dlq04

Does anyone have advice on what cheese to use when making nacho's? The nacho's we make at home never come close to what we get at restaurant. And its always the cheese that doesn't come off good.

zeroptzero

We use something like a marbled cheddar (white and orange) or a Colby-Jack cheese. Companies like Kraft and Sargento have versions of it.

It is also better if you shred your own cheese, pre-shredded cheese has fillers in it to keep it from sticking - they add cellulose - unless you can find shredded cheese without cellulose.

dlq04

Thanks. I know the prepackaged Mexican cheese (white & orange) sure doesn't work well.

zeroptzero

You peaked my interest with this question, if you test out any other cheese post up your results as we like home made nachos. I also think a good quality orange cheddar is pretty good on its own too, can't go wrong with that.

I truly believe shredding your own cheese from a fresh block is always going to be better than the packaged stuff, and the reason for that is freshness, plus the addition of cellulose to packaged shredded cheese, that can't be good for taste or texture. Too bad packaged shredded cheese is so convenient to use, but it isn't best for taste. I never realized it until I heard a well known chef recommend not to use packaged shredded cheese due to cellulose content.

dlq04

The wife agrees with the fresh block approach and said she has done that; she was aware of the cellulose issue too. In the 80s we use to go to a specific restaurant just because we loved their nachos. I don't recall the details but it changed hands and we've never found anywhere else that compared. We knew one of cooks there. He went on to be a chef at the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island and then changed professions. Do you think he'd recall what they did 40 years ago? We have a way to reach him - hope to find out?

boltonblue

Pepperjack Dave, basically a Monterrey jack with chopped chilies in it. it's shred you own cheese from block.
If you have a Kitchen-aide mixer they have a power head shredder.
They shredded cheese is easy to sprinkle over the top.
for a real treat mix in some cooked chopped sausage into it. it's a more traditional Mexican approach.

Heyitsgary

I could swear that this particular cheese questions gets asked once a year...

MsPerky

^ Well, it is probably OK as long as Dave is not the one asking every time.

Heyitsgary

hmmm

Only 4 hits in the search..

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-vi...achos-1205087/

MsPerky

Uhoh…Dave did ask it before!