New Mexico Green Chili Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, saute the onion and garlic in the oil over medium-high heat, until tender (about 3 minutes).
• Stir in the flour, cumin, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the stock and simmer until thick and smooth.
• Stir in the chiles and oregano.
• At this point you may cool, and store in refrigerator, covered, for up to one day.
• To serve, heat thoroughly.

Steps:

• Roast and peel the chilies, reserving the peels, stems and seeds. I like to use a food mill for this. After pealing the chilies, chop them up and add to the food mill with a medium plate. Reserve the seeds.
• Add the reserved seeds, stems and peels to the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Simmer for ~ 20 minutes to infuse with the chili flavor and heat. Strain out the seeds and stems.
• Chop the onion and garlic and sweat (add 1 tsp salt here) over medium heat for ~10 minutes, until soft. Pulse the onions in a blender a couple of times (or use the food mill if you have it out already) until slightly smooth but still a little chunky.
• If you are doing the chopped tomatoes yourself, blanch the tomatoes for a couple of minutes in boiling water, transfer to ice water bath, peel and chop (or use the food mill again).
• In a saucepan, heat the oil, add the flour and stir for a minute or so to form a roux. The roux should get to a golden brown. Add the stock to the pan and whisk to prevent any clumps of flour. Add all remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, and simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the liquid has reduced by half, about 30 minutes or so. Taste halfway through and add salt to taste.
• It's ready to serve, but I like to let it cool and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. This allows the flavors to come together.

Steps:

• Set oven rack 6 inches from the heat source and preheat oven's broiler.
• Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place chile peppers cut-side down on baking sheet.
• Broil in the preheated oven until the skin is heavily blistered and turning black, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer chile peppers to a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Allow peppers to steam as they cool, about 15 minutes. Peel and chop the chile peppers.
• Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in flour until mixture thickens. Stir in chopped chile peppers, beef broth, and salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the poblanos, tomatillos, jalapeno, onion, garlic and canola oil on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Roast, turning once, until the vegetables are golden brown and soft, about 20 minutes.
• Let the vegetables cool slightly, then peel the garlic. Transfer the vegetables to a food processor, add the cilantro and process until smooth (add water to adjust the consistency, if necessary). Add the honey and more salt and pepper, if needed.

Steps:

• Put the New Mexico green chile in a large saucepan over medium heat. Do not let boil.
• Make a roux. Put the oil in a saucepan, over medium heat, heat up slightly, add the flour and stir constantly. The flour should get toasted and brown, but do not burn it, about 5 minutes.
• Drizzle the roux into the green chile and mix to combine. This will make it thicker and change the color slightly, but it should not get white in color. The chile and liquid should just look darker and less bright that the green chile without any roux. Add enough roux and water to get the chile to the right consistency, which should be like gravy. You may not use all the roux.
• Add the garlic and salt. Leave the chile in the pot to simmer for 20 minutes, stirring regularly. Do NOT bring it to a boil, as that may burn the flour in the roux. Add more salt and garlic if needed and serve.

Steps:

• Saute the onions, garlic and green chilies in butter until the onions are translucent.
• Add the soup, milk, salsa and spices.
• Simmer over very low heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• While the sauce is simmering, fry the tortillas in hot oil until soft.
• (If the oil is hot enough, the tortillas only take a few seconds to get soft enough).
• Place tortillas on paper towels to get rid of excess oil.
• You can also soften the tortillas in the microwave for a few seconds wrapped in a dishtowel.
• Add the sour cream to the enchilada sauce and stir well.
• These enchiladas are served flat, stacked like pancakes on individual plates.
• Place a tortilla on plate, cover with sauce and cheese. These are not rolled enchiladas but are flat like a stack of pancakes.
• Repeat layers with as many tortillas as each person wants.
• I like 3; my husband always has 5.
• Pop the plate in the oven just long enough to melt the cheese.
• You can also place cooked diced chicken in the layers.
• This can also be prepared casserole style in a 9X13 dish.