Shredded Mexican Style 4 Cheese Blend - Mexican Toppings - Old El Paso (2024)

FAQs

What is Mexican cheese blend used for? ›

Mexican Blend Cheese, filled with all the goodness of favourite Mexican cheeses, is ideal for whipping or topping your favourite Mexican style dishes like tacos, enchiladas, nachos, quesadillas, and burritos.

The best cheese for tacos is a queso fresco or cotija that's been lovingly crumbled atop freshly grilled meat nestled in a nice, warm corn tortilla.

To get the most out of Mexican Cheese Blend, it is best used in warm or hot dishes where its melting capabilities can be fully utilized. A little known tip that could be really helpful is that you can even use this cheese blend to make a quick and tasty cheese sauce for pasta or vegetables.

Shredded Cheddar cheese or a Mexican Blend cheese would also be good on these pizzas.

This fresh cheese (the literal translation of the name) is a salty variety that's usually enjoyed crumbled but can also be sliced or melted. Use it on refried beans, enchiladas, or stuffed in chiles.

Mexican cheese refers to a number of cheeses made in Mexico. Mexican cheese is predominantly white cheese made from cow's milk, with texture that ranges from melting to crumbly.

Everyone loves this Old El Paso blend of Monterey jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla, and Asadero cheeses. These four savory cheeses come together for a fiesta in every bite. The gooey goodness is the perfect mix for your favorite Mexican and Southwestern recipes.

Queso fresco has a bolder, tangier flavor than mozzarella cheese but is smoother and saltier than that of goat cheese. It is used in several classic Mexican dishes such as tacos and bean dishes. Using queso fresco cheese on any dish can give it a cheese accent making it tastier.

Queso fresco comes from Jalisco, in the western part of Mexico. It has a mild, slightly tangy flavor and crumbles and shreds easily, making it makes a fantastic topping for Beef and Cheese Enchiladas or sweet-tangy Grilled Corn.

Why won't my cheese melt? There are many reasons, but the biggest is the moisture content. The moisture content of the cheese has a great effect on the melting process. Cheese that contains higher amounts of fat will melt better than one that doesn't.

What is the healthiest cheese for tacos? ›

Cotija Cheese vs.

WINNER: Mexican cheese blend. Ounce for ounce, these taco toppings have the same number of calories (about 100) and similar levels of fat and protein. But cotija cheese has three times as much sodium, giving Mexican cheese blend the edge.

The bottom line

After opening, you can safely store most soft cheeses in the fridge for at least 7 days and most hard cheeses for 3–4 weeks. Carefully inspect hard cheeses for mold and cut off any spots, but toss soft cheeses and crumbled, shredded, or sliced cheeses (whether hard or soft) if you see mold.

A combo of mozzarella and provolone offers both stretch and flavor; in fact, many pizzerias use just this blend. If stretch isn't important but you still favor an ooey-gooey melted cheese experience, any of the other tested cheeses should suit you just fine. Cheddar, fontina, Muenster, Gouda, etc.

Pre-shredded cheese has been shredded weeks or longer prior to putting it on your pizza. Whole food. Block cheese has no added ingredients. When you purchase pre-shredded cheese, the only way to prevent it from clumping and molding is to add potato starch, corn starch, powdered cellulose, and Natamycin.

The Mexican Pizza returned to the menu in all its previous glory, complete with the same ingredients including seasoned beef and refried beans between two fried flour tortillas, topped with pizza sauce, three-cheese blend and fresh diced tomatoes.

This Rustic Cut Shred blend is great for melting, while maintaining its delicious 4-cheese fiesta flavor in quesadillas, nacho bakes, queso dips and so much more!

When we discuss “blended cheeses” we are describing any one block of cheese that consists of 2 or more cheese types. A blended cheese, or cheese blend, includes both marbled and mash-up style cheeses...and which process you choose to use will significantly change the end product!

Oaxaca cheese: the mozzarella of Mexico

We think you'll melt for Oaxaca, because Oaxaca will definitely melt for you. This semi-soft, super meltable Mexican cheese is a lot like mozzarella cheese – the curds are stretched and kneaded into long ribbons that are gently wound into a ball or knot.