Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Enchilada Sauce

Because my beautiful sister in-law requested the recipe! :)

Ingredients
  • 1 TBS vegetable oil
  • 1 c. diced onion
  • 3 TBS chopped garlic
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 TBS all-purpose flour
  • 5 TBS hot chili powder
  • 4 1/2 c. chicken broth
  • 1/2 (1 oz.) square semisweet chocolate

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high high heat. Saute onion until tender. Stir in garlic, oregano, cumin and cinnamon; saute for a few minutes.
  2. Stir in flour and chili powder, stirring until sauce thickens. Slowly whisk in chicken broth; reduce until sauce reaches desired consistency. Stir in chocolate until melted and well blended.