Guajillo Sauce

5 from 5 votes

The authentic recipe for Guajillo Sauce also known as chile colorado. This Mexican red chili recipe is use to enhance flavor and give color to recipes such as pozole, menudo chilaquiles, enchiladas and many more!

Prep Time20

Cook Time8

Servings: cups

Calories: 125kcal

Author: Laura Muller

Equipment

1 Blender
1 sieve
1 Pot
1 Griddle

Ingredients

1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
2 ½ cups water
4 oz guajillo chiles

Instructions

Start by cutting off the chile stems and if the seeds come out that is great, but do not worry we are going to pass it through a sieve at the end of the process to get rid of the seeds.
Warm up a griddle and then place the chilies on top. Press for a few seconds with the cooking shovel and flip them over and press for another couple of seconds. The chiles will start smelling. Be very careful not to burn them or they will bitter the sauce. If they burn is better to throw them away and use new ones.
Submerge the peppers in hot water. You do not need to cook them, all you need to do is to rehydrate them. The float so my secret is to place a bowl on top so I can keep the guajillo underwater. Let them stand in the water for 8 to 10 minutes
In the blender add 2 ½ cups of water, ½ teaspoon cummin, 2 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon oregano, and the guajillo.
Liquify.
Place a sieve on top of a pot and now pour the salsa and make sure the chile seed and skin stay in the sieve. Taste and add salt to taste and more cummin or oregano as you like it.
Now boil the sauce for 5 to 8 minutes stirring once in a while to make sure it does not stick in the bottom. You can add more water if you want to make it thinner.
Your Guajillo Sauce is ready to be used!

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Notes

Here are some recipes that use this sauce and I am sure you will love it!

Important Tip!

It depends on the family recipe of every home but I will definitely not miss the sieve step to get rid of the guajillo skin or seed or you can end up with a guajillo skin piece stuck on a tooth the same way cilantro does! Not exactly the sexiest smile...

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