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    Keto Cheese Sauce | The Best, EASY To Make, Low Carb Cheese Sauce Recipe

    Published: May 18, 2022 · By: Joe Duff

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    Thick, creamy, and savory – this recipe has everything you could want in a cheese sauce and more! Plus, this keto cheese sauce takes almost no time to make, is extremely easy to put together, and yields one of the most delicious cheesy keto dips you’ll ever try! The best part? It only requires 4 ingredients, and each serving has less than 1 NET CARB!

    Table of Contents

    • The Best Keto Cheese Sauce
      • Ingredients for Keto Cheese Sauce
      • How to Make Keto Cheese Sauce
    • What to Pair with This Keto Cheese Sauce
    • More Keto Dips To Try
    • Keto Cheese Sauce | The Best, EASY To Make, Low Carb Cheese Sauce Recipe
      • Ingredients
      • Instructions
      • Notes
      • Nutrition
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    The Best Keto Cheese Sauce

    Honestly, one of the best things about the keto diet is all the cheese you get to eat!

    I have a ton of keto recipes featuring cheese in all sorts of different flavor combinations like my recent keto mozzarella sticks recipe, this super easy low carb broccoli cheese soup, and this delicious and savory keto cheeseburger casserole.

    Whether you’re looking for toasted melty cheese, stretchy ooey-gooey cheese, or super creamy cheese, you can find a recipe for it here!

    Anyways, today we’re going to dive into a luscious homemade keto cheese sauce.

    It’s thick & creamy and is the BEST low carb cheesy sauce for your favorite veggies or even low carb chips.

    Honestly, I love it as a dip for some fresh broccoli. And my wife loves it too.

    The crisp crunchiness of the broccoli, plus the creamy savoriness of the cheese sauce is majorly addicting.

    It’s also insanely easy to make – you’re looking at just 5 minutes worth of work! Practically no time at all.

    And did I mention that every serving has only .25g net carbs?

    Trust me when I say this, you’ll want to pour this stuff on EVERYTHING.

    Ingredients for Keto Cheese Sauce

    Besides being super easy and quick to put together, this keto cheddar cheese sauce only needs 4 ingredients! And you can probably find most of them in your kitchen already.

    So, here’s what we’ll be using:

    • 2 Tbsps Butter
    • ¼ Cup Heavy Cream
    • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
    • 1 ½ Cups Cheddar Cheese

    As you can see, we’re definitely going hard on the creamy and cheesy ingredients. That’s the secret behind that fantastic texture and flavor you’ll be getting from this keto cheese sauce that is also gluten free.

    Pro tip: You’ll want to make sure you shred the cheddar yourself. It’s a little bit of extra work but will save you some carbs. Store-bought shredded cheese usually has a coating of starch to prevent them from sticking together, and that adds some unwanted carbs to the cheese.

    Also, make sure you use UNSWEETENED almond milk for the cheese sauce. Some varieties are sweetened and have sugar - and unwanted carbs - added to them, which you'll want to avoid if you're doing keto.

    How to Make Keto Cheese Sauce

    Now that we've talked about the ingredients, let’s talk about how to actually make this keto cheddar cheese sauce.

    First, you’ll want to prepare your ingredients – mainly shredding the cheddar and measuring everything out. 

    Then, place all of the ingredients in a small pot on the stove and set it to low heat.

    Once you’ve done that, make sure to continually stir the sauce until the ingredients are well incorporated. And it should only take about 5 minutes for that to happen. 

    Now, when the cheese sauce thickens up and combines, you'll want to remove it from the heat and serve it immediately. 

    That’s literally it. Talk about an easy keto cheese sauce!

    Honestly, this recipe is almost too easy for how good it is.

    Just a few minutes of prep and cooking, and you’ve got yourself a deliciously thick keto cheddar cheese sauce with only .25g of net carbs per serving.

    And Clean up is obviously going to be a breeze too.

    Can this recipe get any better?!

    Oh, by the way, you can keep the leftovers in your fridge for up to 5 days. Just add about 1 tablespoon of heavy cream when you reheat it – this will preserve the texture and creamy flavor.

    And, always remember this rule, the best keto cheese sauce is hot cheese sauce!

    What to Pair with This Keto Cheese Sauce

    As I mentioned earlier, you could keep this gluten free and low carb cheese sauce in the fridge for up to 5 days. And that means you should definitely try it a bunch of different ways.

    I highly recommend trying this keto cheese sauce with your other favorite veggies – cauliflower, celery, bell pepper, and asparagus are all fantastic options.

    And, of course, this cheese sauce goes excellent with broccoli as well. It’s like a match made in heaven. Totally reminiscent of a good broccoli cheese soup.

    If you’re not in the mood for raw or steamed veggies, these Low carb chips are a super great snacking option to pair with the sauce too.

    Personally, I love dipping the Taco Flavored Quest Protein Chips, but any flavor works just as well. Seriously, is there anything better than Crunchy chips and creamy cheese dip?!

    I think not my friends! But whatever you pair with it, you'll find that this really is the best cheese sauce.

    And, of course, you can’t talk about homemade cheese sauce without talking about nachos!

    I have a recipe for low carb tortillas that you can totally bake into crispy nacho chips.

    Top with keto cheese sauce, maybe throw some sliced jalapeno on there, and boom – you’ve got yourself a party.

    More Keto Dips To Try

    Okay, so you read this keto cheese sauce recipe, you made it, you loved it, and now you want to make something else.

    Luckily, I have tons more low carb keto dip ideas for you to try!

    Something similar to this, but with a little more pizzaz is my keto pizza dip (See what I did there?).

    Instead of melting the cheese in a pot, for this recipe, you broil everything together until the cheese gets super melty & stretchy, and the flavors of the pizza sauce and pepperoni melt into that ooey-gooey cheese…You NEED to try it.

    Another recipe, just like this one, is my low carb buffalo chicken wing dip. It also uses cheddar cheese but with the addition of blue cheese, cream cheese, and hot sauce. It’s basically like a spicy triple cheese dip. You’ll definitely want to get on that ASAP as well.

    Finally, if you’re in the mood for something creamy but not necessarily cheesy, you’ll want to try this savory keto spinach and artichoke dip. Just like the cheese sauce, this is one of my favorite recipes to pair with Quest Protein Chips.

    Creamy and crunchy just work SO well together.

    And that’s it!

    Feel free to check out the rest of my blog or my Youtube channel for more majorly delicious low carb recipes to accompany you on your keto journey.

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    Keto Cheese Sauce | The Best, EASY To Make, Low Carb Cheese Sauce Recipe

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    5 from 6 reviews

    Keto cheese sauce doesn't have to be difficult to make. Actually making cheese sauce keto is not only easy to do, it's quick too. It only takes 5 MINUTES to make, and it's incredibly rich, creamy and cheesy. In fact, it's so good, you'd never know it's a low carb keto cheese sauce. And it's awesome on everything - broccoli, low carb chips, pork skins, you name it, this cheese sauce makes it taste better. Plus, each serving has almost 0 NET CARBS!

    • Author: The Diet Chef
    • Prep Time: 1
    • Cook Time: 4
    • Total Time: 5 minutes
    • Yield: 9 Servings
    • Category: Side Dish
    • Method: Stove-top
    • Cuisine: Keto Low Carb

    Ingredients

    2 Tbsps (28g) Butter

    ¼ Cup (60ml) Heavy Cream

    ¼ Cup (60ml) Unsweetened Almond Milk

    1 ½ Cups (168g) Cheddar Cheese

    Instructions

    1. Add all of the ingredients to a small pot, and heat over low heat on the stove.
    2. Stir often to work the ingredients into one another.
    3. Once all of the ingredients combine into one another remove from the heat, and serve immediately.
    4. Store leftovers in a tupperware container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
    5. Note: shred the cheddar yourself to save carbs. Store bought shredded cheddar usually has starch added to it, which adds carbs to the cheese.

    Notes

    If reheating, add about 1 tablespoon of heavy cream before heating it back up.

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 2 Tbsps (around 30g)
    • Calories: 120
    • Fat: 11
    • Carbohydrates: .25
    • Fiber: 0
    • Protein: 5

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    Comments

    1. Sarah says

      April 26, 2020 at 10:44 am

      Looks and sounds great! Any idea if you could use unsweetened coconut milk instead of almond?

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        February 17, 2022 at 6:35 pm

        I think so.

        Reply
    2. Tony says

      April 26, 2020 at 4:08 pm

      What can I use instead on almond milk?

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        February 17, 2022 at 6:35 pm

        Any kind of milk.

        Reply
      • LeAnn says

        August 28, 2022 at 9:51 am

        I eliminated the milk entirely.

        Reply
    3. Jeannette says

      December 04, 2020 at 5:07 am

      As I was reading, I was thinking how good this would be with Quest Taco flavoured protein chips, then I saw your mention a bit later! Going to try this with some low carb noodles to make a Mac & Cheese dish.

      Reply
    4. Northernmama says

      July 14, 2021 at 1:10 pm

      Made with half n half. Stilled turned out great. Yummy. (I was out of cream)

      Reply
    5. Marty says

      February 21, 2022 at 7:52 pm

      Turned out perfect.






      Reply
    6. Minchi says

      February 23, 2022 at 7:26 pm

      My sauce did not thicken up. What did I do wrong? I used one block of cheese about 10 oz, 1/4 cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk and 1/4 heavy cream. I kept it real low and cooked it for 8 minutes. It tasted great though!






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    7. Denise Hastings says

      March 13, 2022 at 10:04 am

      Wow, this cheese sauce is super yummy and so low carb, I am so pleased I found your recipe. I have just made cauliflower cheese and will use this recipe all the time! Thank you so much😋🙏👌






      Reply
    8. Erin says

      March 23, 2022 at 2:45 am

      This is my first time making the sauce and it turned out so good. It was super easy to make and very tasty. We used it over broccoli and it was a hit!






      Reply
    9. Steph says

      May 20, 2022 at 9:20 pm

      This was a breeze to make.






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    10. Julie says

      September 13, 2022 at 10:42 am

      Made this sauce used it over broccoli. Both my son and husband who do not follow keto loved it and wanted more. I will be making this again.

      Reply
    11. Tammy Vogelgesang says

      April 12, 2023 at 1:09 pm

      All of your recipes are awesome! Thanks for sharing!






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    Hey there! I'm Joe Duff - The Diet Chef, and I've been creating low carb keto recipes for over 15 years. Initally, I started making these recipes to help myself lose weight - I lost over 75 pounds doing so - but now I make recipes for the entire low carb keto community!
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