Chili Base

• 8 ounces (225 g) dried guajillo and/or New Mexico chiles (about 32 ), stemmed and snipped into pieces with scissors

Shake out as many of the guajillo seeds as possible (but don’t lose your mind over it). Put the guajillo and árbol chiles and sun-dried tomatoes in the slow cooker and add 8 cups (2 L) water. Cover and coo