American cheese additives

[Bigjay73]

Was going to make some homemade american cheese. Has anyone ever added extra ingredients, green chiles etc.?

 

[rtraverdavis]

Oh man, I’ve never done it but I’d bet some chopped up pickled jalapeños would be awesome. I wouldn’t get too baroque with it. Keep it simple. And feel free to send some my way.

 

[Bigjay73]

Oh man, I’ve never done it but I’d bet some chopped up pickled jalapeños would be awesome. I wouldn’t get too baroque with it. Keep it simple. And feel free to send some my way.

Haha. I'm definitely keeping it simple, just a little something to zest it up, pickled Jalapeños would probably be perfect. Try it sometime, it's ridiculously easy with no weird additives.

 

[Farmerj]

It’s called pepper Jack cheese then.

 

[Bigjay73]

It’s called pepper Jack cheese then.

It's different. American cheese is just shredded hard cheese, liquid, butter and sodium citrate, it takes whole milk, rennet and cultures to make Monterey jack. I could probably just mix shredded pepper Jack into the pot and give it some zing