Bacon & Caramelized Onion Queso Fundido
Bacon & Caramelized Onion Queso Fundido is like a gooey, cheesy bowl of everything that makes food awesome! Get ready to share, no one can resist this dip!
Servings 2 cups
Calories 624kcal
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 large jalapeno seeded, and finely diced (leave the seeds if you like your food spicy!)
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil drained and diced
- 3 tablespoons full-flavored beer I used Stella Artois
- 8 ounces Monterey jack cheese shredded
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro rough chopped
- Tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook bacon until crispy, turning once, until crispy. Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Once cooled, crumble bacon; set aside.
- Pour all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat from the skillet.
- Increase heat to medium-high and add onion. Stir onion in bacon fat until well coated. Cook onion for 5 to 8 minutes, stirring often, until onions have caramelized.
- Add jalapeno and sun dried tomato to skillet, and stir to combine. Add beer. Cook until beer has been completely absorbed by vegetables, stirring often.
- Add cheese to skillet, and decrease heat to medium-low. Stir in cheese until just melted. (If you over heat the cheese it will become tough and oily.) The queso will be a little stringy, in a good way.
- Transfer queso to a serving dish. Top with bacon and cilantro. Serve warm with tortilla chips.
Nutrition
Calories: 624 kcal | Carbohydrates: 10 g | Protein: 33 g | Fat: 49 g | Saturated Fat: 26 g | Cholesterol: 122 mg | Sodium: 867 mg | Potassium: 452 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 3 g | Vitamin A: 1260 IU | Vitamin C: 26.9 mg | Calcium: 865 mg | Iron: 1.4 mg