Keto Cheese Sauce Recipe (1g Carbs)

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Just 4 ingredients, this Keto Cheese Sauce is a very easy low-carb white sauce with just 1g net carbs, a great sauce to smother over a steak, vegetables, or chicken.

A delicious Keto Cheese Sauce – Aka Low-carb “Bechamel” sauce that you can make with cream cheese easily to add flavor and fat to many meat and vegetable dishes.

We use Mozzarella Cheese to thicken our keto cheese sauce (also known as “bechamel sauce”) as Cheddar Cheese releases a lot of oil when added. Mozzarella cheese also blends well when making a low-carb white sauce with cream cheese. 

This keto cheese sauce recipe makes ten serves. One serve is 100ml/3.5oz.

Ingredients for Keto Cheese Sauce

• 8 ounces of Cream Cheese
• 1 cup of Butter
• 1 cup of Heavy Cream
• 2 cups of Mozzarella Cheese, shredded

Just be sure when you’re choosing the cream cheese for this low-carb béchamel sauce that you select the “full-cream.” Avoid any no-fat or skim cream cheese. You want your sauce to be low-carb, not low-fat.

How To Make Keto Cheese Sauce

1. In a saucepan, place the cream cheese, butter, and heavy cream and place over low heat.
2. Continue stirring until the cream cheese has melted and all ingredients are combined.
3. Add the mozzarella cheese and whisk continuously until it is melted and fully combined.
4. Use the sauce immediately, or store it in the fridge. Reheat over low heat, whisking continuously.

The Best Keto Cheese Sauce Recipe (1g Carbs)

Just 4 Ingredients, thick, creamy, and oh-so cheesy! Our Keto Cheese Sauce is one of those basic sauces that are useful on your low-carb menu.

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Course: Condiments

Cuisine: American, Australian, British, French, Italian

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Servings: 10 serves

Calories: 389kcal

Author: Gerri

Unit Conversion

US Customary - Metric

Ingredients

• ▢ 8 ounces Cream Cheese
• ▢ 1 cup Butter
• ▢ 1 cup Heavy Cream
• ▢ 2 cups mozzarella cheese

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• In a saucepan, place the cream cheese, butter and heavy cream and place over low heat.
• Continue stirring until the cream cheese has melted and all ingredients are combined.
• Add the mozzarella cheese and whisk continuously until it is melted and fully combined.
• Use the sauce immediately, or store in the fridge. Reheat over low heat, whisking continuously.

Notes

Nutrition

Serving: 95g | Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 384mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 1375IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 0.2mg

Low-Carb Cheese Sauce Uses

• It goes with steak dishes
• Pouring over steamed broccoli
• Blending with cauliflower
• With a roast chicken
• As a dip for adding fat to seafood such as prawns (shrimp), lobster, and crab. Most shellfish are high in protein and low carb but lack fat content. Low-carb cheese sauce allows you to enjoy them.

The low-carb keto cheese sauce is a versatile recipe for adding extra flavor to otherwise boring meals. It’s also relatively cheap to use cream cheese for white sauces as opposed to buying ready-made (if you can find any low-carb cheese sauces with no sugar added on the shelves).

To make a larger batch of Keto Cheese Sauce, adjust the serving amounts in the recipe card above.

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