WOW! CRAZY! Home Made Processed American Cheese Recipe - Glen And Friends Cooking

Home Made Processed American Cheese Recipe Just like a DIY Kraft cheese slice recipe, or a DIY Velveeta recipe - this American cheese recipe is the one you need to make melty cheese for your next cheeseburger or queso fundido recipe. Homemade velveeta for your cheeseburger!

Ingredients:
700g (25 ounces) cheddar cheese (or Colby, Monterey Jack, Wisconsin brick)
300 mL (10 ounces) milk
50g (3½ Tbsp) butter 
18g (3¼ tsp) sodium citrate 
1g (1/8 tsp) sodium hexametaphosphate (optional)

Method:
Shred the cheese.
In a pot over medium heat, melt the butter into the milk.
Add the sodium citrate and sodium hexametaphosphate, stir to dissolve and bring to 150ºF.
Slowly mix in the shredded cheese and stir / whisk to a smooth constancy.
Transfer to molds* while still hot.
Store in the fridge.

*Flexi silicone molds works best for this, though yogourt and sour cream containers are great too (though you may have to cut a yogourt container open to get the cheese out).

J.L. Kraft is credited with the invention of what we now know as “American process Cheese” or just American Cheese.
After leaving Canada and moving to Chicago to be a cheese wholesaler, Kraft had been working on the idea of pasteurised and canned cheese. This canning extended the shelf life of cheese and was something that had been long experimented with by European cheesemakers.
Kraft then struck on the idea of pasteurisation and adding an emulsifier (sodium phosphate) - this process led to a cheese with along shelf life, consistent quality and flavour, and better melting qualities. It was patented in 1916 and was an instant success. All of this was also achieved using base cheese that was inferior and would have been considered waste just a few years earlier.

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[GlenAndFriendsCooking]

Thanks for watching Everyone! *Let us know in the comments: What do you use 'American Cheese' for??* Full recipe in the description box.

[EntropicCheese]

The fact that sodium citrate makes great nacho cheese is INCREDIBLY suspicious given its chemical formula: Na₃C₆H₅O₇

No, I am not kidding. That is real.

[michellesade]

I'm an American, living in the EU and there have been times I miss this cheese so badly - I need a real grilled cheese sandwich!! I was thrilled seeing this video a few weeks ago. I immediately ordered sodium citrate. It got here yesterday. I grabbed the cheese from the market this morning, and not 5 minutes ago finished up making this recipe. OMG! I am seriously giddy! Thank you so very much. It is very simple to make and sets up quickly. My grilled cheese is on the menu for this evening ;)

[lauranixon]

I love you, Glen. From a chemist who has spent years rolling her eyes at the term "organic food"

[jcwoods]

The Dental Floss that's likely sitting unused in most people's medicine cabinets work wonderfully for cutting processed cheeses. ( the nervous smile look of horror on Jules' face was priceless!!}

[squidoo.]

“So, we’ll shred this cheese”


*proceeds to descend the cheese into the deepest guts of hell at a speed neither light or sound itself cannot ever beat*

[patsygorveatte]

I'm thrilled you did this video. Ive always wondered about american cheese because people mock me for eating it saying it's one molecule away from plastic. Keep bringing us these types of videos that help solve a mystery and settle an argument! Thanks

[sabrinac.]

This made my day. Jules' reaction just lit me up. Thanks for the smile.

[troyboy]

I love it when Glen tries something that he really likes and seeing it hard for him to contain the joy as he's smiling while talking. The cheese looked really good!

[seshpenguin]

I like your little bit on all foods are chemicals. Some people are scared of stuff like (say, MSG), because it has a scary chemical name, when in reality something like baking powder is really "sodium hydrogencarbonate", but with a friendly name.

[pitchblackangel]

"Everything you eat is a chemical" Glen, I love you truly.

[ybe]

Basically this is a cheese that needs a vehicle. I agree, grilled cheese and mac-n-cheese are the best with this type of cheese! Nacho dip too!

[Nafregamisrocanob]

True story. We were camping in Quebec back in the early 70’s and needed some provisions so we stop at a grocery store on the way to Mt Tremblant. Looking around the store we couldn’t find “American Cheese” so we asked a manager who looked at us like we were crazy when we said we couldn’t find it- he laughed at us and said they call it Canadian Cheese!

[Munden]

I finally made this! The habanero block cheese I used to buy was discontinued a few years ago. This year I grew some ultra hot peppers. I combined a block of aged cheddar and 1/2 block of pepper jack cheese with 1/2 a pepper - now I have the hottest cheese I've ever had and I'm loving it.

[Khristafer]

The fact that American cheese was invented by a Canadian, while surprising, is like, the most American thing.

[Castrum]

Made using 'lactose free' cheese so my OH can enjoy this on burgers and in mac 'n' cheese. Thanks Glen & Friends.

[pedantic]

I've made this before with 2 year old Black Diamond Cheddar. It was amazing. You do lose the crystals, but I've seen people try to melt aged cheddar and just end up with an oil slick. This lets you get that amazing sharp flavor and melty texture that you actually want. So should you break your bank with your cheese choice? Probably not, but choose a great tasting cheese.

[JediOfTheRepublic]

Im definitely making this. I love Velveta, so being able to make a homemade version is going be nice. I like actual cheese but this stuff brings back childhood memories.

[brianhunt]

That big sigh before you had to explain refined chemicals :) love it. I totally want to experiment making a pepper jack version of american cheese now!

[dawnconner]

when i was a young single mother i recieved the food from the government we called it 'commodities'. the brick 'american' cheese they gave out was SO freaking delicious. it was way harder than any other american wed ever had. i couldnt eat american cheese for decades after having too much of the kraft type stuff. that commodity cheese was just way better. anyone else remember the commodity food?