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Suspiciously Cheesy Salad Dressing

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A cheesy salad dressing on a salad with a fork poked in
Photograph by Isa Zapata, food styling by Emilie Fosnocht, prop styling by Emma Ringness

This is similar to bottled Italian dressing in the best possible way: It’s creamy, tangy-sweet, spoonably thick, and stable enough to hold up in the fridge for several weeks. Nutritional yeast lends nutty richness while keeping the mixture silky and emulsified.

Read more: Everything You Need to Know About Nutritional Yeast, Nature’s Cheeto Dust 

What you’ll need

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1¼ cups

Ingredients

½

cup nutritional yeast

½

cup vegetable oil

¼

cup red wine vinegar

1

Tbsp. soy sauce

1

Tbsp. sugar

2

tsp. garlic powder

tsp. dried oregano

1

tsp. freshly ground pepper

1

tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, plus more

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Preparation

  1. Blend ½ cup nutritional yeast, ½ cup vegetable oil, ¼ cup red wine vinegar, 1 Tbsp. soy sauce, 1 Tbsp. sugar, 2 tsp. garlic powder, 1½ tsp. dried oregano, 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper, 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 2 Tbsp. water in a blender on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Taste and season with more salt if needed.

    Do Ahead: Dressing can be made 3 weeks ahead. Cover and chill.