Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Easy Red Enchilada Sauce
Easy Red Enchilada Sauce brings together chili powder, tomato paste, and cumin. Keep the simmering stage in the sequence when planning the meal. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 10 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 9 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Dips & sauces
- Cuisine
- Mexican
- Preparation & total time
- Total: 30 minutes or less
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Give the simmer its place
Keep the simmering stage in the sequence when planning the meal. Follow the heat and texture checks in that step rather than rushing straight to the finish.
2. Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
Get to know the ingredients
Chili powder
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the cooking oil, flour, and chili powder to a sauce pot.
Tomato paste
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: After one minute, whisk in the water, tomato paste, cumin, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper until smooth.
Cumin
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: After one minute, whisk in the water, tomato paste, cumin, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper until smooth.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 3 steps completeMake room for Easy Red Enchilada Sauce
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: The sauce is now ready to use! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the pot. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Add the cooking oil, flour, and chili powder to a sauce pot.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Keep the simmering stage in the sequence when planning the meal. Follow the heat and texture checks in that step rather than rushing straight to the finish.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: The sauce is now ready to use!
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 4. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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