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White Cheese Sauce
SUBMITTED BY:
Wilemon
PHOTO BY:
ReeNa
"This is an awesome Monterey Jack sauce that goes great over chicken enchiladas, or used as a dip for chips or Mexican-style appetizers."
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PREP TIME
10 Min
COOK TIME
20 Min
READY IN
30 Min
Original recipe yield 3 cups
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1 cup butter
3 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup sour cream
2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chilies, drained
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DIRECTIONS
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.
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Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2005 by
Wilemon
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Dec. 27, 2005
The last time I made this for Chicken Enchiladas it was a bit too 'buttery' when I took them out of the oven. So, you might want to cut the butter in half. 12/27/2005 I am adding this addition to my comments above on this recipe to make directions a bit more clear---DO NOT BOIL--DO NOT SIMMER---HEAT VERY GENTLY, STIRRING CONSTANTLY OR WILL NOT BE THE PROPER CONSISTENCY INTENDED--if used as a sauce going into the oven, the bubbling from the oven heat will not cause consistency problems many have had--
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The last time I made this for Chicken Enchiladas it was a bit too 'buttery' when I took them...
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Reviewed on Oct. 9, 2003 by
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TchrJrHi
Oct. 9, 2003
My husband loves Mexican food and one of his favorites is the white sauce. Very good. I tried this and had the same problem as another reviewer...too buttery. So, I tried a second time....and it was better. It still didn't taste like that authentic sauce they serve at restaurants, but it will work as a substitute. Thanks for posting.
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My husband loves Mexican food and one of his favorites is the white sauce. Very good. I...
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Reviewed on Feb. 26, 2006 by ADAM_O
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ADAM_O
Feb. 26, 2006
This is the exact same cheese dip the mexican rest. serves. I think the other reviews that were failures used the wrong type of cheese, all monterey jack is NOT the same. In fact the cheaper processed cheese food version of monterey jack works better than the good stuff. Certainly do not overcook. You will make the milk fats seperate and clump... When i add the sour cream i just beat it in and didnt return it to the heat after that.. Then it is perfectly creamy
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This is the exact same cheese dip the mexican rest. serves. I think the other reviews that...
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Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2003 by GRANDMAHELEN1
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Dec. 28, 2003
This cheese sauce is EXCELLENT!!!!! I do agree, cut the butter in half, but so simple and extremely tasty! I don't know where the last two reviewers went wrong; I think probably cooked it too much. Actually, you don't really 'cook' this; you just melt it together, stirring constantly over very low heat. Once it is mostly melted, I take it off the heat and cover with a lid to finish melting. I have made this and kept it warm with a chaffing dish. Keeping very low heat is a must or you will ruin a great thing!
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This cheese sauce is EXCELLENT!!!!! I do agree, cut the butter in half, but so simple and...
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Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2006 by
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GIGI637
Jan. 31, 2006
this is great, I use pepper jack cheese and half a can of rotell, I wouldn't use this for chips though, this is more like a white sauce for taquitos or enchiladas. Infact this is the SAME sauce that a local mexican place (#1 in my city) uses on green chili chicken enchiladas. I have made it many times and people LOVE it!
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this is great, I use pepper jack cheese and half a can of rotell, I wouldn't use this for...
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Reviewed on Mar. 9, 2007 by MPoirier
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Mar. 9, 2007
Here in Charleston, On the Border, is simply the best Mexican restaurant. They make a Chicken Burrito with a sour cream sauce that I have tried to duplicate for years....no longer, I found it here! What a great sauce. Put this over chicken burrito made with the Salsa Chicken Burrito Filling and you have a winner!
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Here in Charleston, On the Border, is simply the best Mexican restaurant. They make a...
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Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2006 by
Jillian N.
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Jillian N.
Oct. 25, 2006
Well...it's hard for me to fairly rate this recipe. i had been looking forward to having a white cheese dip (similar to those in mexican restaurants). so this morning when i found the recipe, i bought all the ingredients. since it was just me and my fiance, we cut the recipe down by half. He first melted the butter (but only used 1/2 stick, claiming it looked too 'fattening'). he then added in an 8 oz block of the cheese (cubed). now...perhaps i should have read the entire recipe for him, especially the last line stating "DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL." I could not agree more. what should have been a delicious, sauce-like dip became a stretchy lump of cheese in the bottom of the bowl topped by a layer of melted butter. so please, take heed and DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL! you might as well stick to cutting up cheese and placing it on a tortilla chip if you do. it would probably be a tasty dip, but do to error of the cook, it turned out as string cheese in a butter sauce.
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Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2006 by
Randi
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Randi
Sep. 27, 2006
I first made this as a topping for enchiladas and it was great. When I made it simply for a dip, it did not turn out right. My father-in-law explained that I needed to make a roux first (I am a new wife and a beginner cook!). After I did that it turned out right! I would suggest making the roux then adding the cheese! Loved the flavor though!
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I first made this as a topping for enchiladas and it was great. When I made it simply for a...
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