Creamed Onions
Nov 22, 2024 03:09 PM
These vegan creamed onions are sweet, savoury, and rich. A cashew-based sauce replaces the dairy with delicious results!
Creamed onions are a classic side dish that often pops up around the holidays. While it might not be as common as green bean casserole and mashed potatoes, it’s a tradition for many families, so I wanted to give this traditional recipe the vegan treatment.
Here, instead of cooking pearl onions in cream and butter, I use a roux and cashew cream. Using all cashew cream would make the sauce a little too rich, but combining it with a roux for thickness without heaviness is perfection.
These vegan creamed pearl onions are the perfect easy side dish to add to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner!
Why You’ll Love This Creamed Onions Recipe
Rich flavour. Creamed onions have that perfect balance of sweet and savoury, plus richness from the creamy sauce.
Versatile. You can use creamed onions as a side dish, or spoon them over another savoury dish as a sauce. (I think they’d be excellent with vegan meatloaf.)
Easy to make. This is a stovetop recipe that comes together with minimal effort, but it looks (and tastes!) fancy, which is why I love it as an option for the holidays.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup raw cashews, soaked overnight or for 30 min in hot water, 65g
- 1 cup unsweetened plant-based milk, 220ml
- ½ cup vegetable broth, 110ml
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 ½ pounds pearl onions with peels removed, 700g
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
17 minutes
Total Time:
37 minutes
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