pepper jack cheese

noun

variants or pepper jack

ˈpe-pər-ˌjak 

or less commonly pepperjack cheese or pepperjack

plural pepper jack cheeses or pepper jacks also pepperjack cheeses or pepperjacks

: a semisoft cheese with high moisture content to which chopped hot peppers (such as jalapeños) have been added

Joining a sizeable piece of grilled chicken (sandwiches only come in one size) were pepper jack cheese, spicy chipotle mayo, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato and red onion.

—Robin Hall Domeier

Sometimes we leave our fancy food magazine bona fides at the door—like when we use spicy pepper jack to give life to boring cold cuts.

—BonAppetit.com

Examples of pepper jack cheese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Big Easy Burger: bacon, pepper jack cheese, Cajun remoulade, jalapeno, and purple onion. —Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024

Green chili queso smash burger, made with a third-pound smash burger patty, hatch chile, pepper jack cheese, caramelized onion and chipotle aioli on a local pretzel bun. —Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

pepper entry 1 + jack entry 1 (in sense monterey jack) + cheese entry 1

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above