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Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce + Wolf Gourmet Blender Giveaway

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This Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce is my favorite! Forget that store bought stuff. It is simple to make and you control exactly what goes into it. You can have this delicious sauce ready for your enchiladas in under 5 minutes! 

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - perfect sauce

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce + Wolf Gourmet Blender Giveaway

I am excited about today’s post for so many reasons.

This Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce is hands down my favorite enchilada sauce that I have tried. And it is homemade. Forget that store bought stuff.

You control the ingredients, the spice and know exactly what is going into it. It is the recipe my sister has been using for years now to make her own Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce. Whenever she makes enchiladas for us I can’t stop talking about the enchilada sauce and how much I love it. You put all of the ingredients in a blender, push the button and watch that enchilada sauce come to life. It is ready in under 5 minutes!

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - easy!

If you want the flavors to develop a bit more you can simmer the sauce after you blend it for 15-20 minutes. The nice thing is this sauce tastes wonderful even if you don’t simmer it.

And best of all, today’s post is sponsored by the lovely people at Wolf Gourmet and we are giving one lucky reader a Wolf High Performance Blender that retails at $599 {head to the end of the post to enter}.

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - so easy

This enchilada sauce does have a tiny bit of kick to it. If that is not your thing I suggest leaving out the cayenne pepper. There are many variations of enchilada sauce out there using a variety of ingredients. I think why I like this recipe so much is the chili powder. It uses 1/4 of a cup of chili powder too which gives it a nice, rich flavor. I have tried a variety of chili powders and must admit that some are spicier than others. So the rule of thumb with this recipe is to make sure you know your chili powder. Maybe that means you have used it before and know it isn’t too spicy or you start with 2 Tablespoons of chili powder in this Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce Recipe and go from there.

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - yum

This recipe will give you enough enchilada sauce for a batch of enchiladas {8 to be exact}.  For example, you could use this Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce in these Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas and have some leftover. To make the enchilada making game even easier make a batch of this 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken and use that as the filling. It is so easy to throw that chicken in the slow cooker and then after making the enchiladas you will have extra chicken to use for other meals or to freeze.

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Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - yum

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce

  • Author: Julia // A Cedar Spoon
  • Prep Time: 2 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 7 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Sauce
  • Cuisine: Mexican
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This Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce is my favorite! Forget that store bought stuff. It is simple to make and you control exactly what goes into it. You can have this delicious sauce ready for your enchiladas in under 5 minutes!

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/4 cup chili powder {if you have spicy chili powder start with 2 Tablespoons and go from there, mine is pretty mild so a 1/4 cup isn’t too spicy}
  • 1- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne red pepper {optional for spice}
  • Salt and peper to taste

Instructions

  1. Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
  2. Pour into a mason jar with an airtight lid and refrigerate until ready to use. You can keep it in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze it in an airtight container.

Notes

If you want to develop the flavors a bit more I suggest you blend the sauce and then transfer it to a pot and simmer for 15-20 minutes. But I will say I use it out of the blender usually and love the flavor! [br]You can freeze leftover enchilada sauce in an airtight container.

Now to the giveaway for that Wolf Gourmet High Performance Blender!

You guys, this thing is a powerhouse of a blender.

We are talking about some serious speed from this blender when it is put to work! I received one a few months ago to try out and have been loving it ever since. This blender will grind up whole raw veggies like carrots {hello Carrot Coconut Smoothie}, nuts {think Almond Butter} and of course frozen fruits for all of those smoothies I love making.

If you are the type of person that wants the fewest kitchen helpers as possible, than this could be the blender for you. It can easily do the prep work that your food processor does to help with things like broths and soups {it would be great for this Moroccan Carrot Red Lentil Soup}. And it is stainless steel and so it looks pretty on the kitchen counter.wgbl100s

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Today’s post is sponsored by Wolf Gourmet. As always opinions are 100% my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that make A Cedar Spoon possible. 

 

Homemade Blender Enchilada Sauce - ready in 5 minutes

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Comments

  4. This sauce looks incredible, Julia! We seriously never have the sauce in the pantry when we need it. My favorite Mexican dish, though? Hmmm…I’d probably have to say fajitas, although it’s a close race with enchiladas. Thanks for sharing!
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  7. That’s really tough considering Mexican is hands down my favorite food, but if I had to pick it would be tacos. The possibilities are endless when making them!

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  10. I second the tacos comment. We make lengua tacos all the time (have to hide the preparations from the kids, though. The whole “ew, it’s a giant tongue” thing…)

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  16. Trusting in Julia’s’ recommendations and really needing a modern blender, I could easily make my Sour Cream chicken enchiladas or my Verde Enchiladas, That would a wonderful start to 2016!

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  18. This enchilada sauce looks delicious! We love Mexican in our family….hard not to when hubby is Mexican. I love Chili Rellenos as my favorite go to dish when we eat out.

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  29. Too hard to choose just one, but I do love a good cheese and onion enchilada (I’m going to try this sauce on Sunday). Another favorite is a good green chile corn tamale.

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  35. Mexican lasagna, hands down! Easy to put together with pantry staples. This blender enchilada sauce on hand would only make them tastier …. A must try!

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  50. Just found this blog and I think I am in love. I’m new to the world of blenders — wishing to starting a smoothie kick myself, but perhaps I will try the enchilada sauce first!

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    • I love doing smoothies and do them almost daily but yes you can also do so many other things with it! I love this enchilada sauce and it is so easy! I am glad you found my blog and I hope that you give it a try.

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  57. Carne Asada Torta or Pork Carnitas – if the restaurant I go to offers both, it takes me forever to decide.

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  64. I made this sauce to use it in pasta enchiladas . The best part of this recipe is it is low in sodium compared to the store bought enchilada sauce and it uses ingredients I keep on hand in my pantry .

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    • Thanks for letting me know that you liked it! And yes! So much less sodium which is great for those that need to watch the sodium in their diets!

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  65. Confiding in Julia’s’ proposals and truly requiring a cutting edge blender, I could without much of a stretch make my Sour Cream chicken enchiladas or my Verde Enchiladas, That would an awesome begin to 2016!

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