5-Minute Harissa Cashew Sauce

Need a quick, game-changer of a sauce that you can’t get enough of?  If so, you are in luck! This 5-minute vegan harissa cashew sauce is so good and requires only 7-ingredients.

It’s very creamy, not too spicy, and has a ton of flavor! It quickly has become one of my favorite sauces to make for almost everything! I put it on tacos, wraps, buddha bowls, or use it as a dip with chips!

5-Minute Harissa Cashew Sauce Ingredients:

• Cashews – I love using Terrasoul Superfoods Mylk Grade Cashews. Their cashews are of the highest quality and are refrigerated during the shipping and storage process to ensure freshness. I also noticed that the mylk grade cashews don’t need to be soaked as long, which is a plus when I want to make this sauce in the evening to go with dinner!
• Water – Helps make this sauce creamy.
• Jalapeno – for the spicy flavor
• Garlic clove – does not make this sauce garlicky in any way. It enhances the overall flavor.
• Lemon juice – Give this sauce a little lemony zing.
• Harissa powder – If you don’t have harissa powder in your pantry, I recommend trying Frontier Organic Seasoning Harissa Powder. Their harissa seasoning is my favorite; the spices are very aromatic! You could also swap out the harissa powder for a chipotle chili flavored sauce!
• Salt – Rounds everything together!

I hope you all love this vegan harissa cashew sauce; it’s delicious, simple to make, and flavorful! ♥

Need a recipe to use this sauce? Check out our delicious Roasted Harissa Sweet Potato and Chickpea Pitas.

If you make this recipe, please share feedback and leave a rating (below). This helps our readers and us. – Thanks! xx Jake & Tracey 

5-Minute Harissa Cashew Sauce

Tracey Gene

5 from 1 vote

An easy 5-Minute Harissa Cashew Sauce that requires 7 ingredients! The perfect, creamy sauce for chips, tacos, wraps, and much more!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Yields 2 cups

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cup cashews soaked 4 hours
• ▢ 1 1/2-2 cup filtered water
• ▢ ½ jalapeno seeds removed
• ▢ 1 garlic clove
• ▢ 4 tbsp lemon juice ~2 lemons
• ▢ 2 tsp harissa powder
• ▢ ¼ tsp salt plus more to taste

Instructions

• Place cashews, garlic clove, and jalapeno in a food processor, or blender along with the lemon juice, harissa powder, salt and 1 cup water.
• Process/blend until smooth, scraping down sides as needed. Thin with water (1/4 cup at a time) until thick and creamy sauce forms.
• Taste and adjust flavor as needed, adding more harissa powder or jalapeno for heat, or lemon juice for acidity. 
• Transfer to a serving container and enjoy immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 5 days. 

Course: Dip, Sauce

Cuisine: New American-Inspired

Diet: Vegan

Nutrition Facts

Serving1gCalories727.82kcalCarbohydrates42.73gProtein23.86gFat56.67gSaturated Fat10.05gPolyunsaturated Fat10.15gMonounsaturated Fat30.7gSodium382.69mgPotassium915.55mgFiber4.59gSugar9.2gVitamin A73.66IUVitamin C17.68mgCalcium59.17mgIron8.71mg

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