Enchilada Sauce. My favorite recipe for homemade red enchilada sauce! It's surprisingly easy to make, and makes just about any enchiladas taste delish! Learn how to make enchilada sauce in this recipe video.

I love when it soaks into tortillas while baking and makes everything all tangy, spicy, and good. Mmmmm. 🤤 But when the selection of enchilada. Once you try this enchilada sauce recipe, you'll never buy canned again! You can cook Enchilada Sauce using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Enchilada Sauce

Prepare 4 of large dried California pepper pods.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.
It's 1 of large onion.
Prepare 28 ounces of tomatoes.
It's 1 teaspoon of whole leaf dried oregano.
It's 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
You need 1 teaspoon of extra dark cocoa powder.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground cumin.
It's 4 cups of water plus more for thinning if necessary.
It's As needed of brown sugar if the peppers scorched during toasting.

If you love enchiladas as much as I do, then making homemade enchilada sauce from scratch is a must! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce (which I am actually surprised I hadn't posted yet) is the base recipe I use in more than half of my recipes. You haven't seen a lot of Mexican recipes on the blog to this. This homemade red enchilada sauce is the best!

Enchilada Sauce step by step

Boil the water. Remove the skin from tomato. Dice the tomato and set aside..
Heat a skillet dry. Toast the peppers till just fragrant. Set aside add the onion, tomatoes, and garlic to the skillet to toast also..
Remove stems and seeds from the peppers. Add the peppers to the boiling water for 20-30 minutes covered. This will rehydrate and soften your peppers..
Add the peppers and liquids in the peppers, to a blender. Now add the oregano, onion, salt, cumin, garlic, and tomatoes, to a blender. Liquidfy the ingredients..
In a skillet heat the oil. Pour the ingredients from the blender into the hot skillet with the oil in it. Stir in the chocolate..
Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. It should be not thin, but just a bit thick, like a tomato ketchup..
It may not be super delicious on its own. If it's too bitter add a little brown sugar at a time till the bitterness is toned down. It should taste good allowing the sauce and food you put it on compliment each other..
Serve I hope you enjoy!!!.

It's a mix of dried chiles plus Mexican spices for an authentic taste that's quick and easy to make, and perfect enchilada sauce for enchiladas. Learn how to make enchilada sauce that's smoky and packed with flavor, with just enough heat. It tastes like it came from your favorite Mexican restaurant! This easy homemade enchilada sauce is packed with authentic Mexican flavors! Homemade enchilada sauce is a versatile condiment that can add a burst of authentic Mexican flavors to any dish.