INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup light butter spread
1 cup 1% milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
Jalapenos to taste
1 cup cubed cheddar cheese (add a little more for a thicker sauce)
- Place the first 4 ingredients into the blender.
- Select Variable 1. Turn machine on and quickly increase speed to Variable 10, then to HIGH.
- Blend for 3-4 minutes until steam begins to escape from the vented lid.
- Turn blender speed down to Variable 5.
- Remove the lid plug and add jalapenos to taste. I add a little less than 1/4 cup.
- Add the cubed cheese.
- Increase speed to Variable 10, then to HIGH.
- Blend until smooth.
TIPS
Keep this nacho cheese warm in a small slow cooker.
Add more cheese for a thicker nacho cheese sauce.
If the cheese starts to get cool, just microwave it on 50% power until it is warm (about 30 seconds- 1 minute).
One of the first things I asked when I was watching the Vitamix demonstration at a local department store was, "Hey, can you make nacho cheese in that thing?" I was told that it probably could. I figured if it could make hot soup it should be able to make nacho cheese. I noticed there was no recipe for nacho cheese sauce in the 300+ page recipe book that came with the blender.
When I got home with my new blender I searched the internet for two things: Vitamix frozen cocktails and Vitamix nacho cheese. I knew the Vitamix could already make healthy soups, sauces, dips, salad dressings, and smoothies. The recipe book had dozens of those types of recipes. The book even had some cocktail recipes. However, I couldn't find a real nacho cheese recipe anywhere. I could only find vegan versions of nacho cheese.
Sunday night, I decided to create my own recipe. Here it is. Enjoy.
Thanks for posting this. I made it today for our nachos. I didn't have jalapeños on hand so I omitted those, added a bit more cheese and threw in a can of ro-tel for a very successful sauce.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered if Ro-Tel tomatoes would work well or just get too over-processed. Thanks for letting me know. I'm totally going to try that too. Did you drain the Ro-Tel tomatoes?
ReplyDeleteI've been craving for Nachos today when a friend and colleague of mine brought some. Thanks for the recipe I'll try this later. I'd like my Nachos cheesy with lots of toppings.
ReplyDeleteJust made this, turned out great! Didn't have any jalapenos so I threw in about a half dozen hot sauce packets instead. It's so much better than store-bought cheese sauce, yum! :)
ReplyDeleteJust made this. It is amazing. Wonderful texture and nice amount of heat.
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