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You know me…I love to recreate our favorite restaurant dishes at home. This is a recreation of one of my favorites from a local Mexican joint. I used to get it all the time..when it was like $12, but times have changed and prices gone up and I can’t stand paying almost $20 for a small steak covered in a tasty cheese sauce. When I first tried out this recipe, hubbyman and I were so excited…it was almost exactly the same.
You have to get over the fact that there is Velveeta in this. Trust me…if you order any sort of cheese dip at a restaurant then they use Velveeta. Even in-house made mac and cheese in most restaurants use it. There is a time and place for everything and this is Velveeta’s time!
This recipe really is so easy. It’s all about the ratio of cheese and chiles that makes it scrumptious. I realize that it seems like cheese dip, but the high amount of chilies to cheese makes the chili flavor really shine through. I used my own roasted chiles, but feel free to use a can of diced roasted green chiles.
One thing I hate doing in the kitchen is chopping garlic. I don’t have the patience, I know…silly, right!? I hate how small it is, I hate the lingering smell on my hands, well…you get the point. I’ve used prechopped garlic, grated garlic, a garlic press, but this fun gadget from Joie is one of the most useful little gadgets I’ve tried in a long time. If you just need a rough chop of a couple cloves then this is your tool. Even my 8yo can do it!
Go check out their other fun gadgets…I know my mother-in-law is going to love this one for her birthday next month!
So, what are you thinking about this steak covered in a spicy cheese sauce? Sounds good, right?!?! I know you are going to love this one!
Steak Tampico
Steak Tampico is a delicious Mexican steak recipe made popular at a local Mexican restaurant. The grilled steak is covered in a spicy chile-cheese sauce.
Ingredients
- 4 steaks, grilled to perfection
- 8 oz Velveeta
- 4 oz diced roasted green chiles
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Instructions
- Melt Velveeta, chiles, and garlic in a glass bowl in the microwave for one minute. Stir. Then continue heating in 30 second intervals until the cheese is melted and everything is combined.
- Smother your perfectly cooked steak with spicy cheese sauce!!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 steakAmount Per Serving: Calories: 790Total Fat: 53gSaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 259mgSodium: 955mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 0gSugar: 5gProtein: 67g
Disclaimer: Joie sent me a couple fun gadgets to play around with. All opinions are my own. But I do really enjoy their products…I’ve given out their products as gifts to family and friends before I was asked to do the review!
Anyone know what was in the Tampico cheese sauce at Don Pablo’s? That place was so damn good…
Do you drain the green chillies?
No, not really. There really isn’t much liquid to drain off in a can of diced green chilies.w-
Thanks for the recipe, but you’re wrong about the velveeta…
Garcia’s mexican restaurant
(https://www.garciasmexicanrestaurants.net/menus)
makes a stuffed chicken Tampico with a white cheese spinach sauce (Espinaca queso blanco) with NO velveeta and NO tomatoes/RoTel/ etc.
They use white melting cheeses (Queso Quesa, Asadero, Monterey Jack), spinach, onions and jalapenos. You can also order the Steak Tampico, but it’s not listed on the menu.
I don’t like Velveeta due to the outrageous amount of salt.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Garcias, I just like their food, and I have nothing against Kraft/RoTel/etc., except they don’t label their GMO ingredients…
I’m going to give this a shot in the next day or two. I used to live right by the Arriba’s on Camelback, and miss my steak tampico horribly.
I love Arriba too, but their Steak Tampico is now about $20…ouch! Let me know what you think!
Looks delicious!
Looks great. I think I will have to get one of these little helpers from Joie, it’s just too cute.
Yup that looks good–now Im hungry
This looks very yummy, i will defiantly have to make this.
I’m going to try this 🙂 Thanks for the Joie Shop such cute items 🙂
This looks so delicious!