Queso Flameado

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/4 lb chorizo sausage, casings removed
• 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 small tomato, diced
• 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
• 1 serrano chili pepper, minced (optional)
• 2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 2 tablespoons 151-proof liquor, such as everclear
• 6 flour tortillas

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 brown chorizo in a large skillet over medium heat, 5 to 6 minutes.
• 3 pour off the fat.
• 4 add the onion, tomato and mushrooms and chile, if using, and sauté until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
• 5 remove from the heat.
• 6 meanwhile, spread the cheese in a small metal baking dish and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, until completely melted.
• 7 remove from the oven.
• 8 pour the chorizo mixture over the melted cheese.
• 9 pour the liquor over the top, and using a long match, carefully ignite the liquor- the flames will die down in 30 to 40 seconds.
• 10 heat the tortillas (can wrap in a paper towel and heat in microwave 1 minute).
• 11 divide and place cheese/chorizo mixture inside each tortilla and folding them over to form a taco.