Cheese sauce in 15 minutes? With this easy cheese sauce recipe you can do it. About 7 minutes to prep the ingredients and 8 minutes to cook and 5 ingredients is all it takes to make this quick cheese sauce recipe. This cheese sauce is good for chips, pretzels, burgers, chicken, beef, pork, veggies, you name it! Need a snack for the kids when they come home from school? No problem. Need a last minute appetizer? Ready in minutes as a great cheese dipping sauce. I use Monterey jack cheese with this recipe but it works with other cheeses and combinations of cheeses.
The butter and the flour for the cheese sauce
The combination of cooked butter and flour is a roux. Here is a link to learn more about roux and how they can be used in your cooking. The butter and flour needs to be stirred and cooked over a medium heat for about three minutes. It is important that you keep your eye on the roux because it may get clumpy from lack of stirring. While the butter is melting it is a good idea to warm the cream for about a minute in the microwave. Warm the cream ahead of time if your microwave is not close to the stove. Please use a microwave safe bowl or cup to warm the cream. The reason you warm the cream is that if cold cream hits the hot roux, you will have to warm everything up again. The roux and cream will get to know each other better if they are both warmed up.
So when the three minutes have passed and the roux is made add the cream. Mix for about 2-3 minutes until the cream has combined with the cream and the combination of the two starts to thicken.
Adding the cheese
Cheese shredded from a block will melt better than the bagged cheese. The bagged cheese is coated with a substance to keep the cheese from clumping. Shedding an eight ounce block of cheese just takes a minute and is not difficult. Add the cheese and stir to combine and melt for about three minutes. Add the sea salt and pepper after combined. This is also the time to add extra milk if your cheese sauce is too thick.
Serve right away or refrigerate for later!
Variations on the sauce
There are many variations to this cheese sauce. Add ground cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and a bit of diced tomato you have a queso. Or add caraway seeds to a Swiss cheese sauce and you add a rye taste to it. Add hot sauce, pepperoni, or anything you like. However you change up the 15 minute cheese sauce recipe, make it your own!
Use my Cheese Sauce recipe on my 2 Ingredient Turkey Burger or try it on my Loaded Cheeseburger Enchiladas recipe
15 Minute Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 ¾ cups milk or cream warmed for 1 minutes
- 8 ounces shredded monterey jack cheese
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1-2 tablespoons of milk if necessary
Instructions
- Combine flour and butter for 3 minutes.
- Add warm cream and combine for 2-3 minutes.
- Add cheese, sea salt, and pepper. Combine until the cheese is melted.
- Thin with 1-2 milk if necessary to for the thickness you like.
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