Queso Fundido with Chorizo

Ingredients

• 8 oz Chorizo, crumbled or diced
• 3 cups grated melting cheese (Oaxaca, Monterey Jack, mozzarella)
• 1 Bell Pepper, diced
• ½ onion, diced
• 1 jalapeño, sliced
• Flour tortillas or chips
• Cilantro

Method

1. Brown the Chorizo in an ovenproof skillet until crisped and its fat runs (160°F for chorizo); add the Bell Pepper, onion, and jalapeño for 3 minutes. Spoon off excess fat, leave the flavor.
2. Kill the heat, scatter the cheese evenly over everything.
3. Broil 3–5 minutes until molten, blistered, and bubbling at the edges — watch it; broilers escalate.
4. Rush to the table in the skillet with a warning about the handle everyone will ignore.
5. Scoop with tortillas, dragging cheese-pulls of Chorizo up with each pass, cilantro over the top. It's not a dip, it's an event with a spoon.