Quick and Easy Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce
Red sauce is one of the most multifunctional sauces used in Hispanic dishes.
Although everybody makes their red sauce just a tad bit different, the basic ingredients are the same.
This can be used for my
Delicious Beef Enchiladas,
and all sorts of other great Mexican food recipes.
This all-purpose sauce is basically a tomato base with tons of veggies like onions and peppers. What makes it spicy is a good dose of chili powder.
Some cooks like to also include cumin in their sauces.
It's much easier to make than you'd think and makes a great topper to make while you are focusing on creating an amazing meal.
Let's look at how to make this amazing dish for yourself!
Cook Time
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 (8oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 medium Anaheim pepper
- 1/2 medium yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
Instructions
- Start by adding 2 cups of water to a medium soup pot.
- Turn the temperature on your stove to medium.
- Next open your can of tomato sauce and add this to your pot.
- Stir both together to mix thoroughly.
- On a cutting board on the side, pull out an Anaheim pepper.
- Cut off the top of your pepper and cut into the side.
- In your sink or trash can, scrape out all of the seeds inside. Wash clean.
- Cut your pepper in half on your cutting board.
- With a large sharp knife, chop your pepper into tiny pieces.
- Add these to your soup pot of water and tomato sauce.
- Now pull out your yellow onion.
- Cut it in half and bag up one half of your onion to put it back in the refrigerator.
- Cut off the end of your onion and peel off the top layer of skin.
- Chop your onion into small pieces and add this to your soup pot.
- Finally, add your 1 tablespoon of chili powder to your pot.
- Stir everything together.
- Cover your pot and cook on medium low for about 15-20 minutes, while you are cooking the dish you are making it for.
- Top your meal with your delicious sauce and enjoy!!
Nutritional Information
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 1 tablespoon of sauce | |
| Calories | 76 |
| Calories from Fat | 54 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Fat 6 g | 9% |
| Carbohydrates 6 g | 2% |
| Fiber 1 g | 4% |
| Protein 1 g | 2% |
| Cholesterol 0 mg | |
| Sodium 174 mg | 7% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Personal Review
I just tried to pull together a simple recipe for a red sauce to cover my chile rellenos in, and ended up with a delicious sauce that tasted just like enchilada sauce.
I simply used what I had on hand to make it worked and it paid off!
It fact, it was so delicious, and we had enough left over, I made Easier Than You'd Think Delicious Beef Enchiladas the next night with my homemade red enchilada sauce.
That was the most amazing dish!
I will be using this red sauce again and again in our future Mexican dishes.
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© 2014 Victoria Van Ness
Comments
AUTHORI'm so glad! :)
I don't even know what to say, this made things so much eareis!
- AUTHOR
Oh, I use this red enchilada sauce with many of my Mexican food dishes. You have got to try my chili relleno recipe (the one in the picture)! Thanks for the comments!
I had to come here after seeing your beef enchilada recipe. This sounds delicious and healthy. Thank you!
- AUTHOR
Thank you all of you!! It really was delicious and so easy to use in a variety of Mexican themed dishes we made! :) I'm so happy you all enjoyed it! Thank you for your comments.
Great hub and recipe! I love enchiladas and red enchilada sauce. I love Mexican food and this sounds delicious. Can't wait to try your recipe.
Quick and Easy Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce looks so delicious and simple to make.
this looks easy and you made it easay to follow voted five stars and useful :)
voted up also shared it.
- AUTHOR
Thanks to the both of you! This recipe was surprisingly delicious. I really enjoyed all of the leftovers too, as I ended up using them to make beef enchiladas. :) Yum! I'll be publishing that one tomorrow.
I found this recipe VERY helpful. Thanks for sharing. I'm bookmarking it for future use. UP/A/U/I and sharing.
I will be trying this one day ext week looks good very good......yum
- AUTHOR
It really was! We get something called Bountiful Baskets (you should check it out online to see if they have one in your area), where we get tons of great fruits and veggies every two weeks for a super small "donation." Lol
We are always trying out new recipes trying to figure out how to use all of the interesting new ingredients we get in our baskets. :)
Thanks for the comments!
This sounds like a great sauce, Victoria. I like spicy foods. Thanks for teaching me something new, too. I've never heard of an Anaheim pepper before!
- AUTHOR
Great, thanks!! I figured that before I published the rest of the recipes using this sauce, I'd better give everyone access to the red sauce recipe. lol
Thank you for stopping by. I always love hearing your thoughts!
Great stuff, thank you.
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