Queso Flameado - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 lb chorizo sausage, casings removed
    1/2 onion, thinly sliced
    1 small tomatoes, diced
    1/4 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
    1 serrano chili pepper, minced (optional)
    2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
    2 tablespoons 151-proof liquor, such as everclear
    6 flour tortillas
Preparation
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    Brown chorizo in a large skillet over medium heat, 5 to 6 minutes.
    Pour off the fat.
    Add the onion, tomato and mushrooms and chile, if using, and saute until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
    Remove from the heat.
    Meanwhile, spread the cheese in a small metal baking dish and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, until completely melted.
    Remove from the oven.
    Pour the chorizo mixture over the melted cheese.
    Pour the liquor over the top, and using a long match, carefully ignite the liquor- the flames will die down in 30 to 40 seconds.
    Heat the tortillas (can wrap in a paper towel and heat in microwave 1 minute).
    Divide and place cheese/chorizo mixture inside each tortilla and folding them over to form a taco.

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