Monterey White Cheese Sauce Recipes

WHITE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in shredded cheese until melted. Mix in sour cream and green chilies, and cook, stirring occasionally just until heated through. Do not allow to boil.

BASIC CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan on low heat. Add flour; whisk until blended. Cook 2 min. or until bubbly, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in milk until blended.
• Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Simmer on medium-low heat 3 to 5 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently.
• Add cheese; cook and stir 2 min. or until melted.

WHITE QUESO (USING MONTEREY JACK CHEESE)

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat; whisk flour into melted butter until smooth. Slowly pour milk into flour mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and stir in onion powder and garlic powder; simmer for 2 minutes. Add Monterey Jack cheese while stirring constantly until melted, about 5 more minutes.

WHITE/CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine corn starch and milk in a small pan and stir until smooth. Add butter, salt and pepper. Stirring contanstly over medium heat, simmer for 1 minute.
• To make cheese sauce, just stir in 1 cup of shredded cheese at the end of cooking time and stir until melted.

CHICKEN MONTEREY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, mushrooms and garlic. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons flour, chicken stock, celery salt, white pepper and white wine. Reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring frequently, until thickened and well blended, about 10 minutes. Mix 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese into the thickened sauce mixture, and stir until melted.
• In a shallow medium bowl, mix 1 cup flour with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken breast halves in the flour mixture to coat. Melt remaining 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook chicken until lightly browned on all sides. Arrange breast halves in the prepared baking dish, and cover with the sauce.
• Top chicken breast halves with remaining Monterey Jack cheese. Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN WHITE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• On medium low heat, pour 2 tbsp milk in medium sauce pan.
• Cut cheese into 1"x1" cubes.
• Put in pan on with milk.
• Drain jalapenos and pour into pan.
• Stir about every four or five minutes.
• Cheese will be very thick, add milk until you reach your desired consistancy.
• For leftovers, place in pan on stove top, add milk if consistancy is too thick.

MEXICAN WHITE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in shredded cheese until melted.
• Mix in sour cream and green chilies, and cook, stirring occasionally just until heated through. Do not allow to boil.

PENNE WITH CHICKEN IN CREAMY PEPPER JACK CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Over medium heat, cook bacon until semi-crisp, reserving drippings.
• Drain bacon on paper towels and crumble when cool.
• Sauté sliced chicken in bacon drippings until no longer pink.
• Remove from pan and set aside.
• In the same skillet, add the butter and cook onion, peppers and garlic until just tender.
• Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Add 3/4 cup of the broth, and the milk. Cook and stir until bubbly.
• Stir in cheese and sour cream; then add the chicken and crumbled bacon to the sauce.
• Reheat, stirring to melt cheese, but do no allow to boil to avoid separation. If the sauce is too thick, add the remaining 1/4 cup chicken broth and/or a little more milk.
• Serve over cooked penne pasta and sprinkle with chopped green onions before serving.