Cost Breakdown

Critical Success Points

• • Ensuring avocados are ripe but not over‑ripe for guacamole
• • Cooking the roux until the raw flour smell disappears before adding milk
• • Whisking continuously when adding milk to avoid lumps in the queso
• • Layering chips, cheese, and sauce to keep chips from becoming soggy
• • Baking until the cheese is bubbly and chips are golden but not burnt

Safety Warnings

• • Handle the hot oven and baking sheet with oven mitts.
• • Watch the queso sauce; milk can scorch if left unattended.
• • Use a cutting board and keep fingers away from the knife when chopping onions and jalapeños.