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Red Chili Sauce Recipe

This is a traditional recipe for a New Mexican Red Chile Sauce – Chilli Sauce – that is preferred by northern New Mexicans and New Mexican old-timers, especially those with Hispanic roots.

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Red Chili Sauce Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 450g/1lb dried New Mexico red chile, remove stems (leave seeds and veins if you want it hot)
  • 2 heads garlic, peeled
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2tbsp dried Mexican oregano (European oregano will do)
  • 1tsp sea salt
  • Water as necessary

This is a traditional recipe for a New Mexican Red Chile Sauce – Chilli Sauce – that is preferred by northern New Mexicans and New Mexican old-timers, especially those with Hispanic roots. It’s for chile lovers only and has a coarse earthy flavour.

Method

01
Place the dried New mexican chilli pods on a baking tray and place in a preheated oven at180oC / 375oF for a few minutes until they become soft and leathery.
02
Working in small batches at a time, purée smooth in a food processor with all the spices, adding small amounts of water as needed to make a sauce that's got the consistency of double cream.
03
Place each batch of the puréed New Mexican chile in a large bowl until it has all been blended smooth, then stir it all up to get a consistent mix of the flavours.
04
You can then freeze these into batches and use over the next 6 - 12 months.