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Cashew Cheese Sauce (Vegan Cashew Dip)

Learn how to make vegan cashew cheese sauce easily at home with just a few ingredients and enjoy it guilt-free. This vegan cashew dip recipe is very versatile, and you can use it in many ways - as a dip, pasta sauce, and top over nachos and tacos.
Course dip, Sauce
Cuisine American, Global
Keyword cashew cheese sauce, cashew dip, vegan cheese sauce
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 97kcal

Equipment

  • Blender

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cashews preferably raw
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 4 tablespoon Water
  • 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Soak the cashews for a couple of hours. 
  • Discard the water from soaked cashews and rinse them well.
  • Take a blender or Nutri Bullet jar and add cashews, nutritional yeast, salt, red chili flakes(if using), ground black pepper, lemon juice, and water.
  • Blend everything into a smooth sauce. Add water little by little.
  • Empty the sauce from the blender jar and store it in the glass container. Refrigerate the creamy vegan cashew sauce and use it within five days.

Notes

Nutrition values are my rough estimates. Please feel free to use your calculator if you rely on them for your diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 97kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 148mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg