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Level up your meal in just five minutes with this mouth-watering creamy vegan garlic sauce. Just blend a few ingredients in a few minutes and a rich, creamy, savory sauce is ready for whatever your heart desires!
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Table of Contents
- Why You’ll Love This Vegan Creamy Garlic Sauce Recipe!
- Ingredients and Substitutes for Creamy Garlic Sauce
- How to Make Vegan Garlic Sauce
- Toni’s Recipe Tips
- FAQs for Vegan Creamy Garlic Sauce
- How to Serve Easy Vegan Garlic Sauce
- Storage Instructions
- More Quick and Easy Sauce Recipes
- Creamy Vegan Garlic Sauce Recipe
Why You’ll Love This Vegan Creamy Garlic Sauce Recipe!
If you love garlic and the way it gives mega flavor-boosts to simple sides or mains, then this simple recipe is one you’ll want to keep on hand! Creamy garlic sauce enhances everything from noodles, pasta, veggies, and more. And this vegan garlic sauce couldn’t be easier, requiring only 5 easy ingredients, and no cooking, just a few minutes in the blender!
Plus, this super creamy garlic sauce is so flexible, for however you want to use it. Add herbs and seasonings to create more flavors for more variety of creamy garlic sauce. And since it’s a gluten-free, dairy-free and oil-free sauce, it’s healthy for just about anyone. The best part? This garlic sauce boasts immunity-boosting power to help you fight colds and more, all while you’re enjoying the dreamy garlic flavor.
Want more garlic inspiration? Try this easy roasted garlic that mellows the flavors of garlic even more! Garlic makes everything taste better like in these baked potato wedges and a bowl of soba noodles.
Ingredients and Substitutes for Creamy Garlic Sauce
- Fresh garlic: You can adjust the garlic to your own taste preference! Use it all or use less for a milder flavor.
- Shallot: In the same family as onion and garlic with a slightly softer flavor than onion. You can also use the white ends of green onion or regular onion instead.
- Medjool date: To add some sweetness to the sauce, but you can swap it out with another sweetener if desired.
- Rice vinegar: A bit of acid for the sauce. Apple cider vinegar and white wine vinegar make a good substitute for the mild flavor of rice vinegar if you don’t have it.
- Nuts or seeds: Use whichever you prefer. Sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, cashews, brazil nuts, and almonds all work well.
- Water: Just enough to make the sauce creamy.
- Flavor: Salt and pepper to taste and a handful of fresh herbs if you want!
How to Make Vegan Garlic Sauce
Step 1: First, place the garlic, shallot, date, rice vinegar, and nuts in a blender. Then, slowly add water by the tablespoon as you blend until it’s a pourable consistency, like a thick smoothie.
Step 2: Next, test the flavor and season with salt and pepper to your taste preference. Finally, if you want, add some fresh herbs and blend again. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Toni’s Recipe Tips
- Let the sauce sit before serving: Since the sauce isn’t cooked it can have a bit of a bite, depending on how much garlic you use. This strong flavor mellows after a few hours in the fridge.
- Use fresh garlic. Garlic that has been sitting around for a while develops a sharper more pungent flavor. For best results use the freshest garlic possible.
- Don’t use jarred minced garlic. I am all about shortcuts, but this is one of those instances where it doesn’t work so well. Once cut, the garlic loses some of its fresh flavors and doesn’t taste the same in this easy garlic sauce.
- For a little spice. Sprinkle some red pepper flakes on top.
- Make in a blender rather than a food processor. The food processor, unless it’s super high-powered, won’t make the sauce creamy enough.
FAQs for Vegan Creamy Garlic Sauce
This easy garlic sauce uses nuts and seeds instead of oil or dairy to create a creamy texture. This adds protein and healthy fats to the sauce. Dates are also added for a touch of natural sweetness.
Yes! Since this recipe is completed dairy-free, it is perfect to freeze. When you’re ready to serve it, let it thaw in the fridge, and then blend it again for a perfect creamy texture.
How to Serve Easy Vegan Garlic Sauce
- Noodle bowl: Cook your favorite noodles, place a steamer basket of veggies on top while the pasta cooks, and blend all the vegan white sauce ingredients. Pour over veggies and noodles generously and dig in. Easy!
- Change up the flavor: The beauty of this dairy-free garlic sauce is that you can change it up in a flash by simply adding different herbs and seasonings. Curry powder, chipotle chili powder, fresh basil, oregano, and dill are just a few ideas.
- Veggies: Use over fresh cooked broccoli or cauliflower, on top of roasted vegetables and so much more.
- Rice and grains: Drizzle over the top or mix into your favorite rice, grains, or pilafs for added flavor.
- Use it as a dipping sauce: This sauce makes for a tasty vegan garlic dip for zucchini fries, crispy tofu sticks, Homemade Sandwich Bread, and fresh veggies.
- Pizza sauce: Swap out tomato sauce for a delicious vegan garlic alfredo base for pizza night.
Storage Instructions
Fridge: Store in a jar or an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Freezer: Store in the freezer for up to 3 months. You can even pour it into an ice cube tray, to have individual serving sizes. Just transfer the sauce cubes to a freezer bag or airtight container once frozen solid.
When you’re ready to serve it, let it thaw in the fridge, and then blend it again for a perfect creamy texture.
More Quick and Easy Sauce Recipes
Vegan Dinners
The Best Vegan Fettuccine Alfredo
Vegan Dinners
Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce
Vegan Appetizers
Easy Creamy Avocado Sauce
Vegan Breakfasts
Easy Vegan Hollandaise Sauce
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Creamy Vegan Garlic Sauce
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Ingredients
- 1-2 cloves of garlic (to your garlic threshold)
- 1 small shallot, chopped
- 1 Medjool date, pitted (or 1 Tbsp sweetener of choice)
- 1 Tablespoon of rice vinegar
- ¼ cup of nuts or seeds of choice (sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, cashews, brazil nuts, etc)
- Just enough water to make creamy
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Handful of fresh herbs of choice, optional
Instructions
- Add garlic, shallot, date, rice vinegar, and nuts to a blender. Slowly add water by the tablespoon as you blend until it's a pourable consistency, like a thick smoothie.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add fresh herbs and blend again, if using.
Notes
- Let the sauce sit before serving: Since the sauce isn’t cooked it can have a bit of a bite depending on how much garlic you use. This strong flavor mellows after a few hours in the fridge.
- Use fresh garlic. Garlic that has been sitting around for a while develops a sharper more pungent flavor. For best results use the freshest garlic possible.
- Don’t use jarred minced garlic. I am all about shortcuts, but this is one of those instances where it doesn’t work so well. Once cut, the garlic loses some of its fresh flavors and doesn’t taste the same in this easy garlic sauce.
Amazing creative way of creating a yummy & healthy sauce without using any milk! Thanks for sharing! 😀
Hope you enjoy this garlic sauce if you give it a try 🙂
I love a good creamy sauce!
Same! And this one is the creamiest!
today I just took some of this sauce and used it to make tuna salad. so delicious! I’ve been using pumpkin seeds, just because there’s so nutritious. this is a great alternative for me, to save calories. I used to be a big mayonnaise person. I’m avoiding processed foods. Definitely taste even better overnight. I like to double the ingredients, except for only using one date.
Love that you gave it a go and you’re enjoying the sauce! It’s so yummy and tasty on everything!
Such a delicious garlic sauce and so quick! Perfection!
Quick and delicious! So good!
I could eat this sauce allll day! What a great recipe!
I’m with you!!
How long will this last in the fridge? Is this a good item for meal preps?? Thanks!
This creamy garlic sauce is perfect for meal prep and can last in the fridge 2-3 weeks. Enjoy!
I’m a big fan of garlic, so I can’t wait to use this garlic sauce on everything!
Your tastebuds are going to love it!
So creamy and delicious!
Gotta love how creamy and tasty it turns out!
So creamy. Love it!