Adobo Sauce

Name: Adobo Sauce
Yield: 1 cup
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 sprigs marjoram; 3 sprigs fresh thyme; ½ stick canela (cinnamon), crushed; 3 whole cloves, crushed; 3 ancho chiles, seeds and membranes removed; 5 pasilla chiles, seeds and membranes removed; 3 black peppercorns, crushed; 3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed; 1 tablespoon white vinegar

Preparation info

1 cup

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Dos Caminos Mexican Street Food

By Ivy Stark

Published 2013

About

Ingredients

5 pasilla chiles, seeds and membranes removed
3 ancho chiles, seeds and membranes removed
3 cloves

Americas
Mexico
Sauce
Central America
Vegan
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

In a large bowl, soak the pasilla and ancho chiles in hot water to cover for 10 minutes; using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the jar of an electric blender, add ½ cup of the chile rehydrating water, and purée. Add the garlic, peppercorns, thyme, marjoram, cloves, canela, cumin, and vinegar and purée until smooth.