Chicken Fries with Texas Queso Recipe

Chicken nuggets are a universally kid friendly food. For the first two and a half years of my daughter’s life she only wanted to eat chicken nuggets. And do you want to know how we brought her out of her chicken nugget addiction?

Tex Mex food. Queso. Tacos. She loves it all now. This is the child that requested salsa on her spaghetti!

I thought I was out of the woods with Cupcake. She was eating anything and everything in sight until she hit a year old. It was if something inside of her switched as she passed into her second year. No longer did she lack discretion in her food, but since then it’s been a battle to get her to eat at pretty much every meal

 

Since Cakes is such a fan of chicken nuggets still, I couldn’t wait to try out the new Tyson Chicken Fries I’d been hearing about. They’re like chicken nuggets put shaped like french fries which makes them all the easier to dip into things. Another thing kids love to do! At least the older kids do. So when I spotted these at Sam’s Club I knew just how I wanted to prepare them for the kids…and the adults.

To encourage Cupcake to try new things, I decided to go the Tex Mex route again. I decided to do a queso dipping sauce for the kids and make tacos for my husband and myself. Cupcake, the newest little picky eater in our house is definitely a fan and I think I may have found the way to my sweet baby’s tummy with Tyson Chicken Fries.

Texas Queso Dipping Sauce

Yields: 8 servings for dipping

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 c. white onion, diced
• 1.5 jalapeno peppers, diced
• 1 tsp. garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 1 c. whole milk
• 1.5 c. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1.5 c. Colby Jack cheese, shredded
• 1/2 c. tomato, diced
• 1/4 c. cilantro, diced
• 1 tsp. cumin
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
2. Add onions and jalapeños until onions are translucent.
3. Place garlic into the onion/pepper mix, for about a minute.
4. Sprinkle flour over mix and whisk together. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin.
5. Slowly add milk to the saucepan, whisking continuously as sauce thickens. The mix will burn quite easily so continuous whisking is key.
6. Reduce heat to low and slowly add cheese 1/2 cup at a time to the pan stirring until incorporated.
7. Before serving queso stir in tomatoes and cilantro or use them as a garnish.

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Texas Queso Dipping Sauce

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American, Mexican

Keyword cheese, dip, queso

Servings 8

Calories 428 kcal

Author Live Love Texas

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 c. white onion diced
• 1.5 jalapeno peppers diced
• 1 tsp. garlic minced
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 1 c. whole milk
• 1.5 c. sharp cheddar cheese shredded
• 1.5 c. Colby Jack cheese shredded
• 1/2 c. tomato diced
• 1/4 c. cilantro diced
• 1 tsp. cumin
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
2. Add onions and jalapeños until onions are translucent.
3. Place garlic into the onion/pepper mix, for about a minute.
4. Sprinkle flour over mix and whisk together. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin.
5. Slowly add milk to the saucepan, whisking continuously as sauce thickens. The mix will burn quite easily so continuous whisking is key.
6. Reduce heat to low and slowly add cheese 1/2 cup at a time to the pan stirring until incorporated.
7. Before serving queso stir in tomatoes and cilantro or use them as a garnish.

Nutrition Facts

Texas Queso Dipping Sauce

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 428 Calories from Fat 306

% Daily Value*

Fat 34g52%

Saturated Fat 20g100%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 9g

Cholesterol 98mg33%

Sodium 599mg25%

Potassium 255mg7%

Carbohydrates 9g3%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 23g46%

Vitamin A 1684IU34%

Vitamin C 8mg10%

Calcium 672mg67%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.