5 Minute Prep Dairy Free Blender Queso
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water I use my electric tea kettle to make this fast!
- 2 cups unsalted raw cashews
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Optional chipotle powder to taste for heat See Notes
- Optional mix-in's and/or garnishes See Notes
Instructions
- Pour the boiling water into your high speed blender. I use my electric kettle and just use the measuring lines on the blender cup!
- Add the rest of the ingredients (except the optional add-in's), and blend until smooth.
- Taste for seasoning, and pour into a dish to serve, or a jar with a lid to store in the refrigerator. The queso makes about 1 pint jar (2 cups) of queso and will keep in the fridge for 2 weeks.
Notes
- I tend to make our queso without any heat since my youngest isn't quite there on enjoying heat yet. You can make a big batch without the heat, and then separate some aside for you to add heat if you want. You can easily add heat with a some scoops of jarred hot salsa, chipotle powder, or chopped jalapeños.
- Optional mix-in's and garnishes: finely diced sweet bell peppers, finely chopped cilantro, sliced jalapeños. To make it a beef queso, stir in prepared taco seasoned beef.