Red Chile Sauce

Name: Red Chile Sauce
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 15 large dried New Mexico red chiles; Boiling water; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, butter, or meat fat such as lard or suet; 2 teaspoons masa harina, corn flour, or unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 to 2 teaspoons kosher salt

By Molly O'Neill

August 24, 2011

Editor's note: Use this recipe to make Norma Naranjo's Tamales .

Mrs. Naranjo says, "A lot of these traditional dishes are being modernized. You see chefs putting spices and things in their red chile. My grandmother only used salt. I only use salt. This sauce can also be used to make red meat chile or chile filling for tamales, or to give thickness and smoky fire to other soups and stews."

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