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Ingredients

1 pound white American cheese (such as Land O'Lakes®), sliced 1 cup half-and-half, or as needed ½ teaspoon ground cumin ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste 2 tablespoons diced jalapeno pepper ⅛ teaspoon chili powder

Nutrition Info

253.7 calories carbohydrate: 2.5 g cholesterol: 64.5 mg fat: 21.3 g fiber: 0.1 g protein: 13.5 g saturatedFat: 13.3 g servingSize: - sodium: 930.8 mg sugar: 0.4 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Place American cheese and about 1/4 cup half-and-half in a saucepan over low heat, cook and stir until cheese starts to melt, about 5 minutes. Slowly start stirring half-and-half into cheese mixture, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until cheese begins to melt and mixture is smooth, about 5 minutes more. Continue adding more half-and-half.
Season cheese mixture with cumin, black pepper, and salt, add red pepper flakes, a little at a time, until desired spiciness is reached.
Cook and stir cheese dip until cheese is fully melted, adding more half-and-half if needed to thin it out, 5 to 10 minutes more. Remove from heat and top dip with chili powder.

8 servings

Quick and easy queso dip. Pretty darn close to the kind at the Mexican Restaurant.