Queso Fundido With Chicken & Smoky Bacon
plus Roasted Green Peppers, Pickled Jalapeño & Pico de Gallo
- Sesame
- Milk
- Wheat
- Soy
This hearty queso is a warming way to gather loved ones around the table. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure meal that has it all: tender, spiced chicken, warm tortillas, roasted peppers, pickled jalapeños, tortilla chips, pico de gallo, and in the center: a pot of molten joy in the form of queso fundido sprinkled with smoky bacon. Grab a chip and dip it, roll up a taco and dunk it, make up a plate and slather it. It’s a mix-and-match, you-do-you deal–to be eaten only in queso cozy-night-in emergency!
Ingredients
4 ounce
Bacon
1.5 ounce
Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
(Contains: Sesame)
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
5 teaspoon
White Wine Vinegar
2 unit
Long Green Pepper
½ cup
Mozzarella Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Jalapeño
3 ounce
Queso Blanco
(Contains: Milk)
4 ounce
Pico de Gallo
1 unit
Lime
6 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Wheat, Soy)
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 tablespoon
Mexican Spice Blend
½ cup
Mexican Cheese Blend
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
½ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Halve, deseed, and slice green peppers into ½-inch-thick strips. Trim and halve jalapeño lengthwise, removing ribs and seeds for less heat; thinly slice into halfmoons. Quarter lime.
• Toss green peppers on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until just softened and lightly charred, 12-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl, combine jalapeño, vinegar, juice from one lime wedge (two wedges for 4 servings), ½ tsp sugar (1 tsp for 4), salt, and pepper. Microwave for 30 seconds; set aside to pickle.
• Slice bacon* crosswise into ¼-inch pieces. • Heat a large dry pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon in an even layer; cook, undisturbed, until crispy on bottom, 2-3 minutes. Stir bacon and continue to cook, stirring occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, 2-5 minutes more. • In the last 30 seconds of cooking, reduce heat to low and stir in half the Mexican Spice Blend until well coated and fragrant. • Turn off heat; using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Discard bacon fat; carefully wash out pan.
• Pat chicken* dry with paper towels; season all over with remaining Mexican Spice Blend, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side. TIP: If chicken is browning too quickly, reduce heat to medium and cover pan with lid. • Transfer to a cutting board to rest.
• Heat cream sauce base in a small pan (medium pan for 4 servings) over medium-high heat until steaming and slightly bubbling, 1-2 minutes. • Reduce heat to medium, then gently whisk in queso blanco sauce until well combined. Gently stir in Mexican cheese blend and mozzarella, one packet at a time, until smooth. Remove pan from heat.
• Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels; microwave until warm and pliable, 30 seconds. • Slice chicken crosswise. • Transfer queso fundido to a bowl if desired, or serve directly from pot. Sprinkle queso fundido with bacon and a few slices of pickled jalapeño. If desired, top with a few spoonfuls of pico de gallo (draining first). • Place queso fundido in the center of a large serving board; arrange chicken, tortillas, chips, roasted peppers, and remaining pickled jalapeño (draining first) alongside. (TIP: If chips don’t fit on your board, serve alongside!) Top chicken with a squeeze of lime juice and serve with remaining lime wedges and remaining pico (draining first) on the side.
Bacon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the tasty queso and flavorful chicken, though some found the cheese sauce bland or too thick.
- Ease of prep: Several noted it was more time-consuming than expected, with multiple steps and pans to juggle.
- Suggestions: Consider adding extra cream to thin the queso; serve immediately while hot for best texture 🧀.
- Portions: Some wanted more chips to balance the ample queso; others felt chicken servings were small.
- Presentation: Customers enjoyed the fun, festive spread — perfect for sharing or a special meal at home 🎉.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was delicious. The queso was super thick though, maybe I cooked it too quickly? I added some heavy cream and rescued it. Would order this again.
I am a Texan and we never put mozzarella cheese in our queso. Was quite shocked to see it in the box. Wasn't bad, but I think it made the queso too sticky, as mozzarella will do. Prefer a thick but runny queso, especially if using for a taco-ish meal. Good tastes though, honestly didn't think a non-Texan company could do a good Tex-Mex meal.
This was a fun weekend celebration! Loved the queso and the fresh salsa. Bacon was an interesting addition.
A delicious combo, but the queso resolidified very quickly after being removed from heat. We used spoons to move big bites of the cheese onto our tortillas. Still delicious, but not what we were expecting.
I was pleasantly surprised by this meal--it was sort of a fondue/taco bar mashup, and had really good flavors. I swapped out the peppers for an onion, which made it extra tasty!
This was one of my favorite recipes. I love the taste of the queso. It really hit the taste buds perfectly.
One of our favorites. It was easy for my picky kiddo to get what she liked and for me to get all the things I liked. We love all the recipes with the cheese!
The flavors were very tasty. One drawback is that there was way more queso than chips. It would have been nice to have two small bags of chips, rather than one to split. Kind of a misstep.
It was a fun meal and delicious. The bacon was a little dry to cook so I added some lard to help it crisp up.
Wow!! Please offer this again for maybe Holidays, St Patricks day, etc. The chicken has amazing flavor and it was easy and fun to eat.
