Introducing a tasty new sauce for your next taco night or burrito bowl lunch: creamy cashew jalapeño sauce! This subtly spicy, savory sauce comes together with just 6 ingredients and 5 minutes active prep time.
Inspired by a restaurant called Harlow, it’s a versatile flavor addition to bowls (recipe coming soon), quesadillas, and so much more! Get ready to level up your next meal. Let us show you how it’s done!
Grab these 6 ingredients and it’s creamy jalapeño sauce time: cashews, jalapeño, nutritional yeast, lime, garlic, and salt!
Soak the cashews to soften and ensure a milder flavor, then add the soaked cashews to a blender. Blend them up with the remaining ingredients plus water. And that’s it!
We hope you LOVE this cashew jalapeño sauce! It’s:
Creamy
Savory
Subtly spicy
Balanced
Versatile
& SO delicious!
We love it on everything from tortilla chips to bowls (recipe coming soon — sneak peek below!), quesadillas, salads, enchiladas, and tacos. It adds a cheesy richness that really brings a meal together!
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Servings 10 (~2 Tbsp servings)
- 3/4 cup raw cashews
- 1/2 small jalapeño, roughly chopped (1/2 small jalapeño yields ~2 Tbsp or 17 g)
- 1/2-1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2/3 cup filtered water
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- 1/2 medium clove garlic, peeled
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
*Prep time includes soaking cashews.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated with the lesser amount of nutritional yeast.
Serving: 1 (two-tablespoon) serving Calories: 71 Carbohydrates: 4.2 g Protein: 2.5 g Fat: 5.4 g Saturated Fat: 1 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 2.9 g Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 75 mg Potassium: 99 mg Fiber: 0.6 g Sugar: 0.8 g Vitamin A: 4 IU Vitamin C: 3.2 mg Calcium: 5.9 mg Iron: 0.8 mg
