Best Mexican Red Sauce Recipes

MEXICAN RED CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place chiles on a baking sheet. Toast lightly in oven, 3 or 4 minutes, until they give off a mild aroma. Do not burn, otherwise, chiles will be very bitter.
• Remove chiles from oven and set aside until cool enough to handle.
• Remove and discard stems, seeds, and any pink pithy materials.
• Rinse chiles in cool water, drain briefly, then cover with hot water and soak for an hour.
• Process chiles in blender with enough of the soaking water to obtain a nice, blended consistency.
• Add remaining water, tomato sauce, garlic, oil, salt, oregano, and cumin. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Sauce can be refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen for later use.

MEXICAN MEATBALLS WITH RED CHILE TOMATO SAUCE AND QUESO FRESCO

Steps:

• For the red chile tomato sauce: Heat the oil in a 12-inch high-sided saute pan over high heat. Cook the onions and jalapenos until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds, and then stir in the chili powder and coriander and cook 1 minute. Pour in 1 cup water and cook until reduced. Mix in the chipotles and tomatoes and bring a boil, and then reduce to a simmer and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. Season with salt, black pepper and honey, if using. Whisk in the crema, followed by the cilantro, and adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• For the mexican meatballs: Grind the cubed meats using a hand-operated meat grinder fit with a medium dye. Combine the ground meats with the garlic and egg in a large bowl, and then add in 1/4 cup of the cilantro, the cheese, New Mexico chili powder, Mexican oregano, cumin and cayenne pepper. Gently mix together until combined. Begin mixing in the breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture holds together. Mix in some salt and black pepper, and form the meat into 2-inch balls. Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Cook the meatballs, turning occasionally, until brown all over, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the chicken stock and cook until the liquid is mostly reduced and the meatballs are just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes longer. Transfer to a serving platter and top with the Red Chile Tomato Sauce, queso fresco and additional cilantro leaves.

MEXICAN RED SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except for the 1/2 cup of water in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
• Pour sauce into a medium sauce pan and add remaining 1/2 cup of water.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer and allow to cook through for about 20 minutes.
• Note: Makes Aprox 2 quarts.

AMAZING MEXICAN ENCHILADA RED SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather and prep all your ingredients.
• 3. Add the olive oil to a saucepan over medium heat.
• 4. Add the diced onions and red bell pepper.
• 5. Sauté, until softened... but not browned, about 5 - 6 minutes.
• 6. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• 7. Add the tomato paste, and stir for about 2 minutes.
• 8. Add the chili powder, cumin, and paprika, and then stir to combine, about 1 minute.
• 9. Chef's Note: I tried this recipe with over a dozen different chili powders, and the one that I think takes it WAY over the top is: New Mexico Red Chile (http://www.loschileros.com). I get it shipped in, and it is totally worth it. It comes in heat levels from 1 to 5, and in this recipe I'm using heat level 3.
• 10. Whisk the flour into the stock, or water.
• 11. Add the stock or water, and the tomato puree, and stir until fully incorporated.
• 12. Take the mixture to a light simmer, and cook for 15 minutes, it should be slightly thickened
• 13. Chef's Note: At this time add the cayenne pepper, to taste.
• 14. Chef's Note: Remember good chefs cook and taste, cook and taste. If you're using a hotter brand of chili powder, you might not need so much cayenne pepper.
• 15. Remove from heat, and place into a blender fitted with an S-Blade.
• 16. Blend until pureed, and then reserve.
• 17. Chef's Note: This sauce goes great, as is, for pork, chicken, or beef enchiladas... it also works in Mexican casseroles, but you might need to thin it a bit with more stock.
• 18. This is one AMAZING sauce. Enjoy.
• 19. Keep the Faith, and keep cooking.

MEXICAN RED SAUCE

Steps:

• Working on one chile at a time, use a kitchen shears to cut a slit all the way down one side of a chile. Open up the chile and remove the stem and seeds. Remove as much of the veins as you can. Reserve a few of the seeds or veins for adding later if you want added heat.
• Heat a large skillet on medium heat. Flatten out the dried chilies as well as you can and place on the skillet to heat. Press down on the opened chilies with a metal spatula for a few seconds. You may hear some sizzle or popping. You do not want to toast or burn the chilies, just heat them enough to draw out more of the flavor.
• Add the chilies to a small saucepan and add enough water so that they are just covered. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes, until the chilies have softened and plumped up. (OR pour place the chilies in a small saucepan and pour boiling water over them to cover. Let sit for 15 minutes, until softened.).
• Reserving the soaking water, remove the chilies from the pan and place in a blender. Add the garlic, salt, ground pepper, ground cloves, and 1 1/2 cups of the soaking liquid (taste the soaking water first, if it seems bitter, use water or even broth instead). Purée for 2 minutes, until the sauce is completely smooth. Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning. If you want more heat, add in a few of the seeds or veins and purée some more. Add more salt if needed.
• Pour the sauce through a sieve into a skillet. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to the sauce. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to maintain the simmer, cook for 10 minutes. Skim off the foam. Remove from heat. Use immediately or pour into a glass jar (plastic will get stained) and refrigerate.

MEXICAN RED CHILE SAUCE, CHILE COLORADO MEXICANO

Steps:

• 1. Clean the dried peppers by removing the stems and opening them up and removing the seeds. Please be sure to remove all the seeds. After cleaning all of the dried chile peppers put into a large pot with the quarted onions and cover with cold water bring to a steady boil over high heat. Let boil fast for 3 minutes, then reduce the flame to medium low and let simmer for 12 minutes. Remove from the flame and let cool on a back burner for an hour or so.
• 2. Next working in batches remove with a large slotted spoon; to a blender add a clove of garlic, break a piece of chocolate of of the tablet, (I place the tablets in a plastic freezer bag and hit the tablets with a wooden meat mallet to break in small pieces) do not break up to small. Add a tsp of peanut butter, a piece of the boiled onion and just about a 1/4 cup of the chile water where you boiled the chiles in. Process in the blender on high until you have a smooth paste. With a rubber spatula scrape out all of the chile paste into a deep bowl. Continue this step again until you have processed all of the chiles with the garlic, onion,peanut butter, chocolate and chile water. After all is ground into a chile sauce add the dry seasonings ground cumin, oregano salt and garlic powder.
• 3. Stir the chile sauce until all of the seasonings are well incorporated. With a measuring cup measure out 8 ounces into each small freezer bag until you have used all of the chile sauce. Seal each bag and freeze. If you wont be using this much sauce you can cut down your chiles to about one pound of each type of dried chiles mentioned above; and reduce your seasonings and garlic cloves and chocolate. Figure one medium onion, 2 cloves of garlic per pound of chiles, Half tablet of chocolate per pound, reduce seasonins to 3 tsps of cumin, half teaspoon of oregano, 3 tsps salt 1/2 tsp garlic powder.
• 4. Freeze bags and enjoy the real authentic Mexican flavor for your Mexican dishes. This chile freezes well and can be kept frozen for up to a year. Enjoy
• 5. This chile sauce cannot be eaten like this. This is the base beginning to many truly authentic Mexican dishes.

TRADITIONAL NEW MEXICAN RED CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the chile pods on a foil lined cookie sheet and warm in a 375º F.
• oven for just a few minutes until they become soft and leathery.
• Working in small batches at a time, fit pods into a blender or food processor.
• Purée with the onion, garlic, oregano and salt until smooth, adding small amounts of water as needed to make a sauce the consistency of thick cream.
• Place each batch of puréed mixture in a large bowl until all have been blended.
• Stir the batches together.
• Store in refrigerator.

PORK AND ANCHO CHILE TAMALES WITH MEXICAN RED SAUCE

Steps:

• Place corn husks in a large bowl; cover with water. Weight husks down with a can; soak 30 minutes. Drain husks.2. Combine broth, cherries, and ancho chile in a microwave-safe dish. Microwave at HIGH for 2 minutes or until cherries and ancho are tender. Combine broth mixture, onion, and next 5 ingredients (through garlic) in a blender; process until mixture is smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup broth mixture; cover and chill. Place remaining broth mixture in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add pork; seal and marinate in refrigerator 1 hour, turning bag occasionally.3. Preheat oven to 450°.4. Remove pork from bag, and discard marinade. Place pork on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 30 minutes or until a thermometer registers 155° (slightly pink). Let pork stand 20 minutes; shred pork with 2 forks. Toss shredded pork with reserved 1/2 cup broth mixture.5. Working with one husk at a time, place about 3 tablespoons Basic Masa Dough in the center of husk, about 1/2 inch from top of husk; press dough into a 4-inch-long by 3-inch-wide rectangle. Spoon about 1 heaping tablespoon pork mixture down one side of dough. Using the corn husk as your guide, fold husk over tamale, being sure to cover filling with dough; fold over 1 more time. Fold bottom end of husk under. Place tamale, seam side down, on the rack of a broiler pan lined with a damp towel. Repeat procedure with remaining husks, Basic Masa Dough, and filling. Cover filled tamales with another damp towel. Pour 2 cups hot water in the bottom of a broiler pan; top with prepared rack.6. Steam tamales at 450° for 55 minutes, adding water as necessary to maintain a depth of about 1/2 inch. Let tamales stand 10 minutes. Serve with sauce and lime wedges, if desired.

BRAISED MEXICAN STYLE PORK IN RED CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• toss pork with salt and refrigerate one hour
• place chilies in bowl pour boiling water over and submerge completely. let stand until soft about 30 minutes. pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
• drain chilies, reserving 2 cups soaking liquid. Process chilies, honey, vinegar, garlic, oregano, cumin, cayenne, cloves and teaspoon salt in a blender until chilies are finely ground and a thick paste forms. With blender running add 1 cup reserve liquid and process until smooth 2 minutes, add another 1/4 cup liquid, then add remaining liquid and blend completely.
• combine pork and sauce in dutch oven, stir to evenly coat. Bring to boil over high heat. Cover pot and transfer to oven and cook until pork is tender about 2-2.5 hours.
• Use wooden spoon to stir up, loosen browned bits, and blend thoroughly. Let stand about 15 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with lime wedges and corn tortillas.

MEXICAN ESSENTIALS: MILD TOPPING RED SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. You will need a saucepan, and a non-reactive jar to store the sauce in.
• 3. Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• 4. Add the tomato sauce, water, and vinegar to a small saucepan over medium heat, and bring up to a simmer.
• 5. Place the dry ingredients into a spice blender, and blend until finely ground.
• 6. Add to the simmering sauce.
• 7. Continue to simmer for 5 - 7 minutes.
• 8. Remove from the heat, allow to cool.
• 9. Store in a non-reactive container in the fridge, until ready to use.
• 10. PLATE/PRESENT
• 11. Use anywhere you want a piquant sauce for your Mexican recipes. Enjoy.
• 12. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

MEXICAN RED ALMOND DIPPING SAUCE (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Put the almonds in a food processor and pulverize until finely ground.
• Cook onion and garlic in oil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until onion is tender (about 10-15 minutes).
• Stir in all the other ingredients except the ground almonds. (I found it easier to turn the heat off first, then add the tomato sauce followed by everything else, then put the heat back on.).
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 1 minute stirring constantly;.
• stir in almonds.
• Serve hot with some corn chips and/or arepas, and enjoy!. Makes about 1 3/4 cups of sauce.

NEW MEXICAN RED CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion; saute 4 minutes. Add chile powder and garlic; saute 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.

MEXICAN MEATBALLS WITH RED CHILE TOMATO SAUCE AND QUESO FRESCO

Steps:

• For the red chile tomato sauce: Heat the oil in a 12-inch high-sided saute pan over high heat. Cook the onions and jalapenos until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds, and then stir in the chili powder and coriander and cook 1 minute. Pour in 1 cup water and cook until reduced. Mix in the chipotles and tomatoes and bring a boil, and then reduce to a simmer and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. Season with salt, black pepper and honey, if using. Whisk in the crema, followed by the cilantro, and adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• For the mexican meatballs: Grind the cubed meats using a hand-operated meat grinder fit with a medium dye. Combine the ground meats with the garlic and egg in a large bowl, and then add in 1/4 cup of the cilantro, the cheese, New Mexico chili powder, Mexican oregano, cumin and cayenne pepper. Gently mix together until combined. Begin mixing in the breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture holds together. Mix in some salt and black pepper, and form the meat into 2-inch balls. Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Cook the meatballs, turning occasionally, until brown all over, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the chicken stock and cook until the liquid is mostly reduced and the meatballs are just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes longer. Transfer to a serving platter and top with the Red Chile Tomato Sauce, queso fresco and additional cilantro leaves.

MEXICAN RED SAUCE

Steps:

• toast red peppers, deseed as much as possible, add water and let soak puree with water, strain using food mill roast onions peppers garlic in pan boil all, add cuminm chipotle peppers stick blender