| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Prep: | 45 min |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | Makes 1 quart |
Ingredients
- 3 guajillo chiles
- 3 mulato chiles
- 1/2 medium onion, cut into wedges
- 6 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 cup tomato puree
- 1 cup strong black coffee
- 1/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican
- Pinch ground cloves
- Pinch cumin
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
Instructions
- Split, stem, and seed the chiles. Toast the chiles in a dry skillet over medium-high heat, turning and flattening with a spatula, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Put the chiles in a heatproof bowl, cover with very hot water, and set aside until soft, about 30 minutes. Drain, reserve soaking liquid, chop chiles roughly, and set aside.
- While the chiles soak, char the onion and garlic in the same dry skillet over medium heat until the onion blackens slightly and garlic softens in the skin, about 8 minutes. Cool, squeeze the garlic out of the skin, and put in a blender with chiles and onion. Puree to a paste, adding soaking liquid as needed (about 3/4 cup) to help the mixture break down.
- Heat the oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chile mixture and cook, stirring, until thick and fragrant, about 4 minutes. Add the tomato puree, coffee, sugar, 1 tablespoon salt, oregano, cloves, and cumin. Adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in vinegar and season with salt to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 163 |
| Total Fat | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 24 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 18 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 119 mg |
Reviews
Great BBQ sauce idea.
However, it comes out a bit bitter for 2 reasons…
Not enough sweetness to counter the bitter strong coffee, or counter the bitterness of the chilies.
I added twice the amount of sugars (I used brown sugar.
If you are flame grilling the final product…..the chile will be even more bitter, so be careful there.
Also, the chilies need their skins strained from the final sauce, otherwise you end up with small bits of skins after every bite of the meat (that the sauce is applied to.
Here is my solution…..
In a food processor with a sharp blade, grind the soaked chilies, garlic, onion, and some chile soaking liquid for at least 7 minutes, before adding any other ingredients. Then strain that paste through a mesh strainer with a rubber spatula. Discard the skin paste. Them add twice the sweetener, along with more salt, and a small pinch of cinnamon……and follow the rest of the recipe…..heating until all the flavours become incorporated.
However, it comes out a bit bitter for 2 reasons…
Not enough sweetness to counter the bitter strong coffee, or counter the bitterness of the chilies.
I added twice the amount of sugars (I used brown sugar.
If you are flame grilling the final product…..the chile will be even more bitter, so be careful there.
Also, the chilies need their skins strained from the final sauce, otherwise you end up with small bits of skins after every bite of the meat (that the sauce is applied to.
Here is my solution…..
In a food processor with a sharp blade, grind the soaked chilies, garlic, onion, and some chile soaking liquid for at least 7 minutes, before adding any other ingredients. Then strain that paste through a mesh strainer with a rubber spatula. Discard the skin paste. Them add twice the sweetener, along with more salt, and a small pinch of cinnamon……and follow the rest of the recipe…..heating until all the flavours become incorporated.