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Cool Cheese Dip
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What Can I Bring?
Perfect for: Parties, Sunday afternoon armchair sports.
Make and take: Prepare the day before to allow the flavors to blend. Transfer in a plastic food storage container, and store leftovers in the refrigerator.
Made famous by: Mike Jones of McDonough, who says it's a "great crowd pleaser at potlucks and socials." He says it's best with white tortilla chips -- but thick-cut potato chips would be good, too.
File this recipe under "guilty pleasures": It's salty, sweet, tangy and ridiculously fatty. But that's what happens when you cut Velveeta with mayonnaise.
Hands on time: 10 minutes Total time: 8 hours Serves: 16
Ingredients:
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1 small onion, cut into eighths
1/2 (12-ounce) jar Santa Fe Grande chile peppers, reserving the juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 pound Velveeta cheese, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 (16-ounce) jar mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
Instructions:
Place the onion, peppers and garlic in a food processor or blender. Chop until very fine, almost pureed. Add the cheese, mayonnaise and 1/4 cup reserved juice from the peppers. Process the mixture until smooth, adding more pepper juice as necessary to achieve a good consistency for dipping. Refrigerate overnight to allow the flavors to blend.
Tester's note: To make the cabbage serving bowl, cut a flat disk on the stem side of a head of cabbage to enable it to stand upright on a plate. Carefully pull open, without removing, a few of the outer leaves, and use a small, sharp knife to cut out the inner leaves about 1 to 2 inches from the bottom. Use a few of the cut-away leaves to line the inside of the shell, then fill with the dip.
Tester's note: To make the cabbage serving bowl, cut a flat disk on the stem side of a head of cabbage to enable it to stand upright on a plate. Carefully pull open, without removing, a few of the outer leaves, and use a small, sharp knife to cut out the inner leaves about 1 to 2 inches from the bottom. Use a few of the cut-away leaves to line the inside of the shell, then fill with the dip.
Notes:
This recipe calls for overnight chilling.
Spice up the dip by adding cayenne pepper or hot sauce to taste. Jones prefers Miracle Whip, which adds a sweet note, over regular mayonnaise.
Spice up the dip by adding cayenne pepper or hot sauce to taste. Jones prefers Miracle Whip, which adds a sweet note, over regular mayonnaise.
Nutrition:
Per 1/4 cup: 349 calories (percent of calories from fat, 83), 9 grams protein, 6 grams carbohydrates, trace fiber, 35 grams fat (10 grams saturated), 45 milligrams cholesterol, 1,013 milligrams sodium.
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