Smoked Beer Cheese

5 from 1 vote

Smoked beer cheese takes queso to the next level with Samuel Adams, steak and shrimp, making this recipe a freakin' delicious game day treat.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 45

Total Time2

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Author: Derek Wolf

Ingredients

Grilled Steak:

2-3 NY Strips cubed
2.5 tbsp Favorite Beef Rub
1.5 tbsp Minced Garlic
Chopped Parsley garnish
Neutral Oil as needed

Shrimp:

1.5 lbs Shrimp peeled & deveined
2.5 tbsp Seafood Seasoning
Neutral Oil as needed

Beer Cheese:

16 oz Velveeta Yellow Cheese cubed
2 cups Cheddar Cheese shredded
2 cups Jack Cheese shredded
6 oz Sam Adams Only the Haze IPA
2 oz Hatch Chiles canned
2 tbsp Dijon Mustard
1 block Cream Cheese cubed
1.5 cups Whole Milk

Instructions

Preheat your smoker to 250F for indirect cooking. Add some wood chips or wood chunks for added smoke flavor.
Slather your cubed steak with oil and season generously with your favorite steak rub. Set to the side.
Slather you shrimp in oil as well and generously season with your favorite seafood rub. Set to the side.
Add a cast iron skillet or foil cooking pan to the smoker along with all the ingredients for the queso (except for the milk). Close the lid and let it smoke for 45 minutes until the cheese has softened and is almost melted.
Once the cheese is looking good, add your milk and use a spoon to stir up the queso until fully incorporated. If the queso is too thick for your liking, add more milk or beer to the skillet to thin it out and keep stirring until fully incorporated again.
Close the lid and let the queso continue cooking for 20-25 more minutes or until it is to your liking. When the queso is done, pull it off and keep warm.
Add a skillet with oil and sear off your steak and shrimp for 2-3 minutes. Then add some minced garlic and chopped parsley to the skillet and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Pull off and keep warm.
Top the queso with the steaks and shrimp. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve. Enjoy!

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Notes

What's important about these cheeses?

Each of our cheeses in the smoked beer cheese recipe has an important role to play. Velveeta has superior melting powers, so it keeps our beer cheese smooth. Then, we add the cheddar cheese and Jack cheese because they bring a ton of flavor to the mix. The cream cheese acts as a binder, helping to add to that smooth and creamy texture.

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