Whisk together until the cream cheese is melted in and everything is smooth. To a pot over medium heat, add the evaporated milk, heavy cream, cream cheese, mustard powder, and cornstarch. Only one pot involved and less than 30 minutes of your time needed! If you’d like it spicy, add more hot sauce, cayenne powder, or diced jalapeños/chilis. Neither of these make it spicy but just helps to balance the flavors. The heat in both helps cut from the richness of the cheese and cream.

It helps to keep the fats and protein from separating which will lead to a grainy cheese sauce.įinally, mustard powder and hot sauce are a must in this recipe. Once you try this out, you’ll never go back.Ĭornstarch is key to this recipe even though it’s a small amount. However if the color is not that important to you, you can swap some of the sharp cheddar for pepper jack or monterey jack for a more mild taste – completely up to you and your taste preferences.Īnd for our secret ingredient, cream cheese! It adds a slight tang to the nacho cheese sauce and helps to make it so creamy. It has the bright yellow/orange color that is key to making this look just like Taco Bell’s. We are keeping it simple and only using sharp cheddar. Heavy cream has a lot of fat content which helps thicken the nacho cheese sauce so no flour or roux is needed. It also has a beautiful rich color to help give the nacho cheese a bright yellowish orange color. Evaporated milk is a lot creamier than regular milk since all the water is evaporated. We are going to use a 1 to 1 ratio of evaporated milk and heavy cream. The ingredients are surprisingly super simple and most are ones that you will have on hand already!įirst up is the dairy. It’s absolutely delicious but making it with fresh ingredients turns out a million times better! Whether you dip some tortilla chips in this nacho cheese or use it to make Crunchwrap Supremes, it will become your new obsession.

The nacho cheese turns out so smooth and shiny every single time with just the right amount of kick!Ī lot of store-bought nacho cheese comes out of a can and is made from some questionable ingredients but don’t get me wrong. Let’s learn how to make Taco Bell’s nacho cheese sauce at home and even better! It’s the best thing on their menu in my opinion and it takes less than 30 minutes to make.

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