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  • Serves: 12 Servings

Queso Al Horno

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Category: Mexican

 Ingredients List

  • Fried Tortilla Chips
  • 1 1/2 tb Olive Oil
  • 1 lg Onion; Chopped
  • 2 lg Tomatoes; Canned,
  • -Seeded/Coarsely Chop
  • 1/4 ts Ground Cinnamon
  • 4 Jalapeno Chiles Or Small
  • -Chiles; Stemmed/Chopped
  • Salt; (Optional)
  • 2 lb Muenster; Jack Or Fontina
  • -Cheese
  • 1 c Small Cooked Shrimp
  • 1 Fresh whole jalapeno chile

 Directions

Prepare Fried Tortilla Chips; set aside Heat oil in a wide frying pan over
medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add onion and cook, stirring, until soft
about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and cinnamon. Increase heat to high and
cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add chopped chiles and if desired, season to
taste with salt. set aside Meanwhile, trim rind from cheese and cut into
1/4 inch thick slices. Arrange in an 8 to 10 inch heatproof baking dish at
least 1 1/2 inches deep, overlapping slices to cover bottom. (At this
point, you may cover and let stand for up to 4 hours at room
temperature;cover and refrigerate tomato mixture separately.) Just before
serving, spread tomato mixture in a 6-inch circle on top of cheese;
sprinkle with shrimp. garnish with whole chili. Place dish on a grill 4 to
6 inches above a bed of medium-hot coals that have been pushed to one side
of barbecue. As cheese melts, move dish to cooler part of barbecue. Offer
chips to scoop up.

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