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best homemade red enchilada sauce

(1 rating)
liner1960 avatar
Recipe by
Donna Liner
@liner1960
Tumwater, WA

You'll never want to buy a can of enchilada sauce again ! I tried every brand I could find. All tasted like the can or too bitter. And made tons of tomato based recipes, but still not the same as in the restaurants. Until I found a recipe in a community cookbook about 20 years ago and adjusted it to what I think is one if not the best I have ever tasted. Now I compare theirs to mine.

(1 rating)
yield serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For best homemade red enchilada sauce

  • 4 Tbsp
    mild chili powder
  • 1 tsp
    garlic powder
  • 1 tsp
    onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    oregano, dried
  • 1 tsp
    ground cumin
  • 8 Tbsp
    flour
  • 4 Tbsp
    crisco or oil of your choice
  • 6 c
    chicken broth

How To Make best homemade red enchilada sauce

  • 1
    Melt oil in large sauce pan over med-low heat. Add all the spices,flour at once and whisk over medium heat for 1 - 2 minutes to cook the flour so it will not taste like paste.
  • 2
    Add the 6 cups hot chicken broth and stir to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
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