Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce

Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce

This easy vegan sauce is simple to make, nut free, and SO SO creamy! I know you’re going to love this nacho cheese and you’ll want to put this on everything! It’s just SO GOOD and I love it for that. I also love that it’s not a nut based cheese sauce. While I do genuinely love a good cashew cream sauce, I often get requests for recipes without nuts in them and this vegan nacho cheese sauce totally delivers.

Author: Food with Feeling

Meal Type: Milk Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 3 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes

Servings: 3 Servings

Calories: 300 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 15 ounces - white beans, I used cannellini
  • 2 cups - vegetable broth
  • 1 - jalapeno
  • 1 tsp - garlic powder
  • 1 tsp - cumin
  • ⅓ cup - nutritional yeast
  • 2 tablespoons - dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons - all purpose flour
  • ½ cup - red bell pepper
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. In a medium pot, stir together the beans, broth, jalapeno, and spices. Bring to a boil.
  2. Reduce heat to a simmer. Stir in the nutritional yeast, dijon. Whisk in the flour and continue to whisk until the sauce begins to thicken. Remove from heat.
  3. Add in the bell pepper.
  4. Blend the mixture using an immersion blender OR in a blender/ food processor.
  5. Season to taste with S&P.
  6. ENJOY!!!!

Nutrition

Energy: 300 kcal | Total Fat: 2 g | Saturated: 0 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 1 g | Cholesterol: 0 mg | Total Carbs: 55 g | Fiber: 13 g | Sugars: 4 g | Proteins: 20 g | Sodium: 1,727 mg | Polyunsaturated: 1 g | Monounsaturated: 0 g

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