How To Make American Cheese | TRASH CHEESE

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Are you finally ready to figure out how to make American cheese? This trash cheese excursion is only 4 ingredients and super easy to do!

RECIPE

350g Sharp Cheddar, Shredded
150 mL Whole Milk
25g Butter, Unsalted
9g Sodium Citrate

1) Pour your milk into a pot and place over medium heat. Add your butter. Let heat until butter dissolves and reduce the heat to low.
2) Add in your sodium citrate and whisk until it's dissolved, about 1 minute.
3) Slowly whisk in all of your cheddar cheese until it has all been fully incorporated. Pour this into a plastic container and let refrigerate for 12 hours before slicing.

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[ertai]

The real beauty of this recipe is the customization available. Any cheese that will melt can be treated this way. Cream cheese can even be added for richness.

Provolone/mozz + Bleu + parmesan + a little bacon grease near the end makes the best bacon bleu burgers or steaks.

Mild Cheddar and Colby are the standard cheeses for American. I like to sub extra sharp cheddar and parmesan for my standard American. Sometimes I’ll even add 3-4 dashes of crystal hot sauce after all the cheese is melted and smooth and use this with rotisserie chicken and egglife wraps.

Swiss + parmesan poured over a pile of pastrami or corned beef. Can even do the sauerkraut if you eat fermented veg. Throw this on an everything bagel egglife wrap for good times.

Provolone + mozzarella + parmesan + your favorite Italian cold cuts. Opt. Italian seasoning in the cheese.

The options are practically limitless and can be expanded further if you eat seasonings

Beef stock base + granulated or dehydrated onion + white cheddar = steakhouse onion cheese

Etc etc etc.

My recipes differ only in that I generally use water instead of milk as my base. I come here from keto so I’m still programmed to avoid carbs and sugar.

[CuriousPups-jjb]

Homemade trash cheese😀. I’m in love😍. Those cheese jokes🤣.

[HeidisHereAndThere]

Very interesting, Chef 🙂👍
You are looking good, by the way!
Thanks for sharing,
Washington State💕

[ertai]

The way I usually sell people on the sodium citrate is that it can literally be made in your kitchen with baking soda, citric acid, and boiling water. People seem less terrified of “chemicals” they know.

Love to see you out here plugging for Amer…. Trash cheese. It frustrates me that it’s so vilified. Because even the commercial deli grade slices, the fast food high volume slices, and the Kraft deli style really aren’t that dirty. They’re all pretty similar actually.

It’s the individually wrapped singles, the cheez whiz, the spray cheez and Velveeta’s of the world that are truly Franken-food.

[moviegirl]

Thank you!! Total game changer for my grandkids.

[wrylife]

Wow, I had no idea it was possible to do this. I agree, I will feel a lot better about eating it knowing what's in it. Sometimes there is just nothing like that smooth goodness of "trash cheese." I especially like it on Spam. ;)
THANK YOU for making this video.

[martykirby]

I'm glad you finally made it 👍
No more trash cheese for you.. lol

[hoboonwheels]

I've been saving other peoples (that I know 😊)milk cartons for cheese molds.

[Bille]

In Britain that cheese is pre-made but I don’t like it we can get sliced hard cheese. I’ll just convert recipe. I’ve just watched scotch eggs your variation on a British favourite for grabbing lunch or for picnics. I make my own using sausage meat eggs and panko. Delicious grab food when in a hurry very filling!! But I’m definitely going to try your variations especially the meat and cheese one. You’re making me hungry. I make them and freeze some. Keep your recipes coming Reid I’m a massive fan I’m in carnivore but eat cheese occasionally use cream I love sour cream garlic and chives. I make my own by buying double cream and adding lemon juice to thicken and make sour so simple and very delicious! Your imagination is admirable I’d love some type of pizza I miss bread etc in your book you cook hush puppies we don’t have them here hush puppies over in uk. Are either hash browns nickname or suede shoes. Don’t cook the shoes !! You call breakfast biscuits we call plain scones we d never think of adding to breakfast it’s a cake here various recipes but as a snack with a coffee or cup of tea. In Devon they put jam and clotted cream in middle. Beautiful!!And coffee cake in uk is totally different. It’s a coffee flavoured sponge filled with coffee butter icing and topped with walnuts. Absolutely delicious with a drink but now just a distant memory!

[janp]

This is interesting. Sometimes need trash cheese. Thanks! I'll have to order the sodium citrate or figure out how to make it. I doubt potassium citrate would work? ( I have that!)

[dundeemt]

That is not far off a queso that I make. Water, sodium citrate, cheese (cheddar, jack, swiss)

[cammieklund]

If I would like that to stay as a dip, what do I do?😄🌺 (If you said that in the video, sorry..I watched at twice the speed.😄)

[IndependentPersonality]

I wonder if I can use heavy cream instead of milk?

[Believe]

I have some Tara Gum I never used. I think I could substitute it for the sodium citrate?

[kristengoose]

Can I sub the milk for half n half to cut the carbs?

[mountainmanfab]

sliced american cheese at a deli counter is usualy not terrible but I think the main "TRASH" label came because of singles not block american.I am sure somebody out there makes a wrapped single slice thats more cheese then oil fillers and dye but I have never seen one yet lol.Kinda like spray cheese or cheese wiz...we get judged fairly harshly due to them but theres very few americans that even remotely consider them as "real" cheese.They are not bad used sparingly and for their intended purpose but a little bit goes a long long way lol

[yvonnecrozier]

Warning, sodium citrate is not the same as citric acid! I just ruined a whole bunch of cheese... 😢 will try again when I have some sodium citrate

[arkesh]

Overall, I really enjoyed the video (first video I’ve seen on your channel), but I think it was a little hard to hear because of the background noise. I think it would be better if you voiced over your videos in post, and maybe only cut to the original audio when needed, that way you can record in an environment where you can isolate just your voice, and you don’t have to worry about talking while also cooking. Keep up the good work!

[lillianwright]

I just reported a porn advertisement in a comment here. You may want to look into moderators :( I'm sorry :(

[y.a.]

Unfortunately sodium citrate is corn-based 😔