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HOMEMADE MEXICAN ENCHILADA SAUCE

This authentic Mexican enchilada sauce packs a powerful punch with lots of chili powder, cumin, and garlic. It's so quick and easy that it's ready in 20 minutes!

This enchilada sauce is really simple to make: it's basically just a few simple pantry ingredients: blending of oil, flour, a few spices, and chicken broth (or vegetable broth for a vegetarian version).  Easy peasy.

INGREDIENTS

Vegetable oil Flour Chili powder Tomato sauce Chicken broth Cumin Fresh garlic Onion powder Salt

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Reduce heat to medium and stir the flour and chili powder into the hot oil. 

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Cook until lightly browned, stirring constantly to prevent burning.

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Stir the chili powder into the flour and oil mixture.

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Simmer until lightly browned, stirring constantly to prevent burning.

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Pour in the tomato sauce and chicken broth (or water) and gradually whisk in the rest of the ingredients, continuing to stir to prevent the sauce from sticking and burning.

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Cook for approximately 10 minutes, stirring frequently, or until sauce begins to thicken.

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