Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta Sauce (GF)

This Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta Sauce is rich, perfectly flavourful and super easy to make. The umami-rich sauce paired with meaty mushrooms makes the best plant-based dinner!

Why you’ll love this Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta:

• it’s luxuriously creamy
• it’s light and healthy 
• it’s full of flavour
• it’s packed full of meaty mushrooms
• it’s easy to make
• it’s ready in 25 minutes
• it’s easily customisable and can be adapted to whatever vegetables you have on hand
• it’s nut-free optional
• it’s gluten-free
• you can easily make it grain-free or paleo
• it makes a satisfying dinner!

What is miso?

Miso is a Japanese seasoning made from fermented soybeans and has a rich, salty flavour. It’s a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals, and contains plenty of friendly probiotics.  

In traditional Japanese cuisine, it’s used in sauces, dips, spreads, soups and stocks, but it also works in many other dishes like this pasta sauce! 

Tip: Miso sometimes contains gluten, so make sure to use gluten-free miso if you’re gluten-free. You can buy miso in most supermarkets, local health stores, Asian supermarkets or online.

How to make this Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta 

1. Cook the garlic and mushrooms in a frying pan
2. Add the plant-based milk and miso
3. Add the cooked pasta 
4. Mix well and add extra vegetables if you like!

See below for substitution suggestions.

Tips for making this recipe:

• you can use either unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened cashew milk 
• for a nut-free version, you can use unsweetened oat milk or soy milk (though soy milk will have a stronger flavour) 
• you can use any type of mushrooms – I used shiitake mushrooms as I love their rich flavour, but any type will do
• you can use any type of pasta – I used brown rice spaghetti 
• you can make it grain-free or paleo by using pea pasta, red lentil pasta or edamame noodles
• add tofu, green peas or edamame for extra protein.

More creamy vegan pasta recipes:

• Creamy Tomato Sauce Pasta
• Creamy Pesto Pasta
• Creamy Pumpkin Chestnut Pasta

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Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta Sauce (GF)

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

This Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta Sauce is rich, perfectly flavourful and super easy to make.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: creamy vegan pasta, japanese pasta, miso pasta, miso pasta sauce

Servings: 2

Calories: 457 kcal

Author: Rhian Williams

Ingredients (click 'US Customary' for US measurements)

• 200 g pasta (gluten-free if necessary - I used brown rice spaghetti)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (or sub coconut, olive or rapeseed oil)
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 100 g shiitake mushrooms , roughly chopped (or any other mushrooms)
• 230 ml unsweetened almond milk (or unsweetened cashew milk or oat milk for a nut-free version)
• 2 heaped teaspoons miso (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
• Pinch salt to taste

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Boil the pasta according to instructions on packet 

2. Heat oil in frying pan and add the garlic and mushrooms once the oil is hot - fry for around 7 minutes until softened 

3. Add the almond milk, miso and salt 

4. Drain the pasta once cooked and add to the frying pan

5. Mix well and add more almond milk if it's looking too dry.  Taste and add more salt if necessary

6. Enjoy immediately!

Recipe Notes

Add tofu, green peas or edamame for extra protein.

Nutrition Facts

Creamy Vegan Miso Pasta Sauce (GF)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 457 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 10g 15%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Sodium 209mg 9%

Potassium 152mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 83g 28%

Dietary Fiber 8g 32%

Sugars 3g

Protein 9g 18%

Vitamin C 1.1%

Calcium 14.3%

Iron 1.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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