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Foodie Favorite Nacho Cheese

January 8, 2019Cole Whitney
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CheeseDipEasySodium Citratesuper bowl

Toss out that sad, canned nacho cheese and add in your favorite cheese for a velvety smooth texture and rich, real-cheese flavor. Let sodium citrate turn boring old nachos and cheese into the star of the show.

Ingredients

  • 200g (6.8 oz) Cheddar
  • 200g (7 fl oz.) 2% Milk
  • 30g (1 small) Roasted Jalapeno, Seeded & Chopped
  • 4.5g (1 tsp) Sodium Citrate
  • 1.5g (½ tsp) Salt

Equipment

  • Immersion Blender
  • Small Heavy Bottom Pot

Timing

Active Time: 15 Minutes

Total Time: 15 Minutes

Yield

1.5 Cups

  • Combine and Melt

    In a small pot over low heat, combine all ingredients listed above. Gently cook until cheese is melted.

  • Blend, Cool, and Serve

    Using an immersion blender, blend the contents of the pan until smooth and uniform.

    Allow the cheese sauce to cool before serving. Cheese can be cooled completely and reheated for future use.

Summary
recipe image
Recipe Name
Nacho Cheese
Author Name
Modernist Pantry
Published On
2019-01-08
Preparation Time
0H15M
Total Time
0H15M
Average Rating
4.51star1star1star1star1star Based on 14 Review(s)

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Comments (11)

Let’s drop some acid…. errrr it’s not what you think.

May 5, 2019 9:54 am

[…] main culinary use is to make baller melty cheese sauces out of any cheese you want (Check out this recipe). But our most common use is to buffer acidity. Adding 0.8-1% sodium citrate to the total weight of […]

The Meltiest Cheese 

December 16, 2019 9:58 am

[…] our Foodie Favorite Nacho Cheese sauce recipe a try! Toss out that sad, canned nacho cheese and add in your favorite cheese for a […]

Lonnie

June 17, 2020 11:48 am

Question: how do I scale the recipe to double it, yielding 3 cups? Do I simply double everything, including the sodium citrate?

Janie Wang

June 17, 2020 1:43 pm

Yup just double everything

Linda

October 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Where do you find sodium citrate?

Janie Wang

October 26, 2020 8:02 am

You can get it on our website.

Mark

June 19, 2021 12:01 am

Where does one get anything? Amazon.

Janie Wang

June 21, 2021 7:15 am

All the ingredients we use that are linked are available on Modernist Pantry.

Kelly

September 29, 2021 9:12 am

Hi I want to make mac & cheese bites to get reheated later, what do you recommend for a ratio, cheese to sodium citrate?

Cole Whitney

October 4, 2021 11:17 am

3% is the normal ratio of cheese to sodium citrate. This may require additional testing to get the exact ratio with the milk in the recipe.

Cindy

May 18, 2022 4:41 pm

Can this be made with almond milk? Or full fat coconut milk, the canned kind?

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