Cashew Queso

Name: Cashew Queso
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 5½ cups (1300 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 cups (260 g) raw cashews, soaked overnight, drained Cashews; 2 cups (470 ml) + 1 Tbsp warm water Water; 1/2 cup (40 g) nutritional yeast Nutr Yeast; 2 Tbsp potato starch (30 ml) Potato Starch; 1 tsp ground turmeric (5 ml) Turmeric; 1 tsp fine sea salt (+ more to taste) Sea Salt; 1 (10-oz/283 g) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Ro-Tel type) Tomato; 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar (15 ml) Red Wine Vinegar; 1 Tbsp white miso (15 ml) White Miso

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Joe Yonan recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Joe Yonan.

DIP · TORTILLA CHIPS & NACHOS

A dip for tortilla chips & nachos.

Yonan's cashew queso for chips or nachos.

On the jar

CASHEW QUESO

Method: blend
Yield: about 5½ cups
Ingredients: 9

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 495 mlPotato Starch 30 mlTurmeric 5 mlSea Salt 5 mlRed Wine Vinegar 15 mlWhite Miso 15 ml

Ingredients

Cashews2 cups (260 g) raw cashews, soaked overnight, drained
Water2 cups (470 ml) + 1 Tbsp warm water
Nutr Yeast1/2 cup (40 g) nutritional yeast
Potato Starch2 Tbsp potato starch (30 ml)
Turmeric1 tsp ground turmeric (5 ml)
Sea Salt1 tsp fine sea salt (+ more to taste)
Tomato1 (10-oz/283 g) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Ro-Tel type)
Red Wine Vinegar1 Tbsp red wine vinegar (15 ml)
White Miso1 Tbsp white miso (15 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Joe Yonan is a cookbook author working in Plant-based / global vegan; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2025 (Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking).

Adapted from a Joe Yonan recipe (Joe Yonan / National Post (Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, Penguin Random House)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Joe Yonan / National Post (Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, Penguin Random House) (published as “Cashew Queso”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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