This creamy nacho cheese sauce is smooth, pourable, and perfect for chips, fries, pretzels, burgers, hot dogs, and game day nachos. If your homemade cheese sauce turns grainy, clumpy, or too thick, this version keeps it silky smooth and dippable with a simple creamy base and a tangy little kick.
I’ll show you how to make an easy homemade nacho cheese sauce with melty cheese, a smooth texture, and that craveable nacho flavor everyone loves. It’s great for parties, snacks, game day spreads, or anytime you need a quick cheese sauce that actually stays smooth. BOOM! Bring on the nacho cheese.
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I’m weird, I find “cheese sauce” disgusting! Give me real Colby Jack, Sharp Cheddar or American anyday! 🤣
PRINT/RECIPE POST: https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/recipes/nacho-cheese-sauce-recipe/ — What's your favorite nacho toppings? I gotta have jalapenos and Mexican chorizo.
Roux is for GUMBO 😂
(and fricassee)
Def saving this recipe.
I used to do my nacho cheese/queso like this (sub cider/wine/beer for milk), but I switched to sodium citrate (which your cheese has) to avoid the roux stage altogether and work with just about any cheese. Would be hard to go back!
I would love to see a queso recipe, as well, if you need ideas! TY.
Thanks!
Oh my….I forgot I had a pound of white American cheese from the deli at HEB…. Thanks!
I have a whole pound of fancy serrano jack cheese, definitely trying this recipe asap!
This is exactly how I make my nacho cheese! Better than anything out of a can or jar. Great for homemade pretzel bites!
Roll out a sheet of pillsbury original pizza dough. Cut in to 3×1 strips. Roll 'em up, boil in water with baking soda until they puff up a bit. Hit 'em with coarse salt, and in to the air fryer 400° for about 6 minutes. Smother with as much butter as your heart can take, and boom easy snack! Enjoy!
You always come up with some neat stuff that I use. Thank you!
I have an idea! I'm gonna do this but substitute the jalapeno juice for Giardiniera w/juice with American/provolone and drizzle it all over some thinly sliced beef. Italian beef/Philly cheese steak sandwich crossover, baby!
Why? Doesn't Velvetta stay creamy all by itself? No need for the roux.
I frequent a 'central Texas' style, bbq restaurant, and they serve a queso cheese sauce that has a gentle, but noticeable smokiness. The sauce has what I think is paprika and/or a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, and a bit of yellow onion. It also has what is our favorite reason for having this cheese sauce, it is random cut, rough cut, Jalapeno peppers, some bits are small,1/4" cuts, others might a full bite all by itself! I'm thinking the smoke flavor is coming from the Jalapeno's spending some time in the smoker pits. Have you smoked Jalapeno's, and, if so, how do you do it. I see no sign of fire blistering on the skin, they are just tender bits of Jalapeno with 'smoke flavor' coming from 'somewhere'. I have asked the manager, and he said, "We do not use Velveeta in our cheese sauce"!
If it's nacho cheese, then who's cheese is it! 🤣 Lamest dad joke my mind always goes to when talking nacho cheese. Anyway, didn't know this was a thing you could make at home. Definitely gonna try it.😆
I have never added jalapeno brine. Will try this next time!
Same recipe here but I add diced jalapeños along with the brine. Great recipe!
I love the apron. Can you link where to get it? – thank you
Only problem, that was only like a cup of it.
You are not persuading me to not stay up and watch England vs Mexico. Any other chillihead recommendations for the game?
Looks delicious and easy but. No Jalapenos for me.