Help? White Cheese Dip?

[HeatherJay]

You know that really yummy white cheese dip you get in good mexican restaurants? Does anyone have a recipe for it? One of the waiters told me they used Land O Lakes White American Cheese, but I don't think it's available to the general public...

 

[n2wolves]

Heather take a pound of Land O Lakes white american cheese, microwave it til it starts melting and thin it out with condensed milk to get the consistency you want and then add your minced jalapeno. Hope that helps (ps not the condensed sweetened milk)

 

[kleptobismol]

lol...yum that stuff is good...

 

[b_hebrew]

i concur!

 

[n2wolves]

You can get the Land O Lakes White American Cheese at the deli counter at WalMart

 

[HiredGoon]

In what part of the country to Mexican restaurants have white cheese dip? I've lived on the West, in the midwest and back East and have never seen any thing like this. Land o Lakes white American cheese doesn't sound very Mexican to me. Queso Quesadilla is a good white Mexican cheese for melting. Queso Fresco is a tasty white mild cheese which crumbles easily, but doesn't melt as smoothly. Queso Blanco is another good white mild cheese which gets soft and creamy when heated but doesn't melt like American cheese. Another good substitute for Mexican cheese is Monterey Jack, its white, mild, melts well and has a great flavor.

 

[HeatherJay]

In what part of the country to Mexican restaurants have white cheese dip? I've lived on the West, in the midwest and back East and have never seen any thing like this. Land o Lakes white American cheese doesn't sound very Mexican to me. Queso Quesadilla is a good white Mexican cheese for melting. Queso Fresco is a tasty white mild cheese which crumbles easily, but doesn't melt as smoothly. Queso Blanco is another good white mild cheese which gets soft and creamy when heated but doesn't melt like American cheese. Another good substitute for Mexican cheese is Monterey Jack, its white, mild, melts well and has a great flavor.

Well, I live in Tennessee and nearly every mexican restaurant around my area has it on their menu. I'm not talking chain restaurants like Chi-Chi's or anything...the restaurants I'm talking about are family owned, family run type places. LOL, it may not be very 'mexican' but it IS really, really, really good.

BTW, I called Wal-Mart and they do have it in the deli...thanks for the tip.

 

[Antoinette.Marie]

Well, I live in California, and I KNOW that there is white Mexican cheese in all the mom & pop restaurants I've been to. But white Mexican cheese dip? I've never seen it. I don't think mexican cheese melts right for a dip.

 

[HiredGoon]

Well, I live in Tennessee and nearly every mexican restaurant around my area has it on their menu. I'm not talking chain restaurants like Chi-Chi's or anything...the restaurants I'm talking about are family owned, family run type places. LOL, it may not be very 'mexican' but it IS really, really, really good.

BTW, I called Wal-Mart and they do have it in the deli...thanks for the tip.

It's probably a regional thing. I currently live in Michigan, and here every Mexican place has "wet burritos." It's a burrito covered with a red sauce (kind of a mix between a red mole sauce and an enchilada sauce) and then everything is covered with a pound of melted orange chedder cheese. We don't really have anything like that where I grew up in California, though sometimes we'll put chili verde on the inside of a burrito and on top, with some white mexican cheese or monterey jack. A lot of mexican restaurants cater to the local traditions and tastes.