Roasted Garlic and Chipotle Sauce
If you love Chipotles in Adobo Sauce then you're going to love this smoky, spicy chipotle sauce mixed with a potent amount of garlic. Make several batches of this and use on tacos, eggs, beans, chicken or beef. It will last about a week in the fridge, but you can also freeze it in 1/2-cup sizes so you've always got some in the wings.
Use this to spice up a hearty Chorizo and Black Bean Breakfast Burrito or drizzle some over some Jackfruit Tacos. The possibilities are endless with this sauce. You can even mix it with a little mayonnaise and make a spicy aioli to kick up your favorite sandwich.
This chipotle sauce recipe makes about 1 cup of sauce and a serving is 1 Tablespoon.
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cooking Time: 60 min.
Servings: 16
Cooking Method: Roasting
Category: Sauces
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients:
- 2 dried Chipotle Morita Chiles
- 2 large heads of garlic
- 3/4 cup canola oil, divided
- 1/4 cup Dried Cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Coriander
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
Instructions:
- In a small bowl, cover the Chipotle Morita Chiles completely with hot water. Let them sit for about 15 minutes until they soften.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Slice about 1/2 inch off the tops of the heads of garlic. Cut across the tops of the cloves, leaving them partially exposed.
- Put the garlic in foil. Drizzle each head of garlic with about 1 Tablespoon of the oil. Close the foil packets and put them in the hot oven. Let them roast until garlic is soft and slightly brown, 30-45 minutes.
- While the garlic cools, seed and chop the Chipotle Morita Chiles.
- Squeeze the garlic cloves out of the skin. Put garlic cloves in a food processor or blender along with any oil from the foil packets and the remaining oil. Pulse a few times to break up garlic.
- Add the chopped Chipotle Morita Chiles, Dried Cilantro, Sea Salt, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander and puree until smooth. Add fresh lime juice and pulse a few more times to combine.
- If the sauce is a little thick you can add a Tablespoon of oil or lime juice to give it a saucy consistency.
- Serve or store in the refrigerator for about 1 week - if it lasts that long.
