Red Chile Sauce #2 (Ancho Chile Sauce)
This is a great mild chile sauce that has a wonderful smoky flavor that is great with everything, and not at all too hot! a great introductory red chile sauce that is sure to impress even your New Mexican friends.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup ancho chile powder
- 3 Cloves of garlic crushed and peeled
- 4 slices of bacon cooked until crispy, and broken into small pieces
- 1 small vidalia onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried cumin
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt to taste.
Directions:
- Boil 2 cups of water and cool for 3 minutes.
- Stir in chile powder with a fork and form a thin paste - let sit for 30 minutes.
- Combine chile paste, garlic, onion bacon bots and sugar and blend until smooth. Thin with more water if sauce is too thick.
- Pour sauce into large sauce pan heat over a medium flame and add cumin, and season with salt to taste.
- Warm for 10 minutes over low heat stirring frequently - do not boil
Serve hot
