Tamarind-Cashew Dipping Sauce

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Tamarind-Cashew Dipping Sauce

This is a copycat recipe for that amazing Cheesecake Factory Tamarind Cashew Dipping Sauce. They serve it with their avocado fries and their lettuce wraps.

Course Appetizer, Sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword dipping, tamarind

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 120kcal

Author Debi

Ingredients

1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
½ teaspoon tamarind concentrate or paste
½ cup honey
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 pinch powdered saffron or turmeric
½ cup chopped cashews roasted, unsalted
2/3 cup fresh cilantro
2 garlic cloves
2 whole green onions
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
¼ cup olive oil

Instructions

Stir together vinegars, tamarind paste, honey, sugar, and saffron or turmeric in a small microwave safe bowl, and microwave for 1 minute. Stir until tamarind and sugar are dissolved.
In a blender, puree tamarind mixture, cashews, cilantro, garlic, onions, pepper, cumin, and oil. Pour mixture into a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Notes

Store in the fridge up to 2 weeks in an air-tight container.

This makes about 1½ to 1¾ cups of sauce total (roughly 12–14 fluid ounces), depending on how finely it’s blended and if you thin it.
Serving size: A good estimate is 2–3 tablespoons per serving. So, you’ll get:
8 servings at about 3 tablespoons each (more generous)
10–12 servings at about 2 tablespoons each (lighter use)

After blending, taste and adjust for your flavor preferences before chilling.

If it’s too sweet, add a splash more vinegar or a squeeze of lime

Too thick, add a tablespoon of water to thin it

Try adding a pinch of salt if you’d like it saltier

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