Best Easy Vegan Sour Cream

This easy vegan cashew sour cream recipe is the best and simplest way to make this delicious topping. It's light, tangy, so creamy, completely plant based, and made using only 5 simple ingredients! Use it as a topper to all of your favorites like baked potatoes, tacos, tofu scrambles, or as a base for a dip! You won't buy any store bought or dairy-based sour creams after trying this!

The best vegan sour cream recipes are the ones that use plant-based ingredients to make them taste just as creamy and delicious as dairy-based sour creams. Regular sour cream can be loaded with saturated fat and cholesterol but this cashew based recipe only has about 1g saturated fat and 0mg cholesterol per serving so you can feel free to indulge without the guilt.

This homemade vegane sour cream is the one that I always go back to - it's quick, easy, healthy, and perfect for topping anything from tacos to fries! It also makes a great dip for chips or vegetables! Sour cream is such a great staple ingredient that you can use on vegan tacos, nachos, chili, burritos… the list goes on! And you don't even have to be vegan to enjoy it!

The best part about this easy non-dairy cashew sour cream is the versatility. You can add other flavors like garlic powder, cumin, or even nutritional yeast for more flavor or use it as a base for creating all kinds of other vegan dips. This completely plant based and dairy-free sour cream is sure to satisfy your taste buds without all the animal products.

Total Time

• Soaking Time: 2-3 hours of soaking cashews
• Preparation Time: 10 minutes
• Total: 2 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

• Raw cashews
• Water
• Lemon juice
• Apple cider vinegar
• Sea salt

How to make vegan sour cream

1. Soak the cashews in warm water for 2 hours, it will soften them and make the sour cream more smooth.
2. Drain the water. Take a medium bowl or a blender cup, place the cashews and the remaining ingredients there and blend until creamy and smooth. If the mixture is too thick, add more water.
3. Place into the fridge. Best served cold.
4. Once cold, top on your favorite dishes that call for sour cream! Enjoy!

Tips For Success

• Soaking the cashews helps to soften them before blending resulting in a much creamier sour cream. I find two hours is great, but you can also soak them overnight if you want to!
• This recipe is great as is but is so easy to customize to your liking. Make sure to only add in a little extra seasoning at a time and taste test!
• If it turns out too thick, add in about 1-2 tablespoons of extra water at a time and blend again.
• Keep in mind that once chilled, your sour cream will begin to thicken. If it is too thick when ready to use, add 1 tablespoon of water or a little squeeze of lemon and give it a quick mix with your fork.

Storage

• Store this plant based cashew sour cream in an airtight container or mason jar in the fridge for up to 5 days. This recipe is best used fresh and does not freeze well.
• You can tell your homemade dairy-free sour cream has gone bad if it begins to get too watery or separate.

Equipment

• Blender
• Large bowl (for soaking cashews)

Best Easy Vegan Sour Cream

5 from 38 votes

Recipe by Anaiah Michelle Course: Breakfast, Lunch, DinnerCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Calories

82

kcal

Soaking time

2

hours

Total time

2

hours 

10

minutes

This healthy, delicious, and fully plant based sour cream recipe will be your new favorite topping sauce. It's light, creamy, tangy, and oh so flavorful! The best part about it? It's vegan, super easy to make, and uses only 5 simple ingredients!

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw cashews

• 1/2 cup water

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

• Soak the cashews in warm water for 2 hours, it will soften them and make the sour cream more smooth.
• Drain the water. Take a medium bowl or a blender cup, place the cashews and the remaining ingredients there and blend until creamy and smooth. If the mixture is too thick, add more water.
• Place into the fridge. Best served cold.
• Once cold, top on your favorite dishes that call for sour cream! Enjoy!

Notes

• Store this plant based cashew sour cream in an airtight container or mason jar in the fridge for up to 5 days. This recipe is best used fresh and does not freeze well.
• You can tell your homemade dairy-free sour cream has gone bad if it begins to get too watery or separate.

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Nutritional Information

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Anaiah Michelle

Hi! I'm the founder of Speak Veggie To Me, a fun health and food blog where I share my favorite mouthwatering vegan and vegetarian recipes.

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