Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

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Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Sauce made with roasted peppers and cashews makes for a easy delicious sauce. Serve over pasta, with sandwiches, on bowls, and more.

Course Condiment

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 40

Total Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 180kcal

Author Tessa

Ingredients

¾ cup raw cashews soaked
3 medium red bell peppers
4 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
juice of half lemon
¼ teaspoon salt more to taste if needed
¼ teaspoon black pepper more to taste if needed
¼ cup water

Instructions

Place cashews in the blender and cover with boiling water. Allow to sit at least 10 minutes or while you are roasting the peppers.
Preheat the broiler on high. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Lay your red peppers on their sides on baking sheet. Place baking sheet on oven rack in the top third of the oven. Broil peppers for 20 minutes, flipping them over at the halfway point. You want the outside to be good and charred.
Remove baking sheet from oven and using tongs, transfer peppers to a mixing bowl. Cover bowl with foil or a plate. Allow peppers to steam for 10 to 20 minutes.
Once steamed, transfer peppers to a cutting board. Remove stem, core, seeds, and skin. The skin should pull away easily. Slice into thick strips.
Drain the water from the blender and place the soaked cashews back into the blender. Transfer roasted red peppers to blender. Add garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt and pepper, and ¼ cup water. Blend until smooth.
To Store: Keep roasted red pepper sauce in an airtight container for 2-3 days in the refrigerator.
To Heat: Heat in a saucpan on the stove over low heat, stirring frequently. Pour over pasta, sandwiches, bowls and more.

Notes

Make sure you are using raw cashews so they aren't salted, and soak them in hot water to make them easy to blend.
You can adjust the amount of water as needed to achieve the perfect creamy texture and desired consistency.
Spice it up a bit by adding a pinch of red pepper flakes!

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