Picante sauce is an amazing sauce used for dressing and topping snacks and appetizers. The sauce drizzled over your food makes it more attractive and also makes it spicy and delicious. A lot of mixed chili peppers and chipotle peppers makes it a spicy one.
Only sometimes this sauce can be used as a dip but mainly it is used for stuffing and spreading to make the food more luscious. The Picante Sauce recipe is a must-have in your recipe book.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 small-sized onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon grounded cinnamon
- 1/2 cup water
- 10 dried chipotle peppers
- 4-5 chopped garlic cloves
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups chopped mixed chili peppers
- 3 tablespoon cilantro
Method to make the Picante Recipe
- Bring a cooking pot and fill this pot with water. In the boiling water add your chipotle peppers and let sizzle for 20 minutes.
- Once cooked enough, you need a food processor to crush the cooked peppers
- Add these boiled peppers to the blender and crush them.
- Once chopped enough, you must add the chopped tomatoes into this processor.
- Bring the onion and garlic and add to the rest of the processed mixture.
- Bring the grounded cinnamon, and sprinkle the seasonings including the salt and pepper.
- Pour some apple cider vinegar and also make the addition of lime juice.
- Add the 2 cups of chili peppers to it. Make sure you have added all the ingredients and then give a final blend to get everything well merged.
- Then bring the same cooking pot and transfer the mixture to it. Boil and then simmer the whole mixture for 20 minutes at last.
- Your sauce will get ready and will slowly get thickened. Serve it with the crackers or store it for future use.
FAQs?
Where to use the Picante sauce?
This sauce is usually drizzled over your dishes like over the pasta and tacos. Picante sauce is a delicious sauce and can also be used as a spread for your bread and sandwiches.
Is it necessary to blend all the ingredients?
Yes, blending will make the sauce even and there will be no chunks left which are usually there if not blended. To get a chunk-free sauce, you must blend it.
Picante Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 small-sized onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon grounded cinnamon
- 1/2 cup water
- 10 dried chipotle peppers
- 4-5 chopped garlic cloves
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups chopped mixed chili peppers
- 3 tablespoon cilantro
Instructions
- Bring a cooking pot and fill this pot with water. In the boiling water add your chipotle peppers and let sizzle for 20 minutes.
- Once cooked enough, you need a food processor to crush the cooked peppers
- Add these boiled peppers to the blender and crush them.
- Once chopped enough, you must add the chopped tomatoes into this processor.
- Bring the onion and garlic and add to the rest of the processed mixture.
- Bring the grounded cinnamon, and sprinkle the seasonings including the salt and pepper.
- Pour some apple cider vinegar and also make the addition of lime juice.
- Add the 2 cups of chili peppers to it. Make sure you have added all the ingredients and then give a final blend to get everything well merged.
- Then bring the same cooking pot and transfer the mixture to it. Boil and then simmer the whole mixture for 20 minutes at last.
- Your sauce will get ready and will slowly get thickened. Serve it with the crackers or store it for future use.
