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: 20m
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homemade enchilada sauce

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.
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