Save 3 Ingredient Vegan Queso

This vegan queso came into my life last year sometime when our shoot assistant Krista was like: “Hey, you know what’s really good? Adding a can of green chiles to your basic cashew sauce.”

This creamy vegan queso is SO LUSCIOUS! It’s made with just three ingredients: cashews, green chiles, and taco spices.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup cashews
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 ounce can diced green chiles (or less, to taste)
• 1 teaspoon taco seasoning (add a pinch of salt if it’s unsalted)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Blend on a high setting until you get a very smooth and creamy texture. Taste and adjust to how you like it.
2. Use it as chip dip, a sauce for roasted vegetables, or just smother it on your tacos, burritos, and crunchwraps.

NOTES

• Some recipes I saw recommended soaking the cashews, but I found that I was able to get a really smooth and creamy result with NO soaking! And I’m all about the easy. If you have a good blender, in my experience, you don’t really need to soak them.
• A high-speed blender (Blentec, Vitamix, Ninja, or similar) would be best here! If you don’t have one, I think it could still work, but A) you might get some nutty texture to your queso (not necessarily a bad thing, it still tastes great) or B) you might find a benefit to soaking the cashews.