Chipotle Chile Sauce Recipe-September 2024-www.zdask.com

　　Editor's note: Serve this sauce with Lourdes Castro's Chicken Tamales

　　This is an incredibly versatile sauce that you will refer to as your "special sauce." It is creamy, smoky, and a bit spicy, and goes just as well with chicken and seafood as it does with meat and pork. But don't limit yourself to its conventional uses. Spread it on sandwiches or use it as a dip for vegetables.

Ingredients

Makes 1 cup

　　1/2 cup mayonnaise

　　1/2 cup or store-bought

　　2 canned chipotle chiles

Purée the Ingredients

Step 1

Place all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth.

Serve or Store

Step 2

Transfer to a serving bowl if using right away, or transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate if storing.

　　COOKING NOTES

　　TECHNIQUES

　　If you don't have a food processor or blender, you can still make the sauce by finely chopping the chipotle chiles and combining them with the mayonnaise and crema.

　　ADVANCE PREPARATION

　　This sauce can be made well in advance and kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

　　Reprinted with permission from Simply Mexican by Lourdes Castro, © April 2009 Ten Speed Press. Buy the full book at Amazon or Bookshop.