Best Vegan Cheese Sauce

This sauce is SO cheesy, and it takes less than 10 minutes to make! What’s not to love?

I can’t begin to try to count how many cheese sauces I’ve attempted to make! Almost all of them include soaking nuts for hours, one of my least favorite things to do when I just want a snack, and all the nutritional yeast in the world wouldn’t give them a satisfying cheesy flavor. I stayed away from the coconut milk recipes for as long as I could because I didn’t want my cheese sauce to taste like coconut. Honestly, I could not have been more wrong! This sauce is exactly what I’ve been searching for – a savory, satisfying, cheesy sauce that takes barely any effort to make! It always comes out delicious and smooth. I mean, look at my Chipotle sofritas bowl! Confession: I took the picture and then added a LOT more of this sauce.

Ingredients:

• 1 can coconut milk (13.6 ounces)
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• salt, to taste

Method:

• Add the cornstarch and water to a small bowl, mix until combined.
• Add all the ingredients + the cornstarch mixture to a medium-sized saucepan & whisk.
• Simmer on medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.

That’s right – you don’t have to soak any nuts or use a blender! Just mix, heat it up & enjoy.

Best Vegan Cheese Sauce

I could double this recipe and still eat it all in one sitting. It's SO GOOD!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Snack

Servings 6

Calories 158 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 13.6 oz coconut milk (one can)
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Add the cornstarch and water to a small bowl, mix until combined.
• Add all the ingredients to a medium-sized saucepan & whisk.
• Simmer on medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Enjoy & share!

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 272mgFiber: 2gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 82IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 3mg

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