Colorado Chile Salsa
Salsa de Chile Colorado
Recipe Yield
2 cups approximately
Cooking time
25 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 pound ripe tomatoes
- 2 colorado or guajillo chiles stemmed and seeded
- 2 garlic cloves peeled
- 1 1-inch thick slice of a large white onion about 2 ounces, peeled of outer skin
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
To Prepare
- Combine the tomatoes, chiles and garlic in a medium saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until tomatoes are completely cooked and mushy and the chiles are plumped and rehydrated.
- Transfer the tomatoes, chiles and garlic to a blender, add the onion, salt and pepper, and purée until completely smooth.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once hot, pour in the tomato sauce, cover partially and simmer for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the flavors and color have deepened and the sauce has thickened slightly. Serve hot, warm, room temperature or chilled. The salsa will keep for 5 days in the refrigerator.
Comments
25comments inColorado Chile Salsa
Richard kamud
Apr 08
Great
Pati Jinich
Apr 11
🙂
Liz pinto
Feb 05
Pati, I love your show and especially like it when you share food with your sons. I made your chili colorado sauce con puerco. I’m trying my high school spanish, but I haven’t seen used it in many years! I haven’t had chili colorado in many years. I fried about 2 pounds of cut-up floured pork with salt and pepper, boiled the meat, until almost done, added the chili colorado sauce and continued to cook for another half an hour or so until fork tender. Muy delicioso! Muy sabroso!
Pati Jinich
Feb 10
Que alegria Liz! So glad you liked this sauce, it is one of my favorites, so flavorful! Un abrazo 😉
Becky
Jan 11
Definitely recommend with hearty dishes, like previous posted stated. Super simple and very delicious.
Pati Jinich
Jan 17
So glad you liked it Becky, yay!
Paul
Nov 29
Oh my goodness this was soooo yummy.
Thank you Patti
Pati Jinich
Dec 02
LOVE that you loved it Paul 😉
Stewart L
Nov 14
I really enjoy making your salsa recipes. This one was great because the few ingredients highlight the New Mexico Chile, which I hadn’t cooked with before. It’s slightly warming, and a great condiment for rich beef dishes. Thanks, Pati.
Pati Jinich
Nov 22
Thanks to you Stewart, so glad you liked it!
suzanne krause
Oct 18
I didn’t see how much tomato sauce to use in this recipe. Can you post it? Love your show and food.
Pati Jinich
Oct 19
Thanks so much Suzanne, here is the full recipe for you. Enjoy 😉 https://patijinich.com/pati_2020/colorado-chile-salsa/
Virginia Medina
Oct 10
The chiles you use are New Mexico chiles?
Pati Jinich
Oct 22
You can go ahead and use New Mexico chiles Virginia, I used a combination with guajillos and it turned out delicious 😉
Monika Jones
Oct 09
Pati love your shows been wachen for a long time keep up the good shows
Pati Jinich
Oct 22
Thanks so much Monika, un abrazo!
Laurie Williams
Oct 08
Pati, growing up in El Paso, I learned to make this. It’s what I use to braise browned diced pork and diced potatoes in. Chile Colorado! I make it a couple of times a year.
Pati Jinich
Oct 22
Delicioso! Gracias Laurie 😉
Leticia Aldaco
Oct 08
Im from new mexico and i eas so excited to see you. Use a treasured ingredian. I would love to see a show where you go to new mexico.
Pati Jinich
Oct 22
Hopefully I will be able to visit soon Leticia, thank you!
Michelle Pellegrini
Oct 07
Hola Pati!
Is this salsa the same one used to make Chile Colorado?
I just love your show! Gracias!
Pati Jinich
Oct 08
Yes Michelle, and this Salsa is widely used in Sonoran Food 😉 Thanks for tuning in!
Michelle
Oct 08
Thank you Pati!
Artie Owens
Oct 01
What would you use this salsa for Patti?
Grasias! 🌹
Pati Jinich
Oct 04
Hey Artie, I used this salsa to top a chile relleno taco with chubby flour tortillas, here are the recipes, but you can use it with any tacos, tostadas, sopes or basically anything! Enjoy 😉 https://patijinich.com/pati_2020/picadillo-chile-relleno/