Best Vegan Queso Dip
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The best vegan queso dip in under 20 mins! Using cashews, nutritional yeast & a few other ingredients make an incredible creamy vegan queso. Serve in a wide dish with lots of tortilla chips and let everyone dig into this savoury cheese dip with a kick!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: Roughly 4 cups
Ingredients
- 1 large potato, peeled, cubed and boiled
- 1 cup raw cashews
- ½ cup soy milk
- ¾ cup vegetable broth
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp mustard powder
- 2 tbsp pickled chillies juice (optional for spice)
- ½ cup pickled chillies, drained (optional for spice)
- ½ tsp salt, plus more to salt the boiling water
- 1 tomato, chopped
- ½ cup pickled chillies, drained & chopped
- pinch of cayenne
- additional soy milk if the consistency is too thick
Instructions
- Boil potato in salted water until soft, roughly 15 mins.
- In the meantime, place the following in a blender: cashews, soy milk, vegetable broth, nutritional yeast, pickled chilli juice, onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, mustard powder, and pickled chillies (optional for spice).
- Drain potato and reserve the liquid.
- Place potato also in the blender. Blend until very smooth.
- Add reserved liquid as necessary until the desired consistency is reached.
- Taste and salt if desired.
- Add the vegan queso into a serving dish and stir in diced chillies and tomatoes. Garnish with additional tomatoes, pickled chillies, and cayenne.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ½ cup Calories: 143 Fat: 7.5 Carbohydrates: 12.5g Sugar: 2g Sodium: 175mg Fiber: 2.5g Protein: 5.9g
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2020/09/21/vegan-queso-dip/