Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, enchilada sauce. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Learn how to make enchilada sauce in this recipe video. It's full of rich, authentic Mexican flavor and so easy to make! My favorite recipe for homemade red enchilada sauce!
Enchilada Sauce is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Enchilada Sauce is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have enchilada sauce using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Enchilada Sauce:
- Make ready 4 large dried California pepper pods
- Take 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- Make ready 1 large onion
- Take 28 ounces tomatoes
- Prepare 1 teaspoon whole leaf dried oregano
- Prepare 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Get 1 teaspoon extra dark cocoa powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Make ready 4 cups water plus more for thinning if necessary
- Get As needed brown sugar if the peppers scorched during toasting
When you see how easy it is to make homemade enchilada sauce, you'll never use This Enchilada Sauce comes together in just ten minutes. Enchilada Sauce Recipe makes a staple ingredient for quick meals. This easy red enchilada sauce comes together quickly and keeps in the refrigerator for up to two weeks! This easy homemade enchilada sauce is packed with authentic Mexican flavors!
Instructions to make Enchilada Sauce:
- Boil the water. Remove the skin from tomato. Dice the tomato and set aside.
- Heat a skillet dry. Toast the peppers till just fragrant. Set aside add the onion, tomatoes, and garlic to the skillet to toast also.
- Remove stems and seeds from the peppers. Add the peppers to the boiling water for 20-30 minutes covered. This will rehydrate and soften your peppers.
- Add the peppers and liquids in the peppers, to a blender. Now add the oregano, onion, salt, cumin, garlic, and tomatoes, to a blender. Liquidfy the ingredients.
- In a skillet heat the oil. Pour the ingredients from the blender into the hot skillet with the oil in it. Stir in the chocolate.
- Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. It should be not thin, but just a bit thick, like a tomato ketchup.
- It may not be super delicious on its own. If it's too bitter add a little brown sugar at a time till the bitterness is toned down. It should taste good allowing the sauce and food you put it on compliment each other.
- Serve I hope you enjoy!!!
Homemade enchilada sauce is a versatile condiment that can add a burst of authentic Mexican flavors to any dish. This sauce is great for chicken, beef, pork or veggie enchiladas. I like to spoon some of the sauce over the meat or veggie filling (and cheese) in the tortilla then wrap and. Enchilada sauce also happens to freeze quite well, so I've gotten in the habit of making an Homemade Enchilada Sauce. You've got some leeway on the chili peppers used in this recipe.
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