# green chile cheese dip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683 "2011-01-06T23:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/1 "2011-01-06T23:56:44Z")
while out in Albuquerque, my family had a white cheese dip made with chopped green chile’s. i am pretty sure we had it several places but the place with the tree growing in the middle of it was the main place we really liked it. I have tried to google search fro green chile cheese dip but none seem to be what we had. does anyone have a recipe for this dip? White cheese sauce with chopped green chiles. I have used chipped green chiles and white mexican cheese but it coagulates too fast, I hate mayonaisse so I am pretty sure that wasn’t mixed in as a thinner. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/2 "2011-01-07T00:19:11Z")
I used to live in Albuquerque. Was the name of the restaurant you ate at called La Placita? I think what you’re looking for is Asadero cheese, or Oaxaca cheese. It melts smooth (like a Jack cheese), but add some whole milk to it and it’ll stay loose longer. Sounds like you may have used Queso Fresco, which is a crumbly cheese, and doesn’t really melt as much as…spread. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/3 "2011-01-07T02:02:57Z")
My guess would be El Pinto. At least I seem to remember them having a tree. [Link](http://www.elpinto.com/dining-menu)to menu. Warning it is a PDF. Slee ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/4 "2011-01-07T02:40:21Z")
La Placita it was! I will try the differnt cheese mixed with milk? I don’t like milk much but maybe the cheese will make the taste blend in. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/5 "2011-01-08T04:27:44Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > La Placita it was! I will try the differnt cheese mixed with milk? I don’t like milk much but maybe the cheese will make the taste blend in. My cheese dips always contain milk, to keep them thinner at lower temperatures. Very rarely can anyone tell, as long as I use sharper cheeses. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/6 "2011-01-08T18:41:12Z")
Is [this one](http://www.cooking-mexican-recipes.com/white-cheese-dip.html) anything like what you had? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-chile-cheese-dip/566683/7 "2011-01-09T07:12:45Z")
My mother-in-law makes the most amazing tamales-- Queso fresco y chiles poblanos. If you can get yourself a Mexican mother-in-law, be nice to her. Yum.