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Smokey Queso Sauce

This easy-cheesy sauce is great for nachos or folded into cooked pasta for a zesty mac and cheese. If chopped pimientos are unavailable, you can substitute 3 tablespoons chopped roasted red bell pepper.

Yields 2 cups
Author Robin Robertson

Ingredients

  • 1 (2-ounce) jar chopped pimientos, drained
  • 1 teaspoon canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
  • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
  • 1 ½ cups plain unsweetened almond milk or water

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Transfer to a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasonings, if needed. Use as desired.

Recipe Notes

Text excerpted from VEGANIZE IT! © 2017 by Robin Robertson. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.