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Smoky Chipotle Taco Sauce

Here's how you make Smoky Chipotle Taco Sauce
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  • Servings: 32
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 35m
    • The following recipe serves 32 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 12 ounces tomatillos
  • 1 pound tomatoes (fresh ripe tomatoes)
  • 1 onion
  • 4 to 5 cloves garlic
  • 2 poblano peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 4 chipotle peppers (canned)
  • 1/4 cup adobo sauce (from chipotles)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Core tomatoes and blanch 1 minute, then plunge into ice water and slip off skins.

  • Step 2: Peel off tomatillo husks and rinse.

  • Step 3: Coarsely chop tomatoes, tomatillos and onion and add to a saucepan along with garlic, and seeded peppers. Stir in chipotles, adobo sauce, salt, cumin seed, vinegar and water.

  • Step 4: Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until onion is soft, about 20 minutes. Allow it to cool.

  • Step 5: Puree mixture in batches in a blender or food processor until smooth.

  • Step 6: Return sauce to pan and cook until mixture is as thick as you like, maybe another 15 minutes or so, keeping pan covered with a lid vent open or using a splatter screen.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Makes approximately 1 quart.

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