New Mexican Red Chile Sauce


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My rich and earthy New Mexican Red Chile Sauce is the perfect condiment for all your Mexican meals. Pour over burritos, tacos, …

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  1. Ms Mars
    Ms Mars says:

    Yummy! I'm a Mexican American transplant from the southwest to the great white north. My mom is Mexican, born in the U.S. and my dad is German/French born in the U.S. They met in the military. Dad had a bland palate, understandably. Mom grew up eating hot chiles. The only Mexican dish that my dad would eat were my mom's cheese and onion enchiladas in red chile sauce. Of course, "mild" red chiles were a must because of my dad's aversion to "heat" in his food. One of the things that my mom would do to mitigate the red chile heat and bitterness, was to add sugar to the red chile sauce. Worked like a charm and we all grew up with a little bit of sweetness to our sauce. Not a lot, but enough to give it a delicious, deeper red chile taste. So, my advice to youtubers who want to make red chile sauce is to try adding just a little bit of sugar, like maybe 2 tablespoons to the blender when the end yield is 4 cups of sauce. Play it by ear. Oh, and definitely, any self-respecting Mexican is going to strain the sauce after blended to get rid of the skin and seeds. One more piece of advice–make sure you check to see if your blender is rated for hot liquid before you blend the cooked chile pods. If it isn't, cool your cooked chile pods/water to room temp before they go into the blender!

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  2. Done OwN
    Done OwN says:

    Thanks for the video, Sir! One question, I purchased a chilli ristra- from a roadside stand , South of Taos, NM are those chilli pods OK to use for this recipe??
    Yours look a bit darker in color than these, & the gal there said of course you can use these for cooking,

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