Chilli beef queso dip

It's a public holiday here in Malaysia...50th anniversary of the country's formation. It's a Monday and...it's an NFL regular season now...and...it's a Sunday night in the US...so my husband's goodmates are coming here for breakfast while watching the 49ers vs Seahawks. So here's the chilli beef queso dip that I prepared for them.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup unsalted butter

1 large yellow onion - diced

1 pound/ half a kilo topside beef - minced

2 medium tomatoes - diced

1 package of chili con carne spice mix (a combination of chilli, cumin, paprika, oregano, salt & pepper) - I used Mexican Discovery

chilli, paprika, cumin and oregano

chilli, paprika, cumin and oregano

2 tbsp additional chili powder - just because we can take spicier food! :)

1 tsp additional cumin

1 tsp additional sweet paprika

Coarse sea salt to taste

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup cream

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

1. Heat a medium skillet or frying pan. Pour in the oil and butter.
2. Once the butter has melted, add the onion and cook until translucent. Add the beef & tomatoes. 
3. Cook until the beef is tender and the juice almost dry. Fold in the all the spices together. Stir until fully blended. Add in the stock and salt. Let it simmer and the stock reduced a bit..around 2 minutes.
4. Add the cream while stirring the gravy. Grate the cheese in and stir until it is smooth and fully combined.
5. Remove from heat and serve with tortilla chips.