Nacho Cheese Sauce with Jalapeno

Name: Nacho Cheese Sauce with Jalapeno
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; ¼ cup minced onion; 1 clove garlic, minced; 3 pickled jalapeno pepper slices, minced; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk; ¼ (1 pound) loaf processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®); ¼ teaspoon pickled jalapeno pepper juice

Rating: 4.22 stars

18 Ratings
17 Reviews
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Here's a simple jalapeno cheese sauce for chip dipping or for over tacos or anything needing a cheesy sauce with a kick.

By duboo

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Recipe Summary test

prep:

5 mins

cook:

23 mins

total:

28 mins

Servings:

Yield:

2 cups

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 8 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

3 tablespoons butter
¼ cup minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
3 pickled jalapeno pepper slices, minced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
¼ (1 pound) loaf processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®)
¼ teaspoon pickled jalapeno pepper juice

Directions

Step 1
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion, garlic, and jalapeno; cook and stir until onion turns translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Step 2
Stir flour into onion mixture until vegetables are evenly coated. Pour in milk; cook and stir until mixture thickens slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Add processed cheese food, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth, about 15 minutes more. Stir in pickled jalapeno juice.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

111 calories; protein 4g; carbohydrates 5g; fat 8.5g; cholesterol 25.1mg; sodium 246mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (17)

Most helpful positive review

Soup Loving Nicole

Allstar

03/17/2016

Made as written except that I added a couple more jalapeno's for more heat. Turns out I should have stuck to just three because my addition made it a little too spicy. Lesson learned. This melted down nicely for me and I really liked the addition of onions. This sauce could be used for many different things and I bet it would be equally good with the blanco Velveeta. Definitely a keeper! Read More

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Most helpful critical review

Lillie Moore

01/25/2017

It was sort of meh. Not much flavor. I ended up adding way more jalapeños and juice. Still tastes like warmed up plain velveeta not very nacho-ey . Read More

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18 Ratings

5 star values: 9
4 star values: 4
3 star values: 5
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 0

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Soup Loving Nicole

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03/17/2016

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Lillie Moore

01/25/2017

It was sort of meh. Not much flavor. I ended up adding way more jalapeños and juice. Still tastes like warmed up plain velveeta not very nacho-ey . Read More

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hot2trott

10/28/2017

Used 3/4 c milk and 2 tsp cornstarch. Left out the taco seasoning etc as I just wanted a cheese sauce for my daughters mac and cheese. Turned out PERFECT. Smoothest cheese sauce I have ever made. This is a keeper! Read More

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Kyoo

12/03/2019

I was looking for just a plain cheese sauce and I had purchased a block of velveeta to make it, but didn’t yet have a recipe. I found this one so I made it with just the butter, flour, milk and velveeta. It turned out perfectly and I used it to complement the Stauffer’s mac I had heated through as part of our thanksgiving dinner. I will use this base recipe in the future whenever I need to make a quick and delicious cheese sauce. Read More

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Alisa Thoms

08/31/2016

very good cheese sauce. Was a definite crowd pleaser at my wedding. Read More

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Mark K. Sinn

06/16/2020

not bad. Read More

Rai

01/30/2021

The recipe was PERFECT... Only change I made was I use MEXICAN Velveeta, AND couple squirts of Sriracha... Will do this AGAIN... Read More

Sandi Fentiman

06/14/2018

I haven't made this for a while but I loved it and plan to make it again soon. Good with either nacho chips or veggies. Read More

Kelly Reeves

03/09/2018

Maybe add some hot sausage crumbles to it. Read More

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Nacho Cheese Sauce with Jalapeno

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Calories: 110.9

% Daily Value *

protein: 8 %

carbohydrates: 2 %

dietary fiber: 1 %

sugars:

fat: 13 %

saturated fat: 26 %

cholesterol: 8 %

vitamin a iu: 8 %

niacin equivalents: 8 %

vitamin c: 10 %

folate: 2 %

calcium: 12 %

iron: 1 %

magnesium: 3 %

potassium: 3 %

sodium: 10 %

calories from fat:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.