I never tried their green, as I always rope someone in NM to send me 100 lbs of frozen green every September/October. I'm also starting to realize that that is not nearly enough. I think 200 lbs would satisfy my soul.
Now that I'm up here in the Pacific Northwest, the ingrediants are harder to come by, but because of this, I've stumbled upon the best damn red chile sauce ever. But first you have to make a trip to Albuquerque. I'm sure it's possible to make this with low-grade red chile powder, but fuck, this sauce is so good, it's worth the gas money to drive there.
Go to the Fruit Basket on 3821 12th Street NW or on 6343 4th Stree NW and buy a 5 lb. bag of EXTRA HOT Red Chile Powder. Make sure it's extra hot. You'll thank me later.
Ok, here's the deal. Take 6 tablespoons of the Red Chile Powder, dump it in a bowl, add a generous amount of garlic powder, 1/2 a teaspoon of salt, a pinch of dried oregano, and 1 tablespoon of flour. Mix this up good.
Now, put two tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large sauce pan. Heat it hot, then dump the powdered mixture into the hot oil and stir it. Cook the powdered mixture in the oil for a bit until it turns a darker color and the oil is all soaked up. Now, slowly add about two cups of water while stirring constantly. Easy!
This sauce is so damn hot, I've never eaten a red chile sauce like it. Usually it's tough to find a red chile sauce that's unusually hot. It's great. If I lived in NM, I'd still make this sauce over buying a frozen container. Now, it's quite possible that if I were really into it, a better sauce might be made using red chile pods, but man oh man, this sauce is quite tasty...but remember that your choice of red chile powder is what makes the sauce so damn good.
Ok, I know what I'm going to go make now...I just ate some damn fine rellenos last night. Red chile enchiladas tonight! Woo!!
Oh and here's my favorite salsa. It's kind of expensive to ship it here, but I do it anyway because I don't have many other choices:
http://www.sadiessalsa.com/[ Parent ]
