Rich And Flavorful Enchilada Sauce

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules (*)
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon butter
• 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes or 1/4 cup finely minced fresh yellow onion
• 1 1/4 teaspoons garlic powder or 2 teaspoons minced roasted garlic
• 1 tablespoon dried ancho chile powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dry sherry
• tabasco sauce or your favorite hot sauce, to taste (i used somewhere between 1/4 to 1/2 tsp, cause i'm a whimp)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together the boiling water and bouillon granules until dissolved.
• 2 add remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 3 use in your favorite enchilada recipes!
• 4 *note:i prefer using 1 tsp of maggi chicken with chipotle bouillon cube and 1 tsp of chicken and tomato bouillon cube (in the international aisle, from nestle products) instead of 2 tsp beef bouillon; please note that most maggi bouillon cubes contain 2 tsps, so you'll be using half-cubes.
• 5 makes about 4 cups (2 cups is usually enough for one batch of enchilada casserole).