Best Cheese For Nachos

Jade

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I'm going to prepare some nachos soon and I would prefer it to turn out as close to ballpark nachos as possible, the kind that has the cheese sauce that almost tastes artificial. I'd like to know if anyone here has attempted it before and if not, any suggestion for an alternative would do even if it doesn't come close to ballpark nachos but is still good anyway.
 
I usually just but the Nacho cheese at the store. Even though it comes in a can, it taste just like the cheese at ball games. I never knew about this cheese until my friend told me about it and I have been using the cheese ever since.
 
Why not just visit your local restaurant supply store?, that's probably where they get it from themselves. I highly doubt the ballparks have an actual recipe for that stuff, it more than likely comes in pre-processed.

The web site Serious Eats had a recipe for the ultimate nacho cheese sauce which called for a container of that "Pub Cheese" (the kind you spread on crackers), along with a can of condensed milk and hot sauce. I tried it and wasn't blown away by it personally. It had more of a pinkish orange color to it than that neon orange color I'm used to seeing. But it might be a starting point to a better recipe.

Or maybe try something totally different. One of the restaurants I used to work at made these fantastic chicken nachos with fried tostada shells. For something simple, you could take the fried tostada shell and top each with a slice of colby cheese or provolone cheese - both are shaped round like the tostada. Then top with some sliced pickled jalapeno, and throw them under the broiler. When they come out, cut them in half so they look like half moon shapes. Then get a large bowl and put some shredded lettuce in the middle, and a scoop of guacamole, fresh pico de gallo, and sour cream on top of it. Then arrange the nachos around this in the bowl for presentation.
 
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