How to make Homemade Enchilada Sauce

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How to make Homemade Enchilada Sauce

Learn How to make Homemade Enchilada Sauce - A Tex-Mex lover's dream come true. Homemade sauce is basically just a spiced up roux - thickened with flour, and full of Mexican flavors! Use it in enchiladas and burritos, in soups, stuffed peppers, or Tex-Mex casseroles.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword enchilada sauce, homemade enchilada sauce, tex-mex

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings cups

Calories 119kcal

Author Sue Ringsdorf

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons olive oil
1 large yellow onion - diced
1 large jalapeno - seeds removed and diced
1 clove garlic - diced
1 Tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper - to taste
2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons tomato paste
3 cups chicken broth
1 15 oz. can tomato sauce

Instructions

Cook the veggies. To a medium sauce pan, cook the onion and jalapeño in olive oil until soft. Add garlic and stir for 30 seconds.
3 Tablespoons olive oil, 1 large yellow onion, 1 large jalapeno, 1 clove garlic
Add spices. Add chili powder, cumin, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper, and stir well.
1 Tablespoon chili powder, 2 teaspoons ground cumin, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Thicken with flour. Add flour, and stir for a minute or two until fully absorbed.
2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
Add liquids. Pour in chicken broth, tomato paste, and tomato sauce, and turn up heat. Cook until it becomes sauce-y.
3 cups chicken broth, 2 Tablespoons tomato paste, 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
Puree. Use an immersion blender (or a regular blender) to puree the sauce until smooth
Store. Store this delicious sauce in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it in a variety of dishes. You can freeze the sauce as well.

Notes

Recipes to use this Enchilada Sauce:

Chicken Tortilla Soup - My favorite soup EVER.

Enchilada Beef Chipotle Enchiladas - Use your instant pot to make this beef for a quicker option.

Mexican Beef Stuffed Peppers - A lower-carb Tex-Mex option.

Use it in my Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas. Instead of using salsa verde, use this homemade enchilada sauce.

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