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Homemade Enchilada Sauce

easy to make enchilada sauce recipe
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Sauces and Dips
Cuisine: Mexican, Tex-Mex
Keyword: Sauce
Servings: 6
Calories: 89kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • tbsp chili powder (more if you like spicy)
  • 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • cups water
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • ½ tsp garlic powder

Instructions

  • heat oil in pan
  • whisk in flour and chili powder
  • add tomato sauce and water
  • add cumin, salt, garlic powder
  • simmer to thicken sauce - around 10 minutes

Notes

Sauce will last 5 days in refrigerator or 2 months in freezer. Add more chili powder to increase spiciness of the sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Sodium: 376mg | Calcium: 20mg | Vitamin C: 5mg | Vitamin A: 320IU | Sugar: 3g | Fiber: 1g | Potassium: 252mg | Calories: 89kcal | Saturated Fat: 6g | Fat: 7g | Protein: 1g | Carbohydrates: 6g | Iron: 2mg