Nacho Cheese Sauce

This spicy homemade nacho cheese sauce recipe is easy to make and tastes just like movie theater nachos with a trick I learned behind the concession stand. Learn how to make nacho cheese!

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ingredients

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– Heat a sauce pan or small pot. Add the butter and melt it.

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– Stir in the flour and stir continuously to form a roux.

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– Stir in the milk and allow to simmer. It will bubble just a bit around the edges.

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– Reduce the heat and stir in the cheese. Continue stirring until it all melts through.

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– Stir in the pickled jalapeno juice (and some of the pickled jalapenos, too, if you want!). Keep stirring until the nacho cheese sauce is nice and smooth.

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– Taste and adjust for salt, then serve with tortilla chips!

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Enjoy!

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Nacho Cheese Sauce

Easy

This spicy homemade nacho cheese sauce recipe is easy to make and tastes just like movie theater nachos with a trick I learned behind the concession stand. Learn how to make nacho cheese!

ingredients

6

– Heat a sauce pan or small pot. Add the butter and melt it.

1

– Stir in the flour and stir continuously to form a roux.

2

– Stir in the milk and allow to simmer. It will bubble just a bit around the edges.

3

– Reduce the heat and stir in the cheese. Continue stirring until it all melts through.

4

– Stir in the pickled jalapeno juice (and some of the pickled jalapenos, too, if you want!). Keep stirring until the nacho cheese sauce is nice and smooth.

5

– Taste and adjust for salt, then serve with tortilla chips!

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Enjoy!

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