Homemade Enchilada Sauce

All the flavor of your favorite prepared enchilada sauce, without the gums and other preservatives. Quick! Easy! Cheap! You'll never go back to store-bought again.

Cooking Time:

00:20

Cooking Method:

Simmer

Cuisine:

Mexican

Main Ingredients:

chili powder · cumin · garlic granules · oil · onion granules · tomato paste

Recipe Category:

Sauce

Suitable for Diet:

Plant-Based · Vegan · Vegetarian
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Ingredients

2 tbsp vegan butter or oil

2 tbsp flour

1 tsp garlic granules

1 tbsp onion flakes (or 1.5 tsp onion granules)

1 tbsp chili powder

1.25 tsp cumin

0.5 tsp salt

a pinch of cayenne

1 c tomato paste

2.25 c water or stock

 

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, mix tomato paste with 0.5 c water/stock, stirring until clumps are gone.
  2. Make a roux in a small saucepan. Melt butter/oil over medium heat and add flour. Mix and allow to cook for 30 seconds. Slowly add 0.5 c stock, stirring continually. It should thicken almost immediately. Add another 0.5 c stock and stir again.
  3. Add tomato paste mixture, garlic granules, onion flakes/granules, chili powder, cumin, salt, and cayenne.
  4. Stir until it thickens.
  5. Slowly add remaining water/stock, stirring again. Cook down to desired consistency.