Chris is the main man on the grill, but from time to time, I take over and make him his favorite White Queso Burger. This burger is as juicy as it is spicy and has become a favorite in our house.
Whether we are grilling out for ourselves or for friends, family or neighbors, we often get asked to make this delicious White Queso Burger. The queso cheese sauce is easy to make and pairs perfectly with the grilled flavor of the lean burger.
You can substitute turkey for the ground beef and will still get a mouth watering, juicy burger that is just bursting with flavor.
We always make a double batch of the queso cheese sauce when we make the White Queso Burger. This way, we can dip chips or veggies into the queso chip dip while we are waiting for the burgers to cook.
Not only is the cheese sauce better than the store bought version, it is way cheaper as well! Looking for a few other recipes for dad? Try these White Pork Chicken Enchiladas or these Spinach Lasagna Roll-Ups.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of lean ground beef or turkey
- 1 fresh jalapeno
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 cup pico de gallo
- 1 pound white American cheese, cubed
- 1/2 cup milk, or as needed
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 2 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chilies
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- cayenne pepper to taste
Instructions
- While you are cooking the burgers on the grill, place the cheese, milk, and butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Cook until cheese has melted, stirring frequently. Stir in green chilies, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper to taste. Add more milk if cheese sauce is too thick.
- Top the burger with the cheese dip, then the pico, jalapenos and avocado.

How do you like to dress up your burger?
Burger are my favorite meal ever. This one sounds like a real winner.
That looks fantastic! I love that queso on top. That really makes it.
I love cheeseburgers, and this is an interesting take on it. That looks so good, especially with the jalapenos Yum!
I would never have thought of putting queso on a burger. This looks delicious! I love all of the things you put on the burger. Next time we have burgers I am going to have to try this.
Wow, thje jalapeño and the cheese makes me salivate, that looks like a very tasty burger! I will try this next time.
This burger looks so delicious. I am having a BBQ this weekend and i will definitely be trying this recipe.
I would like to try this white queso burger! I usually like to put cheddar and bacon on mine, but I am always looking for new ways to mix things up.
Oh wow. That looks amazing. I am confident my husband would absolutely love this. I should give it a try for his birthday coming up!
That white queso looks delicious! I eat veggie or turkey burgers, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work just as well on those! I love cheesy goodness!
Oh wow! That looks so amazing. My hubby would absolutely love this! Thanks for the recipe.
That looks really good and I love burgers so I want to try this. I bet my hubby would love this as well.
Hey Kelly – My hubby loves hamburgers – I do them without the bread and cheese – but that doesn’t mean I don’t taste his – and this is a great recipe! Thank you – love each ingredient 🙂
This burger looks so delicious, we are not huge meat eaters but this would a great treat. I usually dress up our burgers with loads of veggies, so I would love the pico and avocado.
So many favorite ingredients here thrown onto one delicious bun! Yum!
That burger looks incredible!!
Yum! Can’t really go wrong when queso and avocados are involved. We may just have to grill out soon and give this recipe a try!
I showed this to my husband and he put in his order for these. Actually, he does all the grilling, but I’ll help with the rest.
Love burgers and my husband loves queso anything practically. I’d love to make him one of these
Sounds like a great dad and husband, definitely needs to be show how his appreciated and am sure he will love you preparing his fav burger.
Yummy, this burger looks so good. I plan on making hamburgers today or tomorrow for dinner. I might have to try the white queso.
This would be a super delicious burger to try this summer! Thanks so much for the recipe! It’s got everything I love on it!
We love grilling burgers, but we haven’t tried this white queso burger. For sure it is delicious. We’ll try it out one of these days.
Dang it! I never thought to put queso on a burger, this looks delicious!!!
I can’t get enough of different kinds of burgers. This one will be a favorite because of that sauce. Sounds like it would be great with raw veggies and crackers also.
This queso burger looks absolutely amazing! This is a burger my husband and I would both enjoy very much!
Ok so I totally love queso and I also love a good burger! Never really thought of the two together, gunna have to give that a try. Sounds yummy 🙂
OMG I love queso cheese but have only tried it on my nachos. Its so good that I’m sure it works on most any food you would typically put cheese on.
This sounds like an awesome white queso burger my kids would so love because they love spicy foods. I would love to try it with the white cheddar. Thanks for sharing.
I love eating burgers and finding new ways to create and enjoy them. This recipe sounds like something my whole family would love.
The burger looks so delicious! I make a cheese dip too, but I think your recipe is better! I would love to have that spicy kick in my dip (and burger) so I am following this recipe to the letter! Thanks for sharing.
Hokey smokes that’s a good looking burger. You could sell that picture alone, lol. So not even kidding.
What a gorgeous burger! I love queso and jalapenos!
I’m currently pregnant and burgers are my favorite thing to eat lol I will have to try this recipe because it sounds and looks delicious!
Ooooo this looks so yummy!!! I don’t know why I never really thought of putting Queso on a burger. I will have to try this out!
I was just talking to a friend about how I Wanted queso. I never would have thought to try it like this!
This burger has all of my favorite things. I have to try it!
This sounds good, I bet my husband will love to try them. I love the part of the post when your husband sat in the parking lot doing the crossword puzzle just in case his precious daughter wanted to leave early. That is love and caring.