great spices. Enjoy.
Prep:10m Cook:70m Servings:8

Ingredients
4 pounds chili meat chopped
3-1/2 ounces chili powder
1 ounce paprika
1 ounce cumin
1/2 ounce black pepper
1 ounce chicken bouillon
4 cloves garlic crushed
1 large white onion chopped
16 ounces tomato sauce
16 ounces water
8 servings corn chips
Grated cheese and onion for garnish

Directions
Brown course chopped chili meat then add all dry seasonings and sauté for 10 minutes.
Stir in remaining liquid ingredients then simmer for 1 hour.
Serve over a large bowl of corn chips.
Add grated cheese and onion and serve immediately.