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homemade red enchilada sauce

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 0.5 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 cup vegetable stock

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and stir together with oil for about one minute.
  2. Add spices to the saucepan then slowly add stock, whisking consistently to remove lumps.
  3. Reduce heat to low and simmer (lid off) about 20-25 minutes or until thick, stirring every couple minutes.
  4. Use immediately on baked lime chicken fajita burritos (above) or refrigerate in an airtight container up to two weeks.

Recipe Notes

[Enchilada Sauce Recipe slightly adapted from Gimme Some Oven]