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Enchilada sauce

A cooked sauce of dried chillies, tomato, onion, garlic, and spices, blended smooth to cover enchiladas. The body comes from the softened chillies and tomato.

Origin

A Mexican sauce, also sold in cans.

Flavour

Chilli-fruity, savoury, and mildly hot.

How to use it

Warm it and ladle it over tortillas, or braise meat in it.

Storage

Refrigerate an opened can or a fresh batch, or freeze it.

Recipes using it

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