Chile Sauce Recipe
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Chile sauce is easy to make, spicy and delicious!
It is easy to learn to make chile sauce. Chile sauce is something you'll use for many delicious Mexican food recipes.
Chile sauce starts, of course, with chiles - and fresh chiles are easy to grow in a kitchen garden. However if you don't have fresh chiles you can buy them at the store in the vegetable section, or buy chile powder in the spice aisle.
I love chile sauce over enchiladas. I also use it for chiliquilas, frijoles con chile, and many other recipes.
Photo credit: The photo above is chile sauce with chipotles... photographed by Jacksonwes and shared via Flickr. Thanks Jacksonwes! Chipotles, in case you're wondering, are yummy smoke-dried jalapeno peppers.
Chile powder!
...essential ingredient unless you want to make chile pulp out of fresh chiles.
Frontier Chili Powder Blend, 16-Ounce Bag
Amazon Price: $5.59 (as of 05/30/2012)
Mmmm... red hot chile powder! Good for what ails you! Chile is great food for when you have a cold - it will make your sinuses run and that of course helps avoid the dreaded sinus headache. It is said to be good for digestion, cleansing the blood, malaria, and more. PLUS it is the perfect ingredient for chile sauce!
Chile pulp
...you can use fresh chiles as an alternative to chile powder.
Use this easy chile recipe to creat chile pulp from fresh chiles. This chile pulp can be used instead of chile powder in your chile sauce.
Ingredients
- 15 to 20 green chiles - the number of chiles depends on the variety and size - you'll need one cup pulp for the recipe below.
Instructions
Pick green chiles just before they turn red. Wash and dry them. Toast on the stove in a cast iron skillet until they start to turn brown and blistery. Sprinkle with water and cover with a dish towel to steam. The goal is to pull off the skins. After de-skinning the chiles, cut them open and remove the seeds. Then mash them into pulp.
Jalapeno chiles
...grow your own!
Chile Sauce Recipe
...using chile powder.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 clove chopped garlic
- 1 small chopped onion
- 4 to 6 tablespoons chile powder
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch oregano
- one to two cups water
Instructions
Saute the chopped onion and garlic clove in the oil until very lightly browned. Add salt and oregano while cooking, Mix the chile powder and flour together then sprinkle that on the onion and garlic. Add one to two cups water and boil for twenty minutes. If it gets too dry, add more water so you have the consistency of a gravy.
You can vary the amount of chile powder to suit your taste, and the amount of flour and water.
Treat yourself to more great Mexican food chile recipes
...chile sauce and more!
Chile Sauce Recipe
...using fresh chiles from your garden, or store-bought.
Ingredients
- 1 cup chile pulp
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 small chopped onion
- 1 garlic chopped clove
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch oregano
Instructions
Mix chile pulp with flour, set aside. Saute the onion and garlic in oil, adding salt and oregano. When golden brown, add the chile pulp and flour, plus two cups water. Boil 20 minutes adding more water if the mixture gets too thick.
Try it, you'll like it!
...any comments?
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bassetmonkey
Dec 3, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
- Love the lense and all the detail! Chili is one of my "need to master" recipes. Thanks for a recipe to add to mix.
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gottaloveit
Nov 30, 2011 @ 11:15 am | delete
- I love chile sauce and the hotter, the better. This looks like a great recipe.
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Chile sauce!
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Cast iron skillet
...where I make my chile sauce.
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Amazon Price: $20.95 (as of 05/30/2012)
Wire whisk
...for stirring your chile sauce as it boils.
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Dutch oven
...for families needing LOTS of chile sauce!
Lodge Logic L8DOL3 Pre-Seasoned 5-Quart Dutch Oven with Loop Handles
Amazon Price: $30.54 (as of 05/30/2012)
