Genius Ingredient For PERFECT Gooey Cheese Sauce

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Let's make the best nacho cheese sauce with Alka-Seltzer. #emmymade
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What are we making?
0:33 The genius ingredient.
2:04 Why does this work?
5:15 Alka-Selzer + water.
5:58 Shredding cheese.
6:57 Adding butter.
7:22 Adding the cheese.
8:06 Melting everything together.
9:48 Nacho time.
10:42 Taste test.
Music courtesy of Audio Network and 'Sprightly' from iMovie. You've made it to the end -- welcome! Comment: "Jalapeño slices, where are you?"

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@Sunnyd82094 26 дней назад

10 years later and I still find your videos so informative and fun! Thanks for continuing to post! 😄🙌🏾

@aryah1513 26 дней назад

What a great marriage.

@bobscat-wj4ub 22 дня назад

omg she needs to get to the point she talks for like 10 min god damn

@gnawtsatyr8865 26 дней назад

You can achieve the same result by simmering baking soda and lemon juice in water to create your own home made sodium citrate. Surprisingly your cheese sauce will not taste lemony if you use the correct proportions. I've done this twice but it's a bit finicky. I had no idea that that alka seltzer is literally just unredacted sodium citrate. This technique is brilliant. I'm stealing it to make hangover cheese!

@D.S.handle 26 дней назад

What were your proportions?

@gnawtsatyr8865 26 дней назад

@@D.S.handle I don't remember because I did it as a goofy proof of concept thing when I was bored at work as a cook. It's something like a half teaspoon of baking soda per juice of a whole lemon. You can probably find a recipe online but I didn't measure anything. Lemons all have different amounts of juice and I was just a monkey having fun. I think if you keep adding tiny pinches of baking soda until it doesn't taste sour you've hit the mark scientifically in terms of the sodium citrate reaction using up all of the acid.

@D.S.handle 26 дней назад

@@gnawtsatyr8865 thank you for the reply!

@KyleTanKH 26 дней назад

@@D.S.handleI think I used to do 1:5 lemon juice to cheese. Start with lemon juice, add baking soda a little at a time till it doesn't react anymore. Then add cheese

@TheMamamarieke 26 дней назад

@@D.S.handleAdam Ragusea has a RU-vid short about making sodium citrate and a longer version all about making queso dip. 50 ml lemon or lime juice to half a teaspoon of baking soda.

@IQTech61 24 дня назад

I realized I had everything I needed to make this cheese sauce - except Alka-Seltzer. I decided to look up how to make citric acid. Five parts of baking soda to four parts citric acid. I had that! I mixed 1 teaspoon of citric acid with 1 1/4 teaspoons of baking soda. I used it to make a double batch. Ooops - no unsalted butter! I used half cream cheese and half salted butter. And for the cheese, I used Extra Sharp Tillamook Cheese. it worked! Smooth, creamy, and best of all, perfectly Keto! I mixed in some cooked ground sirloin, poured it over some chicharrons and added other toppings for the perfect Keto Nachos! Thank you, thank you, thank you! The whole household was happy.

@PastorShawn100 26 дней назад

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz, oh what a relief it is! The antacid is built right in to your nachos on this one!

@megan2176 26 дней назад

I immediately thought of the jingle too! It's a classic! 😂

@jnonymous 26 дней назад

I recently learned this jingle was one of the early examples of unethical marketing. They couldn't legally tell people to take two tablets; so they made a jingle inferring you were supposed to take two, when the directions say you must only take one. Doubled their profits. Amazing the kind of money unethical marketing can generate 😂

@gabriellejohnson7324 26 дней назад

I was thinking the same thing 😂. The All-in-One Dinner

@Monica-ug7pw 26 дней назад

You beat me to it😅

@CrispyGFX 26 дней назад

Brilliant

@mildlifecrysis 21 день назад

Idk why youre so underrrated. Youre arguably the best RU-vidr active rn.

@shutup526 17 дней назад

She used to get millions of views! I'm not sure what happened

@thactotum 26 дней назад

I use the liquid from a pico de gallo (mostly tomato, lime juice, onion, jalapeno and cilantro), into which I add sodium bicarb like a bit of salt and then finely shred all cheese (sharp cheddar and pepperjack mostly, with a slice of american) add some chipotle, and mix in a mixer cold. nuke it in 10 second runs and mix.

@Frostyblu 26 дней назад

Emmy, everything you said makes total sense. I'm 61 years old and have been cooking since I was 5, I have never heard of using Alka-Seltzer in any food dish. This is a first for me. Thank you for sharing this 💜

@ShiftRPS13 26 дней назад

"I can't resist, everytime I shred cheese, '*mah-noummm*'." 😂😂😂

@3DJapan 26 дней назад

Same whenever I use cheese at all. 2 slices in the sandwich, one on my mouth.

@TheDanielsherer 24 дня назад

I made it and it came out as smooth and creamy as you showed. I didn't tell my family the "secret ingredient" yet...

@ShlingDing 8 дней назад

Does it taste different from cheese sauces made with milk and flower?

@TheDanielsherer 8 дней назад

@@ShlingDing Yes, it's slightly different in flavor, as there is a faint hint of lemon (nobody I served it to has noticed or commented, so far). It also doesn't have gluten as you would get from using flour, so that could be a plus for those people with legitimate celiac disease as opposed to the pop-culture fad of avoiding gluten. Unlike just buying "velveeta", this recipe allows you to use any type of cheese, including sharper (longer-aged) varieties, as Emmy did. And it will retain that smooth consistency as it cools. If you like the texture of her recipe, but actually can detect (and don't like) the lemon taste left over from the citric acid, you can do as others have suggested and buy or make the underlying ingredient, thus avoiding the citric acid that is only there to make bubbles. But, this is a common, non-medicated, ingredient that many people have access to.

@tracylamb903 26 дней назад

Plop plop fizz fizz on what a relief it is. Some commercials stay stuck on your head. 😂😂

@Smeggit7 26 дней назад

For a long time I've been using processed cheese with grated cheese for a smooth cheese sauce. I never knew why it worked till recently when Nile Red made his giant cheese slice.

@northernnightmare7986 26 дней назад

Whats the ratio of cheese slices to shredded cheese do you use? I use evaporated milk and shredded cheese to make my sauce.

@Smeggit7 25 дней назад

@@northernnightmare7986 I use 2 slices for a cup of cheese.

@Emeraldwitch30 25 дней назад

I've always used at least a 1/2 cup of Velveeta in my Mac and cheese sauce. It really does make for a super creamy sauce. I make a bechemel sauce and melt into it the cup of Velveeta and 2 to 3 types of shredded cheese. Too many cheeses just makes it muddy sometimes. I prefer a medium cheddar and a Colby or munster. We also like the white Velveeta too. It has more flavor. I know a lot of folks get all uptight over Velveeta but it has its uses. I prefer land o lakes American bricks aka government cheese but you can't get it often any longer and to buy it is really expensive. Gorden foods or other restaurant suppliers can order it in for you if you can afford it lol

@northernnightmare7986 25 дней назад

@@Emeraldwitch30 I live in Canada, and I don't think I've ever seen Velveeta. It's just a processed cheese right, like kraft single slices? I like to use a smoked cheese in my sauce, either smoked cheddar or smoked gouda. I love that extra depth, especially in a mac n cheese.

@AngryAlfonse 26 дней назад

Mmmm, looks like it came fresh out of a bag from a gas station cheese dispenser😄

@buddhamus 26 дней назад

I've used Alka-Seltzer before for an upset stomach and I understand the science as you explained it. I just can't wrap my head around the idea of using it for cheese sauce, no matter how good the results are. I'd have to try it in a blind test where I don't know Alka-Seltzer was used to form an unbiased opinion.

@soothsayingProfit 26 дней назад

So long as it's not flavored or contains aspirin, the ingredients are just Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and Citric Acid (C6H8O7). The two react with Water (H20) to make Carbion Dioxide (CO2) and Sodium Citrate (Na3C6H5O7). There's no other flavorants or filler that should interfere with the flavor, beyond the Sodium Citrate itself tasting salty.

@catherinejustcatherine1778 26 дней назад

I love your enthusiasm! 😀

@Beezer.D.B. 26 дней назад

Did you ever find out what your chickens were having a fit about? Of course, I’m watching this at 2:00 a.m. and I’m half asleep, so my 1st crazy thought was why they were up laying eggs in the middle of the night! Lol. Took me a few more seconds to sort it all out and decide that you were going to be my last video before crashing. 🥴🥱😴 Great video, as usual! 💖

@zan3do 26 дней назад

That is so clever! I’m going to try and make this. Thanks!😊

@sheenatalks8529 26 дней назад

This looks like an amazing cheese sauce for broccoli 🥦❤

@sneescampers 26 дней назад

one of the greatest things i learned in a while i won't forget this next time i need cheese sauce. i would be tempted to throw in some brie some blue then pour it over some steak and mushrooms !

@gabriellastauffer 16 дней назад

I love your videos Emmy, so comforting. Enjoy your June!

@DavidMcFarner 26 дней назад

I love this!🩷

@LindaB651 26 дней назад

That's fabulous, Emmy. I've written it down and put it in my recipe box for near-future use!

@i8zmnm 26 дней назад

This is SO COOL!!!!

@pakolo1 26 дней назад

Love the shirt! Haleiwa Hawaii represent!

@BrodinYT 26 дней назад

Emmy Made My Day Again!

@Sara-fp6xr 18 дней назад

Wow! That looks amazing

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 26 дней назад

i will use this trick, thanks so much!

@HeatherYarbrough-sz9wv 26 дней назад

Going to have to try this with my grandkids. They'll get a kick out of this. Love your videos

@marycirimele9172 25 дней назад

That is sooooo cool!!!

@Amy-Bo-Bamy 26 дней назад

I MUST try this with extra sharp provolone!! 🧀

@bulletproofair 21 день назад

This is such a time saver and pan saver and no need to make the inevitable mess flour brings to the table! And I love that it can be made in smaller portions! Wonderful video!

@VibinJivin 26 дней назад

you have the most unique channel on RU-vid!!!!!!!!!!! you are the best food channel!!

@BsTheLadynred 25 дней назад

Wow, this is something new to me!!!!

@d4r4butler74 26 дней назад

Thank you for sharing! It does look good.

@joannacaldeira3910 26 дней назад

Matsumoto's Shave Ice...represent!

@MyFocusVaries 26 дней назад

Ok, that's wild. Super fast and easy.

@bearwrex9806 26 дней назад

I love when you get excited about things like this because it gets me hype too.

@francihenderson8526 17 дней назад

Whoa! I need to try this

@paulastrong7571 26 дней назад

That's so cool!

@maiadion557 25 дней назад

Im sure gonna try this..with full toppings, olives refried beans and little drizzle of tomatillo salsa, my favorites ❤❤

@kper5592 26 дней назад

I will definitely try this

@operation_jenn 25 дней назад

So no one is going to talk about the chickens screaming the whole time Emmy is eating nachos? 😂😂😂

@markbyrd872 26 дней назад

❤ Simply Delicious ❤. The food looks good too 😋....

@SyBernot 26 дней назад

Makes sense I've been using citric acid and baking soda in a 4:5 ratio for years. The only gotcha is you want to put the mix in water until it stops fizzing, you can't add it to the milk directly because the acid will curdle the milk before the reaction is done. For recipe substitution you get 6 parts sodium citrate for every 9 parts of mix (the other 3 parts turn into CO2 and water). So say you need 11g of sodium citrate, that's 8g of citric acid and 10g of baking soda for a total of 18g mix, that puts you in the ballpark for 11g of sodium citrate (2/3 of 18 is 12). Just mix into a small amount of warm water and wait for the fizzing to stop, then mix into your milk and heat and add cheese and silky smooth. Typical cheese sauce ratio is 1/2c milk, 4oz of cheese (1:1) and 11g sodium citrate but you can really push that to nearly a cup of each on the 11g, it's very forgiving, if you want your sauce thicker or thinner just adjust the ratio of milk to cheese.

@matt24680 22 дня назад

Not the chickens SCREAMING

@glendanorman781 26 дней назад

Yum! I can't wait to try this! (I can hear your chickens in the background! I wear a headset when watching YT LOL)

@Sara-fp6xr 18 дней назад

Buff Emmy!!

@crystalfabulous 20 дней назад

Magnificent thank you

@LillibitOfHere 26 дней назад

I used to take alka seltzer for hangovers back in the day! Lol

@gin6601 26 дней назад

Addictive cheese sauce… yes!

@DaleRussell2 25 дней назад

Interesting idea for sure. 👍

@RealBigBadJohn 26 дней назад

For years I've added 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to a glass of water for upset stomach or bloating. Sip slowly. Works like a charm and is super cheap. Prevents acid reflux as well. My internist approves. ⬅

@jennifergraham3752 26 дней назад

My dad used to do this. I could never manage to drink it myself.

@mustwereallydothis 26 дней назад

That works basically the same way. The only difference being that the reaction, aka bubbling, would occur in your stomach when the baking soda mixes with the acid in your stomach. Then you would probably need to burp a few times

@bjdefilippo447 26 дней назад

Ditto

@RealBigBadJohn 26 дней назад

@@mustwereallydothis Except I don't burp. 👍

@RealBigBadJohn 26 дней назад

@@jennifergraham3752 I think it's tasty.

@rezrider21 17 дней назад

Almost to 3 million!! 🎉

@phoenixrising3219 26 дней назад

Pepper jack cheese would be Amazing!

@davegoes 26 дней назад

I'm gonna have to try this. And I like the idea of using different cheeses. Sounds like a good way to use up odd bits of cheese from the fridge. One and a half cups cheese weighs 6 oz.

@jims6056 26 дней назад

this I gotta try

@ikd3240 26 дней назад

Wow! I never thought you could make nacho cheese sauce with Alka-Seltzer. Good to know.

@jennaagee7992 26 дней назад

Somebody sounds upset in the background.

@ValKob 26 дней назад

Sounds like a bunch of seagulls screaming for food

@frostymoonbear 26 дней назад

Much love Emmy!

@mecahhannah 26 дней назад

Awesome as always thanks

@tonyp6631 26 дней назад

Sounds like you're chickens can't believe it's not butter

@SandwichLady 26 дней назад

1 1/2 C Shredded cheese is equivalent to 5.25 ounces or 150g. I love using a kitchen scale for all kinds of weight measurements. They are really inexpensive and incredibly useful! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderfully easy recipe, Emmy!

@lyndapatrick8303 20 дней назад

Very interesting method

@sesa2984 26 дней назад

Reminds me of "Dinner" at a concert. 🤣

@Eyeronic1 26 дней назад

Sodium Citrate is like 9 bucks for a giant bag. If you plan on doing this for more then just an emergency nacho session, just buy it.

@BlackHenbane 26 дней назад

I do have some trepidation when using Alka-Seltzer, but you do an amazing job making cooking accessible, so please keep posting bonkers recipes like this!

@sarahferrell5458 26 дней назад

Wow. Wow!!!

@vhondasorganizedchaos 26 дней назад

Plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is. lol I remember Alka Seltzer. Their cold medicine is very good. I am amazed you got cheese dip.

@nikkicrayons 26 дней назад

Why are ur chickens so mad?! 😂

@andrewford7442 25 дней назад

perfect, another struggle meal for these trying times!

@smithmichaels 23 дня назад

Super cool

@tamijoiskewl 26 дней назад

I too love seeing the science behind cooking!

@barber0611 26 дней назад

coolness!

@peggyreid6836 26 дней назад

Have I seen it all, well it's pretty close I'd have to say. Thank you for showing us a good way to make hangover cheese for mac and cheese.

@tmpsg 20 дней назад

Sharp and extra sharp cheddar is the best cheese, great choice!

@maiadion557 25 дней назад

Lol Emmy! Each time we have to grate cheese i do the block in a Tupperware...midnight snack🤤❤😻

@DalaineBloom-iw3ex 26 дней назад

YAY, EMMY!!! YOU ARE SO COOL!!! You really make Food Science fun for Adults!!! I need to go and buy some original no flavor added Alca seltzer. LOL!!! I just have to try this now!!! My Husband and I never buy chips with cheese dip because it is too spicy for Us; no matter how mild it may be. We both have Hiedle hernias in our lower esophaguses. Nothing spicy for Us or we will be hating it later. This is AWESOME! Thank You again, Emmy for biting the bullet for Us and trying something that We would never try Ourselves. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! ✝️🙏🏽👍🏼❤️👋🏼

@NotAFanOfHandles 25 дней назад

I made cheese sauce and mac and cheese with citric acid before. Makes things so smoooooth.

@mrsfittedblvd 26 дней назад

I've seen and heard a lot of things. But this tracks. Lol thanks for testing this out for everyone!

@gregmuon 26 дней назад

I'm pretty sure I don't want to, but nice to know I can make fake cheez wiz at home... 🤣🧀

@ApotheosisDivine69 26 дней назад

Interesting video, Emmy! and wow, you have strong looking arms 💪 there, too! Emmy power 🔋 💪

@RealBigBadJohn 26 дней назад

I make cheese sauce all the time in a pan with American cheese, cheddar cheese, and milk. Works perfectly for me on low heat.

@telebubba5527 26 дней назад

I just make it with a roux base, Dutch cheese (good Gouda) and Parmagiano Reggiano and an egg yolk sometimes to get an even deeper flavor.😋

@deliciapineda8632 24 дня назад

This was really science at its best

@xoxocath1003 26 дней назад

Jalapeño slices, where are you? 😭😭 Otherwise this looks pretty delightful.

@jackiemullinix1881 26 дней назад

This is a new one to me. But. I would try it

@marianneb.7112 26 дней назад

I didn't see that coming!

@BSGSV 26 дней назад

This is brilliant! Time to buy some alka seltzer for the kitchen! So much faster and easier than making a bechamel! Did it have any of the "bicarb" flavor of the alka seltzer or was that totally masked?

@JackW42 26 дней назад

“Jalapeño slices, where are you?" :P

@DeathBYDesign666 24 дня назад

I had no idea I would be getting a chemistry lesson with my latest Emmy video. Didn't know this information before though, so I did actually learn something new and thats more rare than one might think these days.

@caroldennison8562 26 дней назад

Chunkage. Lol. I love it. 😂

@Not_An_Alien 26 дней назад

If the lumps are made out of cheese, I don't have a problem with lumps.

@3DJapan 26 дней назад

"Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what... creamy cheese?"

@edreid7872 26 дней назад

Is someone in the background yelling for help?..🤣

@sarawilliams3190 24 дня назад

I watch with the subtitles

@sarawilliams3190 24 дня назад

And periodically it says cat meowing

@grimberet1570 24 дня назад

Her chickens

@Teajay21 26 дней назад

Ooh i was just thinking how i wanted to make cheese sauce for my pretzel sticks!

@AnonymousMusing 26 дней назад

Try adding a can of Rotel tomatoes. It's an easy chile con queso.

@llamalover02 26 дней назад

Professional scientist here: that's awesome what the heck.

@scrappyscrafty 24 дня назад

Honestly, one of the cleverest uses of easy-to-find resources for a recipe. I'll experiment myself, but I wonder how this would work with packaged shredded cheese, which often has some additive to keep the shreds from sticking together.

@ixchelkali 26 дней назад

There could be some confusion when you said "stick with the original." You meant avoid the lemon-lime flavor, but the one that says ORIGINAL in big letters on the front of the box has aspirin in it. You probably don't want aspirin in your cheese sauce and you certainly don't want to give aspirin cheese sauce to your children! Also avoid the one for hangovers; that has both aspirin and caffeine. The one without aspirin says "Heartburn Relief" on the front. That's what you're looking for.

@irishpixierose 26 дней назад

Oh, food science. My favorite! We don't have Alka Seltzer, but we do have sodium citrate & baking soda. The to figure out how much of each to use. 😊

@Lada4644 26 дней назад

I have been using the following recipe for years (though I sub half the water with milk): Cold wheat beer or water 265mls Sodium citrate 11g Cheese 285g (4cups)

@BeastMan617 25 дней назад

a few posts/recipes suggest a "dose" of alka seltzer consists of approx 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/4 slightly heaped tsp of citric acid.

@sueholdener4135 24 дня назад

When I was a teenager we thought it would be funny to dump a buttload of Alka Seltzer in a fountain at the mall. All it did was make a little fizzy spot in one corner.😂

@mkchristner 26 дней назад

Wow, I’m going to try this! (Sharp white cheddar, Gouda, Swiss… 🧀🤤) I am going to try it with one modification- I will heat my water in the kettle first, then add alka seltzer, butter (unsalted!) and then cheese. Hopefully I can avoid nuking anything this way!