Ancho Chile Salsa

Name: Ancho Chile Salsa
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 60 g Ancho Chile; about 2½ leaves (0.5 g) Bay Leaf; 1 tsp black pepper (5 ml) Pepper; 1 tsp cloves (5 ml) Clove; 1 tsp dried thyme (5 ml) Thyme; ¾ tsp (2 g) Cinnamon; ½ medium white onion, quartered Onion; 3 g Avocado Leaf; 2 tsp kosher salt (10 ml) Salt; 3 cups water (720 ml) Water; 1 cup oil (corn or olive oil) (240 ml) Vegetable Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hugo Ortega recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hugo Ortega.

TABLE SALSA · GRILLED CHICKEN & TACOS & ROASTED POTATOES

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for pollo asado.

The table salsa from Ortega's pollo asado.

On the jar

ANCHO

Method: blend
Yield: about 3¾ cups
Ingredients: 11

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Pepper 5 mlClove 5 mlThyme 5 mlSalt 10 mlWater 720 mlVegetable Oil 240 ml

Ingredients

Ancho Chile60 g
Bay Leafabout 2½ leaves (0.5 g)
Pepper1 tsp black pepper (5 ml)
Clove1 tsp cloves (5 ml)
Thyme1 tsp dried thyme (5 ml)
Cinnamon¾ tsp (2 g)
Onion½ medium white onion, quartered
Avocado Leaf3 g
Salt2 tsp kosher salt (10 ml)
Water3 cups water (720 ml)
Vegetable Oil1 cup oil (corn or olive oil) (240 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Hugo Ortega works in Regional Mexican / Oaxacan at Hugo's; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: Southwest 2017 (Hugo's).

Originally published as Salsa de Chile Ancho.

Adapted from a Hugo Ortega recipe (Hugo Ortega / Cowboys & Indians (Pollo Asado)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Hugo Ortega / Cowboys & Indians (Pollo Asado) (published as “Salsa de Chile Ancho”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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