Homemade Enchilada Sauce

The sauce is naturally reasonably mild, although you are welcome to amp up the heat if you’d like. It has a gorgeous deep red color packed with many profound and complex Chile flavors. This sauce is very versatile and can be used in many Mexican dishes. Get Recipe

Once you taste this red enchilada sauce recipe, you won’t go back to the store-bought canned variety! This recipe can easily be scaled up if you make enchiladas for a crowd.

Vegetable enchilada

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Ingredients

Soak the chile

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Grind the soaked chile along with onion and garlic into a smooth paste.

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Fry he chile paste in oil. Add seasoning and let it cook for 10 minutes.

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Homemade Enchilada Sauce

Once you taste this red enchilada sauce recipe, you won’t go back to the store-bought canned variety! This recipe can easily be scaled up if you make enchiladas for a crowd.

Vegetable enchilada

Ingredients

- Chile - oil - Sugar - Salt - Garlic - Onion

Soak the chile

Remove the seeds from all the chile and soak in water for 30 minutes.

Grind the soaked chile along with onion and garlic into a smooth paste.

Grind the chile

Fry he chile paste in oil. Add seasoning and let it cook for 10 minutes.

Fry the chile

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