Name: Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 tbsp avocado oil; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; ¼ cup chili powder; ½ tsp powder; ½ tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp oregano; 2 cups chicken stock; fine sea salt

Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe

Chloe Thomas Modified: January 30, 2024

How To Make Red Enchilada Sauce

You’ll never have to put up with the store-bought stuff again when you have this enchilada sauce recipe. This easy-to-make sauce is full of various herbs.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tbspavocado oil,or olive oil
2tbspall-purpose flour
¼cupchili powder
½tsppowder
½tspground cumin
¼tsporegano,dried
2cupschicken stock,or vegetable stock
fine sea salt,to taste

Instructions

Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and cook for 1 minute, whisking constantly. Add in the chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and oregano and cook for 1 more minute, whisking constantly.
Gradually pour in the stock, whisking constantly to combine until no lumps remain. Continue cooking until the sauce reaches a simmer. Then reduce heat to medium-low to maintain the simmer (the sauce should continue lightly bubbling) for about 10-15 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce has slightly thickened.
Give the sauce a taste and season with salt, as needed.
Use immediately and enjoy!