Dairy-Free Cashew Queso

Name: Dairy-Free Cashew Queso
Total time: 30
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 2 medium garlic cloves; 1 ½ cups raw cashews; 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast; 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cumin; ½ teaspoon chipotle powder; ½ teaspoon smoked paprika; 1 ½ teaspoons chili powder; 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste; ½ cup canned diced tomatoes with green chiles; tortilla chip, for serving

Recipe by Crystal Hatch from tasty.co

Snacks 30 Mins.

Ingredients

3 servings

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2 cups water
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2 medium garlic cloves
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1 ½ cups raw cashews
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3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
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1 ¼ teaspoons ground cumin
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½ teaspoon chipotle powder

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½ teaspoon smoked paprika
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1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
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1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
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½ cup canned diced tomatoes with green chiles
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tortilla chip, for serving

Instructions

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add the garlic cloves and blanch for 60 seconds. Remove the garlic, then remove the pot from the heat and reserve the hot water.
To a the bowl of a food processor, add the cashews, blanched garlic cloves, nutritional yeast, cumin, chipotle powder, paprika, chili powder, and salt. Starting with 1¼ cups (300 g), add the reserved hot water. Blend on medium-high speed to combine. If the mixture looks too thick and isn’t blending well, add another ¼ cup (60 ml) of hot water and continue blending. Add more hot water, 1-2 tablespoons at a time, as needed until the mixture is smooth, silky, and spreadable.
Transfer the queso to a serving bowl and fold in the diced tomatoes and green chiles.
Serve with tortilla chips.
Enjoy!