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Mexican Sauces

A collection of Mexican sauce recipes.
Ranchero Sauce
A tomato and chile based traditional sauce.
Veracruz Sauce
A delicious and versatile tomato sauce that you can use for chicken or seafood.
Achiote Paste
A paste made from achiote seeds that is used to flavor many Mexican dishes.
Chiltomate
A great tasting sauce that goes great with Yucatan dishes. It is made using roasted ingredients rather than raw.
Basic Chile Sauce
A simple recipe for a traditional chile sauce. Use red or green chiles depending on the dish you will be using it in or on.
Adobo Sauce
A great sauce for simmering beef, chicken or pork. Also used to can chipotle chiles.
Molé
Mole is a traditional sauce made with many different ingredients including cocoa. It is usually used to simmer chicken in.

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