If you like enchilada and it is best to make your own homemade enchilada sauce. Today, that sauce is available at store as canned product. You may choose any flavor, and preheat it before put on your enchilada directly. Of course, the taste is different from homemade cooking. In fact, the recipe is basic sauce that’s capable to expand with additional ingredients. As long as you understand how to cook it properly, the rest steps are just completely simple.
Homemade enchilada sauce is suitable for family dinner or special event at home. You may serve alongside enchilada or nacho. Both are the foods that will blend in perfect level with this recipe. Moreover, the sauce is also suitable for any foods, even for regular serving during lunch and dinner. You can make it anytime and keep in tight jar then put inside the fridge for the next meal. The igredients and cooking instructions are explained at the following sections.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil, olive or avocado oil
- 2 tbsps. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/3 cup chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 tsp. onion salt.
- Salt or pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
- Prepare skillet, and then heat oil in medium level. Put chili powder and flour then stir them. Keep heat at medium and stir constantly until it looks brown.
- Put cumin, tomato sauce, garlic powder, onion salt, and water into skillet. Keep stirring and cook for ten minutes. Make sure those ingredients are completely mixed.
- Add salt and simmer until the sauce is thickened.
This recipe uses vegetable oil, but you may try avocado or neutral oil. Both are reliable to cook flour and chili powder. The latter is the key why enchilada sauce will taste hot, not spicy. Pepper is also an option, but it is not common for this recipe unless you like to combine extra hot spicy stuff in single food. Some recipes don’t include tomato sauce, but that’s up to you. Having tomato will help to improve flavor and texture.
From cooking instructions, first step is the most important part. If you are beginner, it is better to know how to control heat while stirring oil with flour. Too much heat will burn out homemade enchilada sauce, and you need to pour more oil. You should stir slowly and constantly.
Second step is still in skillet where you put the rest of ingredients and simmer them. As similar to the first one, keep heat at medium and low level when simmering. It takes less than 10 minutes if you use skillet. As alternative, the slow cooker will help to control the sauce texture. Add more water to help blending all of them quickly. Other additional ingredients are shredded meat, fish, chicken, and vegetables. They will create distinct flavor that you will like.
Prep time is about five minutes even less, as long as ingredients are already in place. Cook time is between 10 and 15 minutes, which you will spend more for serving many people. Therefore, homemade enchilada sauce will be your secret recipe to surprise with delicious serving.