Mexican Cheese Sauce?
There's a Mexican restaurant in my hometown that serves (their term) 'Arroz con pollo'. The dish itself seems incredibly simple -- it's pretty much just rice, chicken, and an incredible cheese sauce.
I've spent countless hours on google looking for a recipe for something resembling this sauce, but there doesn't seem to be one definitive version of arroz con pollo, so I haven't had much luck.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Best Answer
That sounds like a standard queso cheese (typically found on your chimis etc.)
If you are looking for a terrific queso recipe, there are myriad. However, two tips for any queso:
- seek out "Chihuahua Cheese" (its a mild white that melts very smoothly and has a subtle flavor)
- pepper and cumin and paprika roasted first are your friends, but if you add more than a little, they are your worst enemies. (also, fresh roast jalapenos for ideal flavor, don't use diced.)
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Answer 2
Have you considered calling them and saying "Hey. I live five hundred miles away, I love your cheese sauce, how do I make it at home?"
Answer 3
Stuff like this is often highly regional, and even then different people will make it differently from house to house or eatery to eatery. I seriously doubt there even is a definitive recipe to be found. Considering that the name literally means "rice with chicken" and makes no mention of a cheese sauce, I doubt the traditional version of the dish has any sauce at all, let alone a specific cheese sauce.
If I were you I'd just start with a simple queso sauce and modify it to your liking. Beyond that, this site isn't a recipe exchange and posts seeking that are being closed.
Answer 4
They probably don't do this, but if you ever want a nice melty cheese sauce look into adding some sodium citrate to the mix, it helps prevent the cheese from coagulating and gives a very smooth melty sauce no matter what cheese you start with.
Answer 5
I have ACP in 2 differant mexican restaurants in the Avon Lake and Sandusky areas of Ohio. They were awesome. In both cases, I asked what kind of cheese they used, and both times the answer was white american cheese.
Answer 6
I have asked two different Mexican restaurants what the cheese sauce was made of and they said melted white American.
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