Cheesy Hot Sauce Recipes

PERFECT CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium saucepot over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring often, until a thick paste forms and turns golden brown. Stir in the taco seasoning and cook 30 seconds more.
• Gradually whisk in the milk, adding 1 cup at a time. Allow the mixture to come to a simmer before adding the next. It will be extremely thick at first and will thin with each addition. When all the milk is added bring the sauce to a simmer and cook 5 more minutes. Whisk in the cream cheese.
• Remove the sauce from the heat. Add the Cheddar and Parmesan and whisk until smooth. The sauce keeps refrigerated for up to 2 weeks or frozen for 6 months. If using from cold, carefully bring the sauce back to a boil before serving.

BEST CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour and cook until mixture is smooth and bubbly, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in half-and-half, Cheddar cheese, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes. Keep warm until serving.

HOMEMADE CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour and salt until a paste forms. Slowly add milk; cook and stir until fully incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add cheese, stir to combine, and cook until melted, 1 to 2 minutes.

CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour 500ml milk into a large saucepan and add 4 tbsp plain flour and 50g butter.
• Turn on the heat to medium and start to whisk the mixture. Keep whisking fast as the butter melts and the mixture comes to the boil - the flour will disappear and the sauce will begin to thicken.
• Whisk for another 2 mins while the sauce bubbles then stir in 100g grated strong cheddar cheese (or 50g grated cheddar, 50g crumbled blue cheese) until melted.

QUICK CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour, and cook for 2-3 minutes until slightly golden.
• Gradually add milk while stirring. The sauce will begin to thicken as you add the milk. Cook for 2-3 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from the heat and add the cheese. Once added, return the saucepan to the stove over the lowest heat. Stir the sauce constantly until the cheese melts. Season with salt and pepper again to taste. If the sauce is too thick, add more milk.

BASIC CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan, add flour and seasonings and stir until blended.
• Gradually add milk and cook stirring constantly until thickened.
• Stir in cheese and heat until cheese melts and sauce is smooth.

CHEESY HOT CRAB DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, hot sauce, seafood seasoning, garlic powder, and black pepper in a bowl; stir to combine.
• Drain crab; pick out and discard any shells. Add crab to cream cheese mixture, along with bell peppers and onion; mix thoroughly. Transfer into a baking dish and sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 20 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil until the top is a nice golden brown color, about 5 minutes.

CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; add the cheese. Cook and stir until cheese is melted., Serve 1-1/2 cups of cheese sauce with the baked potatoes. Refrigerate remaining sauce.