Red Chili Sauce

Red Chili Sauce

Vegetarian 🌿 Sharable Favourite ⭐

25 min

8 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

  1. Remove the stems from each pepper and shake or scrape the seeds out.

  2. Toast the deseeded peppers over medium-high heat for 60-90 seconds until fragrant

  3. Soak peppers in boiling water for 10-15 minutes (use a pot lid to hold the peppers down)

  4. Place softened peppers in a blender with onion, garlic, salt, oregano, and cumin

  5. Blend peppers 1 cup chile-infused water. Add more chili-infused water and continue to blend until thin gravy consistency is achieved

  6. Strain through a fine mesh seive