Vegan Queso Recipe
Creamy, smoky, and dangerously easy to demolish with a bag (or 2) of tortilla chips, this vegan queso is the 10-minute blender dip that laughs in the face of dairy and wins every time.
Servings: 2.5 Cups
Calories: 528kcal
Cost: $4.50
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ lb. potatoes peeled and diced (1 medium size russet)
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 clove garlic peeled
- ⅓ cup nutritional yeast
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 4 oz. canned hatch chiles
- ½ cup pickle juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
Optional Garnishes:
- Sliced serrano peppers
- Chopped cilantro leaves
- Minced red onion
Instructions
- Place the diced potatoes and raw cashews in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to a steady boil and cook for 8-10 minutes until the potatoes are fork-tender.
- Drain the potatoes and cashews in a wire mesh strainer or colander and let them cool and drip dry.
- Add the cooked potatoes and cashews along with the garlic, nutritional yeast, turmeric, paprika, hatch chile, pickle juice, olive oil, tapioca starch, and salt to a blender pitcher. Blend on high speed for 60 seconds, or until completely smooth.
- Use a rubber spatula to spoon the contents of the blender into a saucepan, and whisk over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until smooth heated through.
- Serve warm. Optionally garnish with sliced serrano peppers, chopped cilantro leaves, and minced red onion.
Notes
🌀 Blend A Hand
Blend until completely smooth with zero visible bits floating around. Those little specks will show up in the final texture so keep going until it looks like it has something to hide.
🔥 That’s A Stretch
Warm the blended mixture over medium heat while stirring and watch the tapioca starch wake up and turn this from a regular dip into a stretchy gooey queso situation.
Nutrition
Calories: 528kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Sodium: 2269mg | Potassium: 870mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 396IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 5mg