Red Chili Sauce
25 min
Servings
Ingredients
- 2 oz dried guajillo peppers
- 2 oz dried ancho peppers
- 2-6 pequin, chiltepin, or arbol chiles, depending on your spice tolerance (optional)
- 1/2 white onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp mexican oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
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Remove the stems from each pepper and shake or scrape the seeds out.
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Toast the deseeded peppers over medium-high heat for 60-90 seconds until fragrant
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Soak peppers in boiling water for 10-15 minutes (use a pot lid to hold the peppers down)
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Place softened peppers in a blender with onion, garlic, salt, oregano, and cumin
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Blend peppers 1 cup chile-infused water. Add more chili-infused water and continue to blend until thin gravy consistency is achieved
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Strain through a fine mesh seive