HOW TO MAKE THE BEST SKILLET COWBOY QUESO WITH TABAÑERO KEY LIME HABANERO HOT SAUCE FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE — NO RESOLUTIONS REQUIRED
Here’s the thing about New Year’s resolutions: they don’t kick in until the clock strikes midnight. Until then, it’s open season on all things cheesy, meaty, and delicious. This skillet cowboy queso with Tabañero Key Lime Habanero Hot Sauce recipe tempts all palettes. Ground beef, cheese, black beans, IPA beer, and fresh veggies come together in a single skillet, making it easy to make and serve. Hovering over the skillet alone with a bag of chips is also acceptable. Each bite is cheesy and spicy — the only excuse to break every New Year's resolution.
Skillet Cowboy Queso with Tabañero Key Lime Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe
This skillet cowboy queso with Tabañero Key Lime Habanero Hot Sauce recipe makes 8 to 10 servings that will disappear before the ball drops. The total cooking time is 25 minutes, long enough to decide that New Year’s resolutions don’t start until January 2nd.
Equipment Used in this Recipe
- 1 medium skillet
- 1 medium strainer
Ingredients
- 1 pound of ground beef
- ½ teaspoon of kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon of black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon of red pepper flakes
- ¾ cup of IPA beer
- ½ cup of pepper Jack cheese, shredded
- 16 ounces of Velveeta cheese
- 1 cup of black beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ of a small red onion, diced
- 1 small jalapeno, seeded and diced
- 1 pair of gloves (for handling the jalapeño peppers)
- 1 10-ounce can of diced tomatoes with green chilis, drained
- 2 dashes of Tabañero Key Lime Habanero Hot Sauce
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 tablespoon of fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 lime
- 1 bag of tortilla chips
Instructions
Heat a skillet over medium-high and add the ground beef. Cook for seven minutes or until cooked through, breaking up the meat as it cooks.
Pour the meat into a strainer to drain the grease, then add it back into the skillet. Sprinkle in the salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Stir to blend the seasonings into the cooked ground beef.
Pour the IPA beer into the skillet and simmer for five minutes, allowing it to reduce. Lower the heat to medium-low. Toss in the shredded pepper Jack and Velveeta cheeses. Stir until smooth.
Add the black beans, diced red onion, jalapeño (use gloves), and canned tomatoes with green chilis. Stir until the ingredients meld together and cook for five minutes or until the queso is warm and bubbling.
Top the queso with two dashes of Tabañero Key Lime Habanero Hot Sauce. Garnish with freshly diced tomatoes, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime juice.
Serve warm with tortilla chips, and watch as New Year’s resolutions get crushed, one cheesy scoop at a time.
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