Red Chile Sauce Recipe
Red Chile Sauce
12 large red dried chile peppers
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil
1 1/2 quarts water
1 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic
1 pinch Mexican oregano
Remove seeds & white threads or veins from peppers & wash in cold water; cook in boiling water for about 10 mins, or until tender
Remove the peppers & keep the water in which they were boiled
Grind the peppers to a paste; adding a little of the water in which they were boiled to make this easier; add in all 1 quart of the water in which the peppers were boiled
Heat the fat or oil in a skillet
Fry the garlic in this
Remove & brown the flour in this fat; gradually add the chile mixture & salt, stirring well
Simmer 10 mins
This will keep in a cool place for a while
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