10 servings15-30 minAmerican

Thick and Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce

By Jill McKeever

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10 servings

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15-30 min

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Easy

Thick and Creamy Nacho Cheese Sauce
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Recipe Details

Course: Side Dish

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 15 min

Total Time: 15-30 min

Cooking Technique: Pressure Cook

Cuisine: American

Diet: Celiac, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Plant-Based, Vegan, Vegetarian

Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups potato
  • 1 cup yellow onion
  • 1 cup carrot
  • 12 ounce roasted red bell peppers
  • 1/2 cup cashews
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Place potatoes, onions, carrots, cashews and water into Instant Pot inner pot.
  2. Cover with lid, turn lid clockwise to lock into place. Align the pointed end of the steam release handle to point to “Sealing.” Press "Manual", use [-] button to adjust cooking time to 2 minutes.
  3. When the cooking time is complete, press "Keep Warm/Cancel" once to cancel the keep warm mode then wait 10 minutes for the pressure to go down.
  4. Carefully turn the steam release handle to the “Venting” position to release remaining pressure. When the float valve drops down. Remove lid.
  5. Use a slotted spoon to transfer vegetables mixture and cooking liquid to a blender.
  6. Add nutritional yeast, mustard, lemon juice, salt and liquid smoke; blend on high until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. If you want a thinner consistency, add up to 1/3 cup nondairy milk.
  7. Sauce will continue to thicken with or without the addition of nondairy milk. Enjoy!

About the chef

Jill McKeever

Jill McKeever

Jill McKeever guides thousands seeking to transition to a plant-based lifestyle and stick to it for the long haul. Her cookbook, OMGee Good! Instant Pot Meals, Plant-Based & Oil-Free, is all the rage with owners of the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Published in 2015, Amazon continues to recommend her 5-star book to their customers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Jill is the first author to publish cookbooks for Butler Foods Soy Curls. You’ll find OMGee Good Soy Curls Recipes, Volumes 1,2,3 stocked with game changing meals for every family no matter their diet preference.

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