Vegan Cauliflower Queso
Vegan Cauliflower Queso
Cauliflower is a magical vegetable. It can transform into oil-free creamy sauces and even replace meat. In this recipe, it's the base for a creamy, cheesy queso sauce.
Ready in: 20 minutes
Serves: 12
Complexity: very-easy
kcal: 5
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Ingredients
Pressure Cooker Ingredients:--
2 cups cauliflower florets
1 cup water
¾ cup thick-cut carrot coins
¼ cup raw cashews
Blender Ingredients:--
¼ cup nutritional yeast
liquid from 280 g can diced tomatoes & green chillies
½ tsp smoked paprika
SIDS SALT & PEPPER to taste
¼ tsp chilli powder
⅛ tsp mustard powder
Mix-in Ingredients:--
280 g can diced tomatoes & green chillies, drained
½ cup chopped orange bell pepper
2 tbsp minced red onion
¼ tsp SIDS CRAZY SALT
¼ cup minced coriander
Directions
Add the cauliflower, water, carrots and cashews to the pressure cooker and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes, then carefully do a quick pressure release by moving the valve to release the pressure.
Pour the cooked mixture into a strainer over the sink and drain the extra water. Retain liquid to use as a vegetable stock.
Put the drained mixture along with the nutritional yeast, liquid from the canned tomatoes, smoked paprika, SIDS SALT & PEPPER, chilli powder and mustard powder into your blender. Blend until smooth.
For the mix-ins, scrape out the blender contents into a mixing bowl and stir in the tomatoes & green chillies, bell pepper, minced onion, SIDS CRAZY SALT and coriander.
Serve at room temperature.