I love tortilla soup and enchiladas and just Mexican food in general. It’s my favorite. One day I finally found some MSG free enchilada sauce that didn’t taste gross (the MSG kind wasn’t that great to begin with anyway) and I concocted a whole mazing tortilla soup recipe using it as the base. Only problem was it gets expensive to buy. Plus, I like to make anything I can from scratch!
Since I’m cooking for a very large family I now make enchilada sauce in bulk. I researched a bunch of recipes online and tried my own. With tomato paste, salt, onion, garlic, cumin, chili powder, beef broth (you can use chicken broth I've heard, I boil beef soup bones and make my own broth) and water I had my own Mexican concoction bubbling on the stove in no time.
Some tips:
I feel water must be used to lighten the tomato paste flavor and to thin it.
I use both fresh and powdered onion and garlic.
I personally buy the huge cans of tomato paste from Sam's Club and make a giant pot of enchilada sauce at one time. I simmer it for a while on the stove and let it sit for the flavors to mesh. I have thought about cooking it a slow cooker but haven't yet. Then I can or freeze it. I found it takes quite a bit of chili powder to get the flavor right. The other spices are very important too.
Since I make such a big batch I just wing it and mix everything up to taste. I don’t have an exact recipe, but go ahead and try it! It's yummy! Or look online for similar recepies.
I know I used 2 quarts of beef broth, 6.5lbs of tomato paste, at least 3 cups of water maybe more, around 1/4 cup chili powder, 4-5 tbsp. cumin, then fresh and powdered onion and garlic.... I just add all spices then taste. Then add more... then taste LOL.
It’s really good! Really good! Tortilla soup recipe to follow soon.
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