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How to Make Creamy Beer Cheese - Recipe
Make your own creamy beer cheese at home with this recipe using melty cheddar (or other) cheese, beer and any other seasonings you'd like. Build your own recipes with this base, though it is amazing on its own. Perfect for beer cheese dip, beer cheese sauce, and beer cheese soup.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
10
Calories:
174 kcal
Course:
Main Course, Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ butter stick
- 2 tablespoons flour or more as needed
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces beer or use vegetable or chicken stock, or milk, for a non-beer option, light yet flavorful
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces White Cheddar Cheese or any similar melty cheese, shredded
Instructions
- First, make your cheese by melting the butter in a pot over medium heat.
- Next, add the flour and stir. Cook for 10 minutes while continually stirring, until the roux begins to brown a bit. If it does not thicken up into a good roux, add another tablespoon or 2 of flour, then continue to stir until it thickens to a paste, and until it begins to brown lightly.
- Add the chili flakes and salt, then stir in the beer, still stirring continually, until the mixture thickens a bit, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the cream cheese until melted and incorporated throughout.
- Finally, stir in most of the shredded cheddar cheese a bit at a time, continually stirring, until it melts through and becomes an AMAZING CHEESE SAUCE.
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Notes
- It's that simple! What you have is a super creamy, melty cheese that goes anywhere cheese likes to go. Makes about 2-1/2 cups or so. Enjoy!
- Calories are calculated per quarter cup of melted creamy beer cheese.
Nutrition Information
Calories
174kcal
(9%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 174
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 174kcal | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.