Just going to say it: I love Chipotle. I'd eat there every day if it were reasonable and practical and it's a company that has some level of dedication to their product and service, one aspect of this using ingredients that are "natural." minimally processed and meet their high standards. (Forgiving a slip they had last year.) There was a time my favorite meat topping, carnitas, was unavailable because their pork supply wasn't able to meet their demands when the pork market was pretty high due to swine flu so Chipotle had to reduce the availability of the carnitas so they wouldn't have to compromise their standards by using a different pork supplier.
So, it's for this reason Chipotle has never carried a "nacho cheese" sauce topping/side like many other Mexican grill and Mexican restaurants have since nacho sauce is made out of un-natural ingredients in order to produce the texture and taste.
Well finally, Chipotle has found a way to provide queso sauce! And.....
It's alright. Not what I would have expected given the quality of their food and what I expect from nacho sauce. Nacho sauce has an.... "artificial cheese" taste to it. It's like "American Cheese" in taste and this causes it to be very smooth. Chipotle is using a sharp cheddar likely melted and mixed with roux to create a smooth-sauce like substance but using a "real" cheese brings with it the result of the sauce having a slightly "grainy" texture to it. On the looks of it the sauce is smooth and fairly thick but, in your mouth, it very much has an unexpected "texture" to it.
So when I tried it I got it as a side item with a bag of chips and, for me, it doesn't quite work like this. But, there's also the option to get the queso in your burrito. So, I opened my burrito up, poured in the sauce and gave it a try.
Works much better this way, the taste blends better with the other ingredients and the texture is a bit less noticeable.
Why am I posting all of this? I dunno. Bored.
Anyway, I recommend at least giving a try, but the best way to go is to have it in your burrito rather than a side.
Trekker,; Burrito with White Rice, Pinto Beans, Carnitas, Pico de Gallo and Cheese. Side of chips to scoop up fillings that fall out during eating.
So, it's for this reason Chipotle has never carried a "nacho cheese" sauce topping/side like many other Mexican grill and Mexican restaurants have since nacho sauce is made out of un-natural ingredients in order to produce the texture and taste.
Well finally, Chipotle has found a way to provide queso sauce! And.....
It's alright. Not what I would have expected given the quality of their food and what I expect from nacho sauce. Nacho sauce has an.... "artificial cheese" taste to it. It's like "American Cheese" in taste and this causes it to be very smooth. Chipotle is using a sharp cheddar likely melted and mixed with roux to create a smooth-sauce like substance but using a "real" cheese brings with it the result of the sauce having a slightly "grainy" texture to it. On the looks of it the sauce is smooth and fairly thick but, in your mouth, it very much has an unexpected "texture" to it.
So when I tried it I got it as a side item with a bag of chips and, for me, it doesn't quite work like this. But, there's also the option to get the queso in your burrito. So, I opened my burrito up, poured in the sauce and gave it a try.
Works much better this way, the taste blends better with the other ingredients and the texture is a bit less noticeable.
Why am I posting all of this? I dunno. Bored.
Anyway, I recommend at least giving a try, but the best way to go is to have it in your burrito rather than a side.
Trekker,; Burrito with White Rice, Pinto Beans, Carnitas, Pico de Gallo and Cheese. Side of chips to scoop up fillings that fall out during eating.
I'd just like a few recipe suggestions to start with, on my journey forward. But yeah restaurant suggests might be helpful to, as that could provide a reference.
