Garlic-Serrano Tomato Sauce

Name: Garlic-Serrano Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3 cups (720 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 28-oz can fire-roasted diced (794 g) Tomato; 1 1/2 Tbsp (22.5 ml) Vegetable Oil; 2 cloves finely chopped Garlic; about 3½ serranoes (20 g) Serrano; about 1 cup (240 ml) Chicken Stock; generous 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt

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

BRAISING SAUCE · ENCHILADAS & SIMMER SAUCES

In the published recipe, this is the braising sauce for enchiladas.

Bayless' roasted tomato-serrano sauce for enchiladas.

On the jar

ROASTED

Method: stove
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 23 mlChicken Stock 240 ml

Ingredients

Tomato28-oz can fire-roasted diced (794 g)
Vegetable Oil1 1/2 Tbsp (22.5 ml)
Garlic2 cloves finely chopped
Serranoabout 3½ serranoes (20 g)
Chicken Stockabout 1 cup (240 ml)
Saltgenerous 1/2 tsp (3 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Originally published as Roasted Tomato-Serrano Sauce.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless Season 6.

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 Rick Bayless Season 6 (published as “Roasted Tomato-Serrano Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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