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Green Chili Goat Cheese Dip

This dairy free goat cheese dip is rich and creamy just like traditional queso. It has a deep flavor from the goat cheese and is balanced perfectly with the addition of the sweet coconut cream.
Course Appetizers
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces Plain goat cheese
  • 1 13.5 ounce can Coconut cream, refrigerate a can of full fat coconut milk overnight & use all of the cream that separates from the water
  • 1 tablespoon Nutritional yeast,
  • 1 4 ounce can Fire roasted green chiles diced
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon Fine sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon Lime juice
  • 3 Green onions, diced and divided
  • 3 tablespoons Cilantro, chopped and divided

Instructions

  1. Heat up a small oven safe skillet on medium low heat. Add goat cheese and coconut cream and stir constantly until melted, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add green chiles, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, lime juice, 3 tablespoons of the green onions and 2 tablespoons of cilantro. (the remaining green onion and cilantro is for garnish)
  3. Simmer together for about 5 minutes until it's mixed together completely.
  4. Turn broiler on high, once hot put your goat cheese dip in the oven. Cook for 5-8 minutes until the sides brown and you have a nice browned middle as well.
  5. Garnish with leftover green onion and cilantro and serve immediately with tortilla chips or plantain chips.