SaucesOctober 16, 2016

Hatch Chili Sauce

Name: Hatch Chili Sauce
Ingredients: 2 tbs butter; 2 tbs wondra flour; 2 cups chicken stock; kosher salt; 1 small onion, small dice; 8 cloves garlic, minced; 3 hatch chilies roasted, seeded, small dice; 2 tsp cumin, toasted and ground; 1 tsp mexican oregano

Hatch chilis come around once a year in the fall with great fanfare. They certainly are yummy and a good excuse to cook southwestern-esque stuff. A great first stop is making some sauce and topping your some grilled meat with it.

With this sauce, pork chops or chicken breasts are awesome.

Mise en Place

Staples

2 tbsbutter
2 tbswondra flour
2 cupschicken stock
kosher salt

Produce

1 smallonion, small dice
8 clovesgarlic, minced
3 hatch chiliesroasted, seeded, small dice

Spices

2 tspcumin, toasted and ground
1 tspmexican oregano

Equipment

1sauce pan, medium low

Directions

sweat onion till soft in butter with a pinch of salt
add garlic, cook one minutes
whisk in flour, cook for a couple minutes until slightly golden
slowly whisk in stock
add chiles and spices
reduce on low until desired consistency is reached