Enchilada Sauce “Salsa Negra”

Description

Authentic, mild, homemade enchilada sauce to be used with your favorite filling (cheese, beef, chicken, etc…). Also good with tortilla chips!

Ingredients

  • 3 dried negro (pasilla) chile peppers, stemmed and seeded
  • ¾ pound fresh tomatillos, husks removed
  • ¼ white onion
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled
  • water to cover
  • ¾ pound Roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise
  • ½ teaspoon chicken bouillon granules, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Place chile peppers in the bottom of a small saucepan. Add tomatillos
  2. onion
  3. and garlic. Pour in enough water to almost cover tomatillos. Arrange tomatoes over tomatillos.
  4. Cover saucepan and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tomatoes soften
  5. about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and let cool
  6. about 10 minutes.
  7. Pour off most of the water and transfer mixture to a blender; puree until smooth. Season with chicken bouillon to taste.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 16

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