Raw Cashew Cheesy Kale Chips

These raw kale chips coated with a savory cashew and nutritional yeast "cheese" are a great vegan snack to prepare in your dehydrator.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 141 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded
• 2 cups raw cashews
• 1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped
• 2 bunches curly kale, stemmed
• 0.5 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon sea salt
• 0.5 cup nutritional yeast
• 0.75 cup water, or more as needed
• 0.25 cup roughly chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon dried mustard

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place cashews in a bowl. Cover with water; let soak for at least 1 hour. Drain and rinse.

Step 2

Transfer cashews to a blender; blend until finely chopped, scraping the sides of the bowl periodically. Add red bell pepper, onion, lemon juice, jalapeno pepper, and garlic; blend until well chopped. Scrape the sides of the bowl; add 3/4 cup water, nutritional yeast, paprika, turmeric, mustard, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth, adding more water if necessary.

Step 3

Combine cashew mixture and kale in a large bowl; scrunch kale with your hands until evenly coated with cashew mixture. Spread in a single layer on an unlined dehydrator tray.

Step 4

Dehydrate kale at 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) until crisp, about 8 hours.