These cheesy Crispy Queso Bites are like inside out nachos! Crunchy tortilla coating a molten lava cheese filling that you can pop in your mouth and enjoy!
Oh my gosh, you guys! I am seriously obsessed with these cheesy little queso bites! This recipe was another brain child of my wandering the aisles of the grocery store late at night, while hungry.
Why do I always end up at the grocery store when I’m bored?! I need a life.
But on the other hand, it helps me to come up with these outrageously delicious snacks… so…. hashtag winning!
Anyways, with football season in full swing, I’m always looking for the next best thing to serve during the games. I’ve got a thing for cheese, and chips, so I thought, why not combine the two!
Nachos have been done before. So this is sort of like a reverse nacho!
I took some nacho cheese Doritos, crushed them up and used them as a coating to cover some Mexican Velveeta cheese. That’s the type of cheese that has the peppers in it, making it taste just like queso, straight out of the box.
All that gooey, melty cheese is just calling your name!
I’m sure you could bake these in the oven if you’re not interested in frying them.
I actually reheated the already fried ones in the oven for when we had company over and they turned out great! I’ll put instructions on how to do that in the recipe below.
You’re going to be the champion when you serve these crispy queso bites at your next party!
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Crispy Queso Bites
Ingredients
- canola oil, for frying
- 1 cup nacho cheese tortilla chips, finely crushed
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 16 oz. Mexican Velveeta Cheese, cubed into bite size pieces
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp parsley, freshly chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pot or deep fryer to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the finely crushed nacho cheese tortilla chips with panko bread crumbs in a shallow bowl and set aside. Place the lightly beaten eggs in another shallow dish, and the flour in another shallow dish. You should have three separate dishes lined up and ready to go.
- Take each cheese cube and dip it in the egg, then coat it with flour, then dip it in the egg one more time, followed by the bread crumb mixture. Set the cheese cubes on a lined tray until you're ready to fry them, or freeze and fry later.
- Carefully place the cheese cubes in the oil, a few at a time, and cook until golden brown. Some cheese might ooze out, but there is still plenty of cheese inside the cube. Place fried cubes on a paper towel lined plate to drain. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and enjoy right away.
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I know this is an older post but has anyone done these in an air fryer?
Hey Dawn, I think the trick to making this in an air fryer would be to freeze them before you fry them. That way the cheese doesn’t melt out. Hope that helps!
As a chef having cooked these before, just use a bit of oil and you should be able to cook them in there just keep an eye on them if you can for when the cheese starts to come out, that’s when you know they’re done!
Simple but perfect ! Thank you ! Cannot resist ! Don’t want to !
Any recommendations for using regular velveeta cheese? I can’t find Mexican at my grocery store.
I love the typo “panic crumbs” These sound amazing
Um, hello. These are little nuggets of pure heaven! I mean, its creamy, cheesy queso with a deliciously crispy crust. Who could resist!?
OH MY GOODNESS!! Ok, these look so amazing. I know my kids will love these, heck I know I will love them too!!!! Thanks!