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Homemade Enchilada Sauce Recipe

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Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes much better than canned! It’s definitely worth a few extra minutes to make your own!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Homemade Enchilada Sauce

Over the next few weeks, you are going to see a lot of Mexican recipes show up on my blog.

A couple weeks back, I was wondering to myself why I don’t share more Mexican recipes, since I cook it at least once or twice a week. But then I realized that it’s because I’ve been making them so long that I don’t have to think about them. We all have those recipes…they’re our old standbys. We don’t measure…and they come out pretty much the same each time.

I decided to start documenting these recipes for you, so be on the lookout!

My Homemade Enchilada sauce recipe is not one of those recipes I’ve been making forever though.

Years ago I took a cooking class where I learned how to make enchilada sauce. But to be perfectly honest, until this past year or so, I’d only made it a handful of times.

I don’t have any good reason other than that I tend to make burritos more often than enchiladas. But…I like smothered burritos, and burritos smothered in enchilada sauce are quite good…another new discovery. 

But back to our enchilada sauce recipe. I’ve been playing around with it and adapting it to my familys’ tastes (meaning I add veggies), and this has become my basic enchilada sauce recipe! No more canned! 

I add carrots to this homemade enchilada sauce, but I also have a Butternut Squash Red Enchilada Sauce that is out of this world good!

Best of all, my Homemade Enchilada Sauce is really easy to make and freezes well if you want to make a double batch. Try it with my Sour Cream Red Enchiladas!

Sour Cream Red Enchiladas with homemade enchilada sauce

Just look at that thick rich sauce! It’s definitely worth a few extra minutes to make your own!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

 

 

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Homemade Enchilada Sauce Recipe

Yield: 3
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 24 minutes
Total Time: 29 minutes

Skip the canned sauce. Homemade enchilada sauce is easy to make and tastes better too!

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chili powder
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in small sauce pot.
  2. Add onion, carrot, and garlic, and saute until softened (about 3-4 minutes).
  3. Stir in flour and chili powder and then add water slowly, stirring while adding it.
  4. If there are any lumps in the chili powder, whisk to break them up.
  5. Add oregano and ground cumin and bring the mixture to a boil.
  6. Reduce heat; simmer for 20 minutes. The enchilada sauce mixture will thicken a little.
  7. Puree with hand blender to smooth out carrot and onions.
  8. Season to taste with salt.
  9. Use or freeze for later.

Other Mexican / Tex-Mex recipes you may enjoy:

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

Ditch the canned sauce! This Homemade Enchilada Sauce recipe is very easy to make and tastes a lot better than canned!

 

taranoland

Monday 1st of August 2016

Love making Mexican dishes so much!! This enchilada sauce looks amazing!!

dev

Monday 30th of May 2016

I am comparatively new to Mexican food and love it because of intense flavors. I usually make burritos and tacos at home, made enchilada only once. Can I replace all purpose flour with something else.

rustownmom

Friday 27th of May 2016

I made some simple cheese enchiladas with this sauce and they were out of this world wonderful!! Can't wait to try the butternut version (: Thanks for the great recipe!

Michelle Nahom

Friday 27th of May 2016

Thank you so much for stopping back by to let me know! You made my night! :)

FrugalHausfrau

Friday 6th of May 2016

I love your sneaky veggie add ins!! Sorry I didn't get a chance to comment right after you posted to Throwback Thursday last week!

Mollie

MomHomeGuide

Monday 2nd of May 2016

This sauce looks so good! Thanks for sharing it at Craft Frenzy Friday at Mom Home Guide!

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