Red Enchilada Sauce

Name: Red Enchilada Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3 cups (700 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 4 oz dried (~8–10) (113 g) Ancho Chile; 4 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Mexican (1 g) Oregano; 1/2 tsp black (1 g) Pepper; 1/4 tsp (0.5 g) Cumin; 3 cups (720 ml) Chicken Stock; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp (4 g) Sugar; to taste ~1 1/2 teaspoons Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · ENCHILADAS & CHILAQUILES

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for enchiladas.

Rick Bayless's classic red enchilada sauce.

On the jar

RED ENCHILAD

Method: stove
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 9

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Chicken Stock 720 mlVegetable Oil 30 ml

Ingredients

Ancho Chile4 oz dried (~8–10) (113 g)
Garlic4 cloves
Oregano1 tsp Mexican (1 g)
Pepper1/2 tsp black (1 g)
Cumin1/4 tsp (0.5 g)
Chicken Stock3 cups (720 ml)
Vegetable Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Sugar1 tsp (4 g)
Saltto taste ~1 1/2 teaspoons

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.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in rickbayless.com classic.

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 rickbayless.com classic (published as “Red Enchilada Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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