Rich & Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce Recipe Cooks In 5 Minutes by 30Seconds Food

Adding a sauce to your burger can make a good burger great. Blue cheese lovers, get ready for your mouth's to start watering. This easy blue cheese burger sauce recipe cooks in 5 minutes and will take that burger to the next level.

To make this five-minute low-sodium blue cheese sauce recipe, you will need just a few simple ingredients. Here is what you need to gather from your fridge and pantry: butter, fresh garlic, green onion, flour, milk, blue cheese, white wine (or chicken broth or just plain water), white pepper and your favorite hot sauce for a little kick. 

This homemade cheese sauce is delicious on so many things, so don't stop at burgers! Spoon this blue cheese sauce over chicken, turkey or even pasta. 

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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 10 (makes about 1 cup)

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon butter
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 green onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2/3 cup milk 
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (see Recipe Notes)
• 1 tablespoon white wine, chicken broth or water
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• dash of hot sauce

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Recipe Notes

• The recipe calls for 1/4 to 1/2 cup of crumbled blue cheese. We suggest starting with 1/4 cup, tasting, then deciding if it needs more blue cheese flavor for you. Everyone is different!

• If you don't have white pepper, you could use black pepper. Adjust the amount to your personal tastes.

• Store any leftover sauce in an airtight container in the fridge to up to three days.

Here's how to make it:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the garlic and onion. Cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
2. Sprinkle the flour into the pan. Stir. 
3. Slowly pour in the milk, whisking. Bring to a boil and cook, whisking, until thickened, about 2 minutes.
4. Add the blue cheese, wine, pepper and hot sauce. Heat through. 

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Calories: 93

Total Fat: 1.9g

Saturated Fat: 1.1g

Cholesterol: 4mg

Sodium: 60mg

Total Carbohydrate: 15.8g

Dietary Fiber: 3.2g

Total Sugars: 0.7g

Protein: 3.3g

Vitamin D: 0mcg

Calcium: 81mg

Iron: 4mg

Potassium: 190mg

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