5 Ingredient Vegan Vodka Sauce

Name: 5 Ingredient Vegan Vodka Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 large shallot diced; cup vegan butter; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 1 oz. vodka or another clear spirit; cup coconut cream; 1 tsp salt; tsp onion powder

by Legally Healthy Blonde

2 people

35 min

No matter what your opinion is, I'm sure this election (as well as the general state of the universe) is making you want to reach for some comfort food (or maybe celebration food!). Thankfully, I've got just the thing. This vegan vodka sauce is comforting, easy, and so delicious.

When it comes to tomato-based pasta sauces, I've always favored vodka sauce. What's not to love? Typically, it is so delicious from adding copious amounts of heavy cream and parmesan cheese.

This vegan vodka sauce skips out on the dairy by using coconut cream! Even better, this vegan vodka only needs 5 main ingredients.

5 Ingredient Vegan Vodka Sauce

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Recipe details

Yield 2 people
Time spent: Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 30 Minutes Total time: 35 min

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Instructions

In a hot pan or saucepot, toss in the 1/4 cup of vegan butter.
Add in the diced shallot and saute until the shallots are translucent
Stir in the tomato paste
Turn up the heat and add the 1 oz of vodka
Cook down vodka until it is no longer fragrant
Turn the heat back down to medium and add 1/2 cup of coconut cream
Stir well to combine, and season with salt and onion powder

Comments

Susan Williams on Mar 23, 2021

Why is the vodka added? It has almost no flavour or fragrance...

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- Karen Freitag on Mar 24, 2021
  
  It gives the sauce a unique flavor! And the alcohol burns off!
  
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- Legally Healthy Blonde on Mar 24, 2021
  
  Hi Susan! The vodka is traditionally added as an emulsifier, which helps the cream/butter in the sauce not separate from the acid of the tomatoes. Because mine is a plant-based recipe and doesn't use dairy, you can opt to omit the vodka if you choose! :)
  
  But I do agree that vodka has no flavor or fragrance...definitely not my spirit of choice!
  
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- Susan Williams on Mar 24, 2021
  
  Thanks, LHB!
  
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PHIL on Mar 24, 2021

What do you use this sauce on....ideas please

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- Loretta Lentine on Mar 24, 2021
  
  Pasta
  
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- Karen Freitag on Mar 24, 2021
  
  Mainly pasta but you can use it on chicken parm. It's really delicious!
  
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- Legally Healthy Blonde on Mar 24, 2021
  
  Hi Phil! Pasta is my favorite use for it, but I'd say use it in place of any tomato sauce! It would be great as a pizza sauce, a dipping sauce, on top of a meat, the options are endless!
  
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