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Taco Sauce

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dinner, Sauce, Side, Mexican

Tags: easy, home canning, main course, mexican, recipes using cayenne, recipes using chili powder, recipes using cornstarch, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, side dish, southwestern, tex-mex

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ATaco_Sauce)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ATaco%20Sauce&oldid=4499893

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1½ tbsp chili powder
  • 3 tbsp white vinegar (5% acidity)
  • 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
  • ½ tsp granulated garlic
  • 2¼ tsp cornstarch
  • 3 cups water, at room temperature

Directions

  1. Heat water until boiling, then add cornstarch, salt, vinegar, chili powder, garlic, and cayenne pepper.
  2. Stir until water boils again, then add rest of ingredients.
  3. Keep stirring until water boils again and the paste breaks up completely.
  4. Reduce heat and simmer for 20–30 minutes uncovered.
  5. For short-term storage, refrigerate for no more than 3 days. To store this for longer than 3 days or to store without a refrigerator, pour into 4-ounce mason jars leaving ¼ inch headspace and process for 20 minutes in a boiling water canner.