Mexican · Sauce / condiment
Dried Chile Paste
Whole dried chiles, fruity, earthy and hot, toasted, softened in stock and blended smooth. Frozen in cubes, it replaces chili powder in any chili or braise with far deeper flavour.

- YieldServes 8
- Hands-on25 min
- Total46 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 3ancho, pasilla or mulato chiles, stemmed, seeded and torn into 2.5 cm pieces
- 1½New Mexico red, California, costeño or choricero chiles, stemmed, seeded and torn into 2.5 cm pieces
- 1cascabel, árbol or pequín chiles, seeded and torn in half
- 240 mllow-sodium chicken stock
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