The Best Red Enchilada Sauce

Name: The Best Red Enchilada Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 6 dried ancho chiles; 710 milliliters beef broth; 59 milliliters corn oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 2 teaspoons salt; 170 grams tomato paste

The Best Red Enchilada Sauce might be just the sauce you are searching for. This recipe serves 3. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 460 calories, 13g of protein, and 24g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up tomato paste, ground cumin, corn oil, and a few other things to make it today. A couple people really liked this Mexican dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Arrange the ancho chiles on a baking sheet and toast in the preheated oven 3 to 4 minutes; remove the stems, pulp, and seeds from the toasted peppers.

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Ancho Chili Pepper

Peppers

Seeds

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Place peppers in a bowl and pour enough hot water into bowl to cover completely; allow to soak for 1 hour.

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Peppers

Water

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Bowl

Combine the ancho chiles, tomato paste, corn oil, garlic, salt, oregano, cumin, and about 1 cup of the beef broth in a blender; blend until smooth.

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Ancho Chili Pepper

Tomato Paste

Beef Broth

Corn Oil

Oregano

Garlic

Cumin

Salt

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Blender

Pour the mixture into a saucepan with the remaining beef broth and place over medium heat; simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.

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Beef Broth

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Sauce Pan

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Servings:

dried ancho chiles 710milliliters

beef broth 59milliliters

corn oil 2cloves

garlic, minced 0teaspoons

ground cumin 1teaspoon

dried oregano 2teaspoons

salt 170grams

tomato paste

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Mexican. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. One wine you could try is Francis Ford Coppolan Oregon Pinot Noir. It has 4.6 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 21 dollars.