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Official ILoveNachoCheese SauceWe’ve posted various recipes.  We’ve conducted taste tests. We’ve delivered the very best nacho cheese related news anywhere on the Internet. Now, we’re going to contribute something truly original to the nacho cheese community – An official recipe. A couple weekends were spent in the kitchen creating literally dozens of different nacho cheese sauce variations. We experimented with ingredients and tweaked quantities until we came up with something we were proud to share. In the end, we settled on this original recipe and hope you like it as much as we do. After all, we created it for you! So give it a try and let us know what you think.  Read more to see the recipe

The Official ILoveNachoCheese.com Recipe

Official Nacho Cheese Goodness

Serving Size: Enough for one bowl of nachos (1-2 persons)

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 tbsp. butter
  • 1 tbsp. corn starch
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 oz. cream cheese
  • cubed 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
  • shredded 1/8 cup monterey jack
  • shredded 1/2 tsp. Busha Browne’s Pukka Hot Pepper Sauce. (Any habanero/scotch bonnet pepper sauce will do. We recommend anything with a “use with discretion” warning on the bottle.)
  • 1/2 tsp. chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp. paprika

Directions:

In a small saucepan over low-medium heat, melt butter and stir in corn starch. Pour in the milk, add cream cheese, and continue to stir until mixture is fully incorporated.

While stirring mix in cheddar and jack cheeses, chili powder, paprika, and hot pepper sauce. Continue to stir until cheese has melted and all ingredients are well blended. Pour over tortilla chips.

Comments

64 responses to “The Official ILoveNachoCheese.com Recipe”

  1. NachoMan

    Thank you my cheesy friends!! I now know what I’ll be eating this weekend.

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  2. Joey Mack

    You’re welcome, NachoMan. Please feel free to come on back and leave some comments after you’ve tried it out.

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  3. quickerin

    I’ve tasted this amazing elixer and it is indeed a delicious blend of cheesy goodness. I almost don’t want to eat it with a chip because I want every taste bud to enjoy the flavor. Mmm mmm yummy!

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  4. Joey Mack

    I’ve tasted this and it is awesome! It’s so good that I would dip anything into it,not just chips:)

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  5. NachoMan

    I couldn’t wait until Saturday; I had to make it tonight. IT WAS AMAZING! The best thing about it is the cheese taste so fresh and has a bit of a zest to it. Compared to jar or canned cheese you get from the grocery store, this recipe is hands-down a winner. It’s quick and easy to make also, took me just a few minutes and the whole family enjoyed it. We also dipped our sandwich bread into the cheese which was tasty!

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  6. Liquidman

    Waht’s the best brand of store bought nacho cheese and where do I get it?

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  7. Joey Mack

    Liquidman – If you refer back to the post “Taste Test: Cheese vs. Cheese” back in our January archives, we compare the Tostitos brand nacho cheese to the Fritos brand nacho cheese. We concluded that the Tostitos nacho cheese in a jar is the way to go.

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  8. CheesyChef

    I made the goodness today but was disappointed when I couldn’t find the Busha Browne’s at the store. I purchased the Habanero Tabasco. I think I might be missing out as my sauce wasn’t hot enough 🙁 I had to add chopped Jalepeno’s for fire. Any suggestions of where to buy Busha’s?

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  9. Joey Mack

    CheesyChef- I feel your pain. Habanero Tabasco is good…but not the same. You can purchase Busha’s online here: http://www.hotsauceworld.com/hsw1267.html
    If you want to find it locally, I would recommend visiting more of a boutique or specialty market. In the San Francisco Bay Area, I would recommend Draeger’s or Molly Stones.

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  10. carolina

    Thanks there for such a delicious recipe.Gourmet coffee at coffeebreakusa(dot)com adds to coffee and gifts

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  11. fucker

    The easiest n tastiest homemade cheese recipe!!!

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  12. eric loves CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I
    LOVE CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AND EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  13. allyluhoooo

    just reading the directions makes me bounce off the walls!!! i havent tried it yet but thank you for describing it!!!!

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  14. Cindy

    Oh, this is so sad. I am pregnant, so I’m craving nacho cheese even more than I normally do. But, I live in a very remote part of Ireland, where very few cheeses are available. These people have a whole aisle full of cheddar, but NO MONTEREY JACK. Can anyone suggest any kind of substitute for it in this recipe? And of course, forget the Busha’s, unless someone sends it to me from the States.

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  15. ilovecheese

    Thanks for the recipe. I’ll be trying this one out for sure.

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  16. NEEDNACHOCHEESE

    Hey, just wanted to know if this is the kind that you taste in the movie theatres, because I was thinking of eating it with some beef jerky, but only wanted the recipe for the movie theater style. I’ve searched everywhere, but kept getting these exoticic recipes with cashews and what-not. Please respond, and THANKS SO MUCH =-)

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  17. Steve-O

    NEEDNACHOCHEESE, this recipe is not movie nacho cheese. The ingredients used in this cheese are much more fresh and don’t include any partially hydrogenated oils.
    Now, if you are looking for that movie theater cheese, depending on what state you live in, the best place to go is Costco. They sell massive, bulk containers of cheese used for commercial applications like snack shacks and movie theaters. If you don’t have Costco near you, try Sams Club or any large warehouse-style store.
    Hope this helps!

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  18. question

    Would using the shredded kraft mexican cheese and bagged kraft shredded sharp chedder be acceptable in this recipe, or are you shredding your own? will advise on bagged/shredded output tonight. i think i’ve got everything but that brand of sauce (but i have a strong habanero) and i may or may not have the cream cheese so i may have to do a substitution. either way, thanks for the recipe.
    my own escapades into nacho cheese has revealed that seemingly any mixture of cheese, milk, butter, and hot sauce, when melted slowly and stirred thoroughly, produces an approximate version of what you can purchase in the cans.
    This web site nearly made me pass-out from excitement and I almost put a cheese warmer and a giant bag of cheese on the credit card:
    http://www.concessionstands.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.67/.f

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  19. Steve-O

    To “question” –
    Yes you can use shredded bag cheese like that from Kraft, though we are using cheese from a block that we grate ourselves. We’ve tried it with bagged cheese and it tastes pretty darn good.
    Enjoy!
    -steve

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  20. Nacho Chip Warmer Crazy

    What happened to the nacho chip warmers? How come no one mentions chip warmers? I want to hold bulk nacho chips and eat them when they are warm and crunchy…..mmmmmmm!

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  21. Steve-O

    To “Nacho Chip Warmer Crazy” —
    Great thought! I actually wrote an article on a nacho chip warming tray a few months ago.
    Here’s the link:
    http://www.ilovenachocheese.com/2007/05/what_could_have.html
    Steve-O

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  22. Froster

    I found the flavour of this cheese to be pretty good, but really didn’t like the grainy-ness from the corn starch.
    I happened to watch the new episode of Heston Blumenthal’s In Search of Perfection, and he was looking at making a consistently meltable cheese at home, and tried corn starch as well, but decided it was too grainy. He ended up using food-grade sodium citrate. A bit of car needs to be taken to stop the citrate from imparting a bitter flavour, but supposedly does an excellent job of making sure that the proteins and fats in the cheese stay emulsified.
    I’m going to get a friend who works at a pharmacy to get me some sodium citrate, and will report back once I’ve tried it.

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  23. Bethanne

    I would like to make this for my husband’s birthday party, but we need a lot of it! Have you made large quantities of this and kept it warm in a crock pot? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

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  24. Mike Z

    Ok – Nice sauce – now, how about a dry rub? You know – something you can use to… say… sprinkle on french fries, maybe use to kick up doritos… you know… something made from cheese powders (cheddar, bleu, onion powder…) (You know – for those camping trips! 🙂 )
    – Z

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  25. hannah

    i love it!

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  26. foodaq

    Thank you,I just decide to do it!:-)
    I found the recipe for seasoned chicken in mexican restaraunts that they use in the nachos.Look below:
    http://www.foodaq.com/html/Cooking-Recipes/115227.html

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  27. Jenn

    THANK YOU!!! I have been searching for a recepie that did NOT use Cheese Food. Wonder wonderful stuff!!!

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  28. Philip

    I have been searching the internet for a great NACHO cheese sauce. Just plain original nacho cheese sauce you would get at movies, gas stations, or carnivals. I think I’ve found an even better version of this sauce. Thank you, can’t wait to make it for my family.

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  29. Sally

    thanks, iv been searching the net, on how to find a plain nacho cheese recipe, and i think iv found it…lol

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  30. Moonbella

    OM-G! I have found my people. Nacho cheese rules! I tried to make the beloved nacho cheese on the fly and curdled, it did! I will try the official recipe now that I have found the beam of light from heaven that is ilovenachocheese.com.

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  31. NachoMaster101

    I am going to try this when i get the ingredients. From what the comments say this must be amazing.

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  32. sid

    I didn’t know nacho cheese was a different kind of cheese. Thanks!
    Sid

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  33. Lisa

    I tried the recipe, and the flavor was amazing…but the texture left something to be desired. It was too gritty for my liking. If I could figure out another emulsifier, I’d make this all the time–but until then…

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  34. Nachoman

    Holy Crap, I thought I was the only Nachoman out there. I am Nachoman of the Portland Nachomen. I tip my hat to my fellow nacho lovers all over the world.
    This recipe looks top notch, I will be sure and make a batch and revel in its cheesiness.

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  35. Rob R

    Why doesn’t Nacho Cheese exist in a hard cheese form? It would be so good sliced on a sandwich, and make a delicious addition to any cheese tray. Is it possible to produce hard nacho cheese? If so, why hasn’t anyone done it?

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  36. TexScott

    This was by far the worst tasting dip ever! I can’t believe that I actually took the time to make it. Trust me, stick with Velvetta, rotel, some japs and a little milk. Dump it in a bowl and nuke it! 1,000 times better than this crap. Can I get a refund on the wasted cheese that went down my disposal? Oh well, lesson learned……

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  37. cheeselover

    i am so glad i found this site cause i thought i was doomed to eating target nachos thanks for the recipe 🙂

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  38. disappointed nacho lover

    I tried this recipe and was not impressed. The sauce ended up being really greasy and not smooth at all. It had good flavor, however it was not a creamy, pourable sauce but rather clumped together. Is there some sort of trick to getting it to be creamy?

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  39. Anonymous

    fat

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  40. Kris

    I have to disagree with everyone. I made this recipe tonight, and I was not impressed. It did not have the right flavor. I added some velveeta to it, and that made it a bit better, but it’s still not right. It doesn’t have that nacho cheese taste at all. I’m going to keep looking for a recipe I like.

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  41. Michael Michalski

    The recipe has one problem I can tell you without even bothering to make it. It will clump into a stringy greasy mess almost every time. Some people have mentioned this. To avoid that,you need a double boiler. If you have two pans that fit right,you can sometimes make a makeshift one. The idea of a double boiler is that you heat one pan,with a water bath in the second pan. It provides controllable heat and makes certain the temperature never goes above 100F.
    Sometimes you end up getting a clumpy result anyway even in a double boiler so I cant say the recipe will work,but its next to impossible not to get a clumpy result of you don’t use one.
    They are not too expensive and are useful for other things. I use mine for making all sorts of creme and milk based sauces like creamy smooth cheddar cheese sauce for homemade mac and cheese and perfect alfredo sauce. One thing to take note of,many cheese/milk based sauces will not reheat properly. (or at least I have never been able to make them) Even in the double boiler at reduced heat,they separate and end up as a clumpy rubbery solid in a clear greasy liquid.(and forget about using a microwave,they dont heat nearly slow or evenly enough to even have a prayer)

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  42. Nick

    Not as good as I had hoped. Definitely not even comparable to the stuff at the movies/taco bell. But it’s better than the stuff at the stores, I guess…

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  43. yael

    unfortunately I found the result not at all like the one sold in cans. Bummer, since where I live you can’t reach the cans.
    🙁

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  44. Mark

    Nice recipe, try this one as well!
    http://www.rentfilmonline.co.uk its under articles

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  45. tfool1975

    This is a great article
    http://tfool1975.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

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  46. Sarah Rose

    Hi, can anyone help me with the cheddar cheese, ive never heard of sharp cheddar in england, we only have mild, medium and mature, would it be a mature? And for anyone else confused in england, 1 cup in liquid form is 8 oz and corn starch is corn flour. Thanks

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  47. Dan

    Try this site for a very good Nacho Cheese Sauce recipie. I have tried a few and this is definitely the best!!

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  48. Dan

    http://www.rentfilmonline.co.uk/nachocheese.aspx
    Sorry missed the link off the last post.

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  49. The Art of Successful Cooking

    For Sarah Rose – Sharp cheese is called mature in the UK!

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  50. partyluvr101

    I LOVE THIS RECIPE I AM GIVING THIS CHEF A 3 MINUTE STANDING OVATION!!!!!!!!!!! BEST NACHOS IVE HAD SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!! I MADE THIS AT MY SON’S BASKETBALL GAME AND EVERYBODY WANTED THE RECIPE. SO I TOLD THEM!!!!!!!!!!! THIS NACHO RECIPE IS DA BOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  51. AnnaHopn

    Hello,
    Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.

    Have a nice day
    AnnaHopn

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  52. Mikeyzman

    Hmmm this was not very good, The chili powder and paprika overpowered the cheese taste. The consistancy was good, however. I think I will try it again, sans chili powder and paprika and go with Good Ol New Mexico Green Chile.

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  53. John

    Maybe I did something REALLY wrong, but this was seriously disgusting. I could only take one tiny bite of it just to say I actually taste it but it was inedible just from the look of it. Seriously, I don’t know where the hell you guys have tried Nacho Cheese at before but if this is the best you can do you’re obviously not pros at Nacho Cheese. Stick with Tostitos Medium Queso at the grocery store, way better than this crap. Greasy GREASY clumpy mess. Click on my name to see a picture of what it really looks like, and yes, I followed the directions to a T and consider myself a pretty good cook.

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  54. GenericNachoLover10621

    The greatest site ever! I live in England and there is no way I can have nachos outside of the cinema! My sister brought me back some nacho cheese from the US and i finished it within weeks! This recipe will surely change my life!
    Many Thanks Fellow Cheese Lovers!

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  55. Anonymous

    im gonna favorite this page and make this when iget back to the states! can’t wait!

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  56. cl

    this recipe is the best, perfect for cheesedogs! eat ur heart out Nathan’s

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  57. NachoNadi

    This site rocks! Thanks so much for this cheesey goodness! I can’t wait to try it. I am so excited and thrilled there are other nacho cheese lovers out there!

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  58. zum

    blah… left alot to be desired… really not the best nacho cheese IMO
    wish costcos never changed their nacho cheese brand

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  59. chessycheese

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  60. unsatisfied consumer

    i do not like this stuff. its not like nacho cheese, its like melted cheese with not enough kick to it.

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  61. john

    The way the recipe is written is flawed. The reason people’s sauce is clumping is because the starch needs to be cooked briefly in the butter to coat all of the starch granules. After a couple of minutes of cooking the corn starch then add the milk, stirring vigorously until the butter starch mixture is incorporated(I recommend using a whisk). Let the mixture come up just to a boil, the starch will then release into the milk and thicken very rapidly. At this point the sauce should be almost like a pudding texture. Reduce the heat to just below boiling and slowly incorporate the cheeses and spices. If you let it sit and boil it will separate, and turn into a greasy, globby mess. The trick is adding the cheese slowly after you have thickened the milk, and always letting the cheese melt before adding more.

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  62. Murphy

    I found too that this was not like what you’d buy in the store, so I tried making it again but added several types of polysaccharides, hydrogenated oils, monoglycerides and diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, and lots of MSG, and it tasted just like the canned stuff! I also added Yellow No. 5 and 6 to make it look more real.
    Okay, hopefully you caught both my sarcasm and my point. Of course this is not going to be similar to what you’d buy in the store or get at the movie theater or ball game. That stuff has a bunch of crap in it that tricks your taste buds into thinking it’s good. My recommendation: make the recipe with organic cheese and milk, and savor both the flavor and the thought that you’re not poisoning yourself.

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  63. wickedmachine

    Anyone know how well this recipe keeps? I’m having friends over tomorrow night and it’d be great if I could make it tonight (when I have lots of free time) and refrigerate it.

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  64. Raylana

    These are amazing and ieserntting but it is hard for me to think about putting something in my mouth that “looks” like it should taste one way but then… surprise, tastes totally different! Very creative!

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