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    Home » Side Dish » {real} Cheddar Cheese Sauce

    Published: Jan 20, 2014 · Modified: Oct 12, 2018 by Desarae

    {real} Cheddar Cheese Sauce

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    Cheese sauce on baked potato also topped with bacon bits and onions

    Ohh about 3 years ago I came here to visit Aubrey, I was pregnant, hungry, very sore feet and waiting in a two hour line to see those dang fake princesses at Disneyland that would make my daughter's heart melt, when I spotted a food stand. Being pregnant I had every excuse to waste money on food. right? So I wandered over there to check out the goods... and it was some kind of a mid-evil food stand, with, you know, turkey legs and baked potatoes. Right then and there I had the fattiest, most delicious baked potato ever. It had fake butter, fake cheese and bacon. heaven help me. I went back a few years later, and it wasn’t as good. Maybe not as much fake butter…or maybe it was just better the first time because I was pregnant. Take your pick.

    Either way, I've been trying out cheese sauces and taste testing recipes trying to get the best cheese with out using "fake" cheese (as my husband calls it..) or "cheese product" . But its hard to get that strong chedder taste, without it being too sharp, and a smooth creamy texture right? WELP folks I have the solution. It's really quite simple. (and you should use it when your making your homemade mac n cheese, actually it was this Zebra Mac n Cheese that made me discover it)

    The solution is using SHARP Cheddar cheese for half of your cheese requirements. By the time you mix your milder cheeses, with the roux and the milk and the spices the cheddar cheese flavor your craving is lost!

    close up of baked potato with cheese sauce on top

    cheese sauce oozing off of side of baked potato

     You can put it on, or dip it in anything. Dress up your veggies or fatten up those fries...I chose potatoes because when I was little and on the very rare occasion that we ate fast food, my dad gave us one choice and one choice only for our selection. A Hamburger.

    Naaaaaturally, doing what any child would do I rebelled. “I hate hamburgers, I hate buns blah blah blah I’m being picky”  depending on where we went I always tried to persuasively pursued my dad to let me get what mom was getting. If it was McDonalds it was a chicken sandwich, if it was Wendy’s- and it usually way- it was a baked potato. I never got a chicken sandwich (It wasn’t on a dollar menu back then)…but I DID get a potato when we went to Wendys. Never was I allowed to get the $4 broccoli cheese potato, just the $1 sour cream and chives…but that didn’t stop me from trying. (I remember once getting it, and it being heaven) SOOO of course- cheese sauce on potatoes today is like one of those psychological things people talk about where you can’t have it as a kid so you wanna eat too much of it as an adult. yup. it works. its me. {Soda} pop and cheese sauce. didn’t have it then so a little too much love it now.
    a hot cheesy mess.

    cheese sauce on top of eaten baked potato on chevron print placemat

    close up of baked potato with cheese sauce

    baked potato with cheese sauce drizzled on top

    Have you guys seen this Potato Express? It's legit. seriously works...potatoes, sweet potatoes, bread....we kind of love potatoes at our house and therefore love the potato express.....

    {real} Cheddar Cheese Sauce

    The cheese sauce that can go on anything- EVER! 
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: condiment
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 432kcal
    Author: Kadee & Desarae

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup butter
    • ¼ cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon Korr's veggie or chicken bullion
    • 2 cups milk
    • 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese don't budge on this one
    • 1 cup mild cheddar or a blend

    Instructions

    • in a med sauce pan, on med-low heat melt butter and whisk in flour.
    • allow flour to bubble for a minute, add in bullion.
    • Slowly pour in milk, while quickly whisking.
    • let sauce thicken, and add cheese.
    • Stir sauce until cheese is melted.
    • Serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 432kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 510mg | Potassium: 228mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1118IU | Calcium: 550mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Erin V says

      October 12, 2018 at 9:17 pm

      5 stars
      oh man, this sounds so much better than just using grated cheese and waiting for it to melt in the potato- thank you for this everything sauce!

      Reply
    2. Bruce race says

      September 23, 2018 at 4:43 pm

      Love your dishes

      Reply

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