Baked Chile Cheese Spread

Spice up the party with this bold appetizer recipe. Made with eggs, green chiles, salsa and a layer of your your favorite, cheese, this sensational spread will have you coming back for more. You're not going to want to share.

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons cornmeal
1 tablespoon chili powder
3 packages (8-ounces) cream cheese softened
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 (4-ounce) cans Ortega diced green chiles
1 cup sliced green onions, divided
1 jar Ortega salsa, homestyle recipe (mild)
2 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded and divided
tortilla chips, to dip

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Heavily grease bottom and side of 9-inch springform pan.
Combine corn meal and chili powder; sprinkle over bottom and side of prepared pan.
Beat cream cheese, eggs, garlic powder, and cumin in large mixer bowl until smooth; stir in chiles and 1/2 cup green onion. Pour half of batter into pan.
Spoon 1 cup salsa over top of batter; sprinkle 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese over salsa. Spread remaining batter over top of cheese.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until edges are set but center still moves slightly.
Cool completely in pan on wire rack; remove side of springform pan. Spread remaining salsa over top; sprinkle with remaining cheese and green onion. Serve with tortilla chips.

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lobotails 3120715

Apr 30, 2013

I made this exactly by the recipe and it was a hit! Everyone wants the recipe. So good!

tschandler 1616370

Mar 05, 2012

you list green chilies in ingredients then green onions in the directions. I am assuming you mean green chilies for all?

Marbos

Mar 07, 2012

Looks like they mixed up the ingredients. It calls for Ortega diced green onions in the ingredients. It calls for chilies AND green onions in directions. Looks like it combined the two ingredients in the list. Ortega makes canned chilies, not green onions.

Marbos

Mar 07, 2012

Forgot to add that you probably need 2 cans chilies and about 3/4 c. chopped green onions. 1/2 c. onions in batter and about 1/4 c. on top.