I can’t believe I’ve not yet posted this recipe. It’s so easy and it does really well as a freezer meal. Plus, it’s absolutely delicious. Bon Appetit magazine published a recipe for it 10+ years ago, and I’ve tweaked it.
Queso Fundido
1 pound hot Italian sausage, removed from casings
1 cup chopped onion
2 cups grated pepper jack cheese
1 dozen corn tortillas, preferably homemade*
sour cream*
fresh salsa*
In large skillet, brown sausage and onion, breaking up meat with back of spoon. Drain and spoon into 8-inch pie dish. Cover with cheese. Wrap in foil and place inside ziploc freezer bag. Label and freeze.
To serve: Defrost and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with warm corn tortillas and sour cream and fresh salsa on the side.
Updated 8:41 pm: If you read this this morning, you know I was going to try chorizo as a substitute. We did. not. like. it. Ugh. But, if you like chorizo, you will probably enjoy it as a substitute.
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this sounds so yummy and easy!
Sounds good. The pepper jack could be a good complement to the chorizo. We tried chorizo for the first time yesterday, on pizza (it was an Emeril recipe). It’s spicy, but great and not too greasy, we thought. Though I will warn you it may be too much for the kids!
Oooh! That does sounds absolutely fantastic!
Thanks for sharing!
This sounds really delicious, adding it to my list of gotta-rey-that recipes!
This sounds good. I think we might try it with Jennie-O Hot Turkey Italian Sausage.
Ooo sounds great! Any chance you can post a picture for us??
I don’t get it. It sounds like a dip. Do you dip the tortillas? or are you rolling it up? Sounds yummy but I just can’t figure out how you serve it
It’s a taco filling, but you could certainly eat it as a dip.
Sounds yummy! My husband was eyeballing it and likes it.
Can you just buy a bag of corn tortillas and freeze them on top of this (after it’s cooled?) I like to keep all the meals components together but honestly, I haven’t ever frozen tortillas
@April Driggers, you certainly could. At our house, hubs insists on making the tortillas fresh rt before serving. Thankful that he insists on doing it himself.
@Jessica Fisher,
OOOH I’d LOVE if he’d do that but if we want them fresh, we run down the street and buy them at one of the stores (there are three within about a 10 mile radius) that make them fresh there (one of the perks of living in Texas).
I don’t know if I’d have the patience to make my own because they’d have to be PERFECTLY round! Ha!
I was clicking around and only thought “hmmm, I should make this” after seeing the picture here (http://lifeasmom.com/2010/10/freezer-cooking-recipes-you-can-count-on.html). Maybe you could update this post with the photo? Looks and sounds very tasty!!
Thanks for a great suggestion. I didn’t start taking (decent) photos until 2011, so yeah, a photo was necessary.
This looks really good. We raise our own beef so I think I am going to try this with ground meat and homemade taco seasoning.
I’m not a fan of the chorizo either. I tried this at a restaurant with shrimp so if you ever get a good deal on shrimp, you should totally try it. It was so good! I never thought about freezing it so I’ll be adding this to my freezer list.
This would be so good with Cevapci! It’s an Eastern European sausage. Yum, I’m going to try these with your recipe and with the cevapci, too. Thanks!
We loved this concept. I will admit to chickening out over the sausage since we don’t do spicy– stuck to a milder turkey breakfast sausage since I had that browned from my red beans/rice over the weekend. I also threw in some freshly prepared black beans to stretch the filling (you know about 14yo boys). Will definitely do again, and make it a double for a freezer meal!
Sounds like it was a hit. I’m so glad.
This sounds like such a great easy recipe! About how many would you say this serves? I have 4 kidlets and 2 grownups to feed. Thanks!!
I usually feed my family one pan with rice and beans and a big stack of homemade tortillas on the side. So, that feeds 8 — if you’ve got the sides.
My (Mexican-American) in-laws use chorizo more for flavor than as an actual dish by itself. They use it in eggs or pinto beans!
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