The Super Bowl has the tendency to bring out the guilty pleasures in all of us. Sitting on the couch for 5 straight hours – check. Getting excited for TV commercials – check. Eating food containing ingredients that sound like alien names – double-check.
Lou's Velveeta Super Bowl Dip
Even if you’re a cheese snob like the two of us, chances are that at a Super Bowl party you’ve consumed one of our country’s finest/notorious creations – processed cheese food. Admit it, you couldn’t resist that cheese dip or the nachos with the ooey-gooey, drippy cheese sauce. We have, and in vast quantities, too. Colleen’s husband’s Super Bowl specialty is the Velveeta cheese dip (combine cubed Velveeta and salsa, microwave to melt), and ever since moving to Minnesota my husband and I have made it ourselves for the Super Bowl. Yes, it’s partly because we miss Lou, but we also enjoy the freedom the Super Bowl gives us to inhale such food (if you can call it that).
But this year we think we can do better – and we’re looking to our readers for help. We’re calling it the Cheese+Champagne Super Bowl Cheese Challenge. Can you recreate the smooth creaminess of processed cheese dip or processed cheese sauce using real, honest-to-G-d cheese? If you can, share your recipe with us! We’ll feature it, along with photos, on the blog and offer our undying gratitude for allowing us to remain cheese snobs on the most unsnobby day of the year.
May the best recipe win! This is more exciting for us than the actual Super Bowl this year since none of our teams are playing. (C’mon Packers, get it together for ’10!)
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Hi Guys,
I would love to submit my chile con queso recipe for your approval
. It’s really simple and hella delicious!!
30g butter
4 scalions, ends trimmed, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed (i always use 2 massive ones – the more garlic the better)
1/2 tsp pico de gallo
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups coarsely grated cheddar (the sharper the better)
1 tbs drained sliced jalapeno chillies, finely chopped (i change this to habenero when i can for people who love heat like myself)
2 tbs chopped fresh cilantro
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add the scallions and garlic, and cook for 1 minute or until scanllions softens slightly. Add the chilli powder and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
Stir the sour cream into the scallions mixture. Add the cheddar and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes (try not to cook it for longer than 4 to 5 minutes if you can – depending on the cheese it can start to separate) or until the cheddar melts. Stir in the jalapeno chilli and cilantro. Transfer to a heatproof serving bowl and serve with chips or whatever you’d like (buffalo wings go GREAT!!)
Give it a go and let me know what you think!! I can’t wait for the super bowl but alas i’ll be at work watching it on my pc – enjoy!!
Sharla-Jannett – Thanks for sharing! That looks tasty; will definitely give it a try!
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