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    Home » Recipes » Sauces, Dressings & Dips

    Jan 20, 2021 · Modified: Oct 1, 2021 by Katie

    Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce

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    This Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce is dairy-free and oil-free. It's ready in 15 minutes and only requires 6 simple ingredients. It's perfect as a topping sauce for burgers and tacos or also as a salad dressing. 

    Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce by wholefoodsoulfoodkitchen.com

    How To Make This Vegan Ranch Sauce

    Preparing your own healthy ranch sauce only requires 2 steps.

    You will need to start by soaking your cashews. You could either soak them in water overnight or quick soak them for 10 minutes only. If you decide to only soak them for about 10 minutes however,  the water they are soaked in has to be very hot. 

    Drain and rinse the cashews and put it, together with all the other ingredients into a high speed blender or small food processor and blend until smooth. 

    ingredients for homemade vegan ranch sauce in food processor by wholefoodsoulfoodkitchen.com

    You'll find 2 versions of this sauce below:

    • A thicker sauce (perfect as a topping sauce on burgers, tacos or burritos)
    • A runnier sauce (for salads)

    Ingredients & Substitution Notes

    ingredients needed for Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce by wholefoodsoulfoodkitchen.com
    • Cashews: The main ingredient for this sauce are cashews. You will need to be soaked in very hot water first, before blending them up in a blender.

    • Plant milk: You can use any plant milk you like, I'd opt for one that is not very sweet like almond for instance. 

    • Nutritional yeast: Even though it might be a bit harder to find nutritional yeast (mostly in health food stores), it's a crucial ingredient for this recipe. It gives the sauce it's cheese-like flavour and can not be replaced by any other ingredient. 

    Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce by wholefoodsoulfoodkitchen.com

    Recipes that pair well with this Ranch Sauce

    • Pulled Mushroom and Bean Burger
    easy vegan ranch sauce by wholefoodsoulfoodkitchen.com

    Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce

    This Homemade Vegan Ranch Sauce is dairy-free and oil-free. It's ready in 15 minutes and only requires 6 simple ingredients. It's perfect as a topping sauce for burgers and tacos or also as a salad dressing. 
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Course: Salad, Snack
    Cuisine: gluten-free, vegan
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    Ingredients

    • ½ cup (75g) cashews
    • juice of ½ a lemon
    • 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
    • (fresh) herbs of choice optional

    For a thicker sauce add

    • ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon (70)ml plant milk

    For a runnier sauce add

    • ⅓ cup + 3 tablespoon (100ml) plant milk

    Instructions

    • Soak cashews either overnight or in hot water for 10 minutes.
    • Then drain and rinse the cashews.
    • Add them to a high speed blender or small food processor (see photo above) and blend until creamy.
    Pssst...You can find detailed step-by step-photos right above this recipe card
    All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates.
    Tried this recipe?Leave a rating and comment telling us how you liked it! Or tag @wholefoodsoulfood__kitchen on Instagram so we can admire your creations!
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