Community Pick
Best Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce
photo by danakscully64
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
10 1/4 cup
- Serves:
- 20
ingredients
- 3 1⁄2 cups water
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 3⁄4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (heaping)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder (heaping)
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 (7 ounce) can pimientos (including the liquid)
- 1⁄2 cup nutritional yeast (not brewers yeast!)
directions
- Soak raw cashews for a few hours (this will help the sauce be more smooth and less grainy from the nuts though the flavor is good either way).
- Put 2 1/2 cups of water into a blender with all of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Pour the blended mixture into a saucepan and add the remaining water.
- Heat the mixture in a saucepan for about 20 minutes.
- Stir continually to prevent it from burning.
- Add water to desired consistency (optional).
- Use as a nacho cheese dip or as a replacement for cheese on other yummy foods!
Reviews
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Love! Love! Love! I didn't have pimentos, so I used a 7oz can of chipotle chilies in Adobo sauce. Also used smoked paprika and doubled the garlic and onion powders, omitted the salt and only used 1Tbs of lemon juice. Jeezy, is it fantastic. Even my hubby who doesn't like my hippy food loves this stuff. I also used my vitamix to cook it. Thanks for the recipe.
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Wow this recipe is AMAZING! I didn't have pimentos so I omitted them, but I added a couple of squirts of SriRacha. I was a cheese lover before I went vegan, but I would prefer this to any jarred nacho cheese. Seriously if you've been meaning to try a non dairy cheese sauce just go ahead and make this.
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I made this in hopes that it would taste the same as The cashew cheese they make at my favorite vegan restaraunt “Spiral Diner Bakery” in Dallas ... surprise I found the recipe yayyyyy for me lol with so many different versions out there I’m glad I picked this one baecause it taste just how I wanted it too , it’s fenomenal guys.. I use it as a dip with chips or even make it in pasta dishes as u can see in the picture I uploaded using this cheese .. my kids are picky eaters & even they said I need to make this cashew cheese more often .. highly recommend you will be glad you made it & if your crazy about it like me u will make it a staple in your kitchen!
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Update: We've moved back to the states, and are experiencing the joys of living in Wenatchee, WA for the first time! I'm spending most of my time in the kitchen canning, freezing, and drying fruit now and loving it!
We are a couple, Jason and Mollie, that loves to cook together. We have two wonderful DD's, Enjoli (9) and Emily (7) that make life so much more fun! I, Mollie, studied Nutrition so I try to make most of our meals healthy while still tasting great! Our girls love helping us cook...and eat! We're vegetarian and love eating healthy without missing any flavor! We try to eat mostly vegan, so we have many vegan recipes posted. We are world traveling missionaries and students that have visited many countries and have lived in the States, South Korea, and are currently in the Philippines. So we always need to adjust our menu based on the food available. Zaar has been a tremendous help!
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