Homemade Red Chile Sauce
Use this red chile sauce on everything from tamales to enchiladas and more!
By: Kathy Cano Murillo from craftychica.com
Homemade Red Chile Sauce
If you're looking for a new sauce to try out, give this Homemade Red Chile Sauce a whirl. It's made with New Mexican red chiles, so it's a little spicy, but there are ways to make it more mild too. It brings great flavor to meats, rice and other dishes. Red sauces of all kinds are used in cooking and various cultural-specific recipes across the board, so depending on what kind of flavor you are trying to achieve, you may use a Mexican-style red sauce like this red chile recipe to enhance the overall taste of your dish. This sauce goes flawlessly in tamales, so try your hand at Papa's Old Mexican Tamale Recipe and enjoy all that great flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 packet New Mexico red chiles pods (dried; you can find this in the Mexican foods isle of your local grocer)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 3/4 beef/ pork broth (optional; could be water or the remaining boiled liquid from the pot if you want to keep it vegetarian).
- 1/8 cup flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoon oil