Salsa Guajillo

Name: Salsa Guajillo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 7 chiles guajillos (2.6 oz/76g), stemmed and seeded Guajillo; 3 dried chiles de arbol (0.1 oz/3g), stemmed Dried Chile; 4 medium Roma (15 oz/432g), cored but left whole Tomato; 1/4 medium white (3.7 oz/105g) Onion; 1 medium (2.2 oz/64g), husked and rinsed Tomatillo; 3 cloves, peeled and smashed Garlic; 3 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth (or water) (720 ml) Chicken Stock; 6 g Bouillon Pwdr; 1/2 tsp dried, preferably Mexican (2.5 ml) Oregano; 1/4 tsp seeds or ground (1.25 ml) Cumin; 2 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher (10g), plus more to taste Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · CHICKEN TINGA & ENCHILADAS & CHILAQUILES

A table salsa for chicken tinga & enchiladas & chilaquiles.

Martínez's salsa guajillo.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: stove
Yield: about 3¾ cups
Ingredients: 11

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Chicken Stock 720 mlOregano 3 mlCumin 1 ml

Ingredients

Guajillo7 chiles guajillos (2.6 oz/76g), stemmed and seeded
Dried Chile3 dried chiles de arbol (0.1 oz/3g), stemmed
Tomato4 medium Roma (15 oz/432g), cored but left whole
Onion1/4 medium white (3.7 oz/105g)
Tomatillo1 medium (2.2 oz/64g), husked and rinsed
Garlic3 cloves, peeled and smashed
Chicken Stock3 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth (or water) (720 ml)
Bouillon Pwdr6 g
Oregano1/2 tsp dried, preferably Mexican (2.5 ml)
Cumin1/4 tsp seeds or ground (1.25 ml)
Salt2 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher (10g), plus more to taste

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

Recipe developer and former Bon Appétit senior food editor based in Mazatlán; his cookbook Mi Cocina won a 2023 James Beard award.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Martínez in Salsa Daddy (Clarkson Potter 2025) via The Dinner Plan authorized reprint.

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 Salsa Daddy (Clarkson Potter 2025) via The Dinner Plan authorized reprint (published as “Salsa Guajillo”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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