# Vegan Queso

This is a recipe for scratch-made vegan queso, inspired by Lauren Toyota's amazing vegan queso.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups Cashews
- 2 medium-sized Potatoes
- 2 small-to-medium Carrots
- Salt
- 0.5 cup Vegan butter
- 1 jar Pickled jalapeno brine
- Pickled jalapenos
- 2 tablespoons Apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup Nutritional yeast
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Tapioca flour
- Cashew milk
- 1 can Hatch diced green chiles

## Instructions

1. Add 2 cups of cashews to boiling water.
2. Peel and dice the potatoes and carrots.
3. Transfer the diced potatoes and carrots into a separate pot.
4. Add some salt to the pot with potatoes and carrots.
5. Cook the potatoes and carrots on a separate burner for about 15 minutes or until fork tender.
6. Strain the cashews out of the boiling water.
7. Add the cashews into a blender.
8. Add about double the amount of water to the cashews in the blender.
9. Blend the cashews and water to make cashew milk.
10. Strain the cashew milk once more.
11. Add the cooked potatoes and carrots to the blender.
12. Add 1/2 cup of vegan butter to the blender.
13. Add an entire jar of pickled jalapeno brine to the blender.
14. Add pickled jalapenos to the blender.
15. Add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to the blender.
16. Add an entire cup of nutritional yeast to the blender.
17. Add garlic powder and onion powder to the blender.
18. Add 1 tablespoon of tapioca flour to the blender.
19. Add the prepared cashew milk to the blender.
20. Blend all ingredients until creamy and smooth, it should have the color of a nacho cheese.
21. Pour the blended mixture into a crock pot.
22. Add salt to taste in the crock pot.
23. Finish it off with a can of Hatch diced green chiles.
24. Let it warm up on high in the crock pot.

## Equipment

- Pot
- Blender
- Strainer
- Crock pot
- Knife
- Peeler

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF6RaaGJ_Zk/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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- Extracted: 2025-06-22

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