American cheese
American cheese is in 31 recipes and gets defended here on technical grounds rather than snobbery. It contains emulsifying salts that keep the fat and protein together when heated, so it melts into a smooth layer instead of splitting into oil and rubbery strands the way aged cheddar does. That property is the entire reason fast-food burgers look the way they do. For flavour it contributes salt and very little else, which is why several recipes here pair it with a sharper cheese rather than replacing it.
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Recipes with american cheese

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McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Copycat)

Big Mac Taco

Big Mac Hot Dog

Green Chile Cheeseburger

Croissant Big Mac

McDonald's Big Mac (Copycat)

Baguette Big Mac

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat)

Zachariah's Shack Burger

The Heisenberg Burger

Paratha Smash Burger

The Krusty Burger

Whopper (Copycat)

Grilled Bison Burgers

McDonald's McFeast (Copycat)
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McDonald's Filet-O-Fish (Copycat)

The Clogger

Juicy Lucy from Supernatural

Smash Burgers

Sloppy Joe Smash Burgers

X-Cell-Ent Burger

Boneless Wing Stack Burger

The Crustburger

Copycat McDonalds Filet-o-Fish Sandwich

McDonald's Cheeseburger (Copycat)

McDonald's Bacon McDouble (Copycat)

Pickle Crustburger

Copycat Onion Wrapped Flying Dutchman

McDonald's Daily Double (Copycat)

Sloppy Smash Supreme

Elvis Luther Burger