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    Home » Cuisine » Mexican

    Chipotle Sauce

    Published: Sep 7, 2022 · Last Modified: Sep 7, 2022 by Kanan Patel / 18 Comments

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    The easiest and BEST spicy chipotle sauce - This is easy to make and easy to adapt and most importantly focuses more on chipotle flavor with a creamy texture. 

    We love to serve this with any type of tacos or as a dipping sauce for burritos, chips, fries, or drizzle over the nachos, salads.

    Taking a spoonful of chipotle sauce from a bowl with taco plate in the back.
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    • ❤️Why I Love This Recipe
    • 🧾Ingredient Notes
    • 🌶️ Spice Level Of This Chipotle Sauce:
    • 🎥Watch The Recipe Video
    • 👩‍🍳Step By Step Photo Instructions 
    • 💭Expert Tips:
    • 🍽 Serving Ideas
    • 📋 Recipe Card
    • ⭐ Reviews

    ❤️Why I Love This Recipe

    Taste & Texture: It is a little creamy and super spicy with smokey flavors (Yup! that’s my kind of sauce). 

    NOTE: Most chipotle sauce recipes you’ll find on the internet are heavier on creaminess and less spicy hence you see lighter color with just a tinge of chipotle peppers. I feel that’s lacking the real chipotle smokey flavor. Mine is focused on chipotle peppers, super smokey, super spicy with little creaminess.

    • Quick & Easy: You’ll need only 5 minutes and a blender. Just add the ingredients to the blender or food processor and blend until smooth, your chipotle sauce is ready.
    • Easy to customize: You can make it more creamy and less spicy by adjusting the number of chipotle peppers and the amount of mayo and sour cream.
    • A very versatile dipping or topping sauce. See the serving ideas below.
    • Because of its bold flavors, it can jazz up your boring meal into something delicious, and mouthwatering.

    🧾Ingredient Notes

    Here is the pic of the ingredients to make the easy homemade chipotle sauce recipe. Very few (8 ingredients) and the end result is superb.

    Chipotle sauce ingredients in bowls and spoons with labels.
    • Chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce: This is the main ingredient. All the smokiness and spicy taste come from this only. Very easily available in any American grocery store’s international or Latin aisle. If you have never tried it, you’re missing it!! 
    • Sour cream: If you have Mexican crema on hand then use that. I didn’t want to buy a jar of it just to use in this recipe. So I have used sour cream. Or you can use greek yogurt.
    • Mayonnaise: As being vegetarian (not eating eggs), I have used vegan mayo here. 
    • Chili powder: This is not the Indian red chili powder. It is the American chili powder which is a mixture of different chilies with a few other seasonings. 

    🌶️ Spice Level Of This Chipotle Sauce:

    By adjusting the number of chipotle peppers in the sauce, you can adjust the spice level here.

    • Extremely Spicy: Follow the recipe as mentioned below in the recipe card. It uses the whole can of chipotle peppers (around 6-8 peppers) in adobo sauce.
    • Spicy: Use 4-5 chipotle peppers.
    • Medium Spicy: Use 2-3 chipotle peppers.
    • Mild: Use just 1 chipotle pepper which gives a hint of spiciness and a hint of smokey flavor.

    As the spice level decreases the chipotle sauce gets lighter in color and its creaminess increases. 

    🎥Watch The Recipe Video

    👩‍🍳Step By Step Photo Instructions 

    Take everything in the blender jar or food processor and blend until smooth. Super easy, right?

    1. Sour cream, mayonnaise, chipotle peppers added. 
    2. Salt, spices (chili powder, cumin powder, garlic powder), and lime juice added. 
    3. Cilantro is added. 
    4. Everything is blended well and chipotle sauce is ready.
    Collage of 4 steps showing adding ingredients in the blender and ready sauce.

    💭Expert Tips:

    The consistency of this homemade sauce is super thick, If you want drizzle consistency (like dressing) for your salads or bowls, then add little water and adjust as per your liking. But make sure not to thin too much otherwise, it dilutes the flavors.

    Storage: 

    • Chipotle sauce stays good for up to 1 week in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
    • As you store, the sauce gets thick. So adjust the consistency by adding a tablespoon or more of water. 
    • You cannot freeze this sauce for later as it has mayo and sour cream in it. So the sauce will curdle once defrosted.

    🍽 Serving Ideas

    • Serve with any type of tacos (like potato tacos, paneer tacos), tostadas or quesadillas.
    • Use as a dipping sauce for burritos, air fryer sweet potato fries, air fryer zucchini chips, potato wedges, zucchini fries or simply dip your tortilla chips into it. 
    • Make a dressing consistency and drizzle over the nachos or burrito bowls or salads.
    • Keep the consistency thick and spread over the bread/bun for your burgers and sandwiches.
    Chipotle sauce in a bowl with a spoon in the bowl.

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    • Garlic Tahini sauce
    • Fry sauce

    PS Tried this chipotle sauce recipe? Please leave a star rating in the recipe card below and/or a review in the comment section. I always appreciate your feedback!

    📋 Recipe Card

    Step by Step Photos AboveWant to make it perfect first time? Don't forget to check out Step-by-Step photo instructions and helpful Tips & Tricks !!
    Taking a spoonful of chipotle sauce from a bowl with taco plate in the back.
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    Chipotle Sauce

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    The easiest and BEST spicy chipotle sauce - This is easy to make and easy to adapt and most importantly focuses more on chipotle flavor with a creamy texture. 
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Calories: 51kcal
    Servings 10
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Total Time 5 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • 1 (7oz) can Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
    • ½ cup Sour cream (Mexican crema or Greek yogurt works well too)
    • ¼ cup Mayonnaise
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 teaspoon Chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
    • 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
    • 1 teaspoon Lime juice
    • 8-10 sprigs Cilantro
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    Instructions 

    • Take everything in the blender or food processor jar.
    • Blend till everything is smooth.
    • Pour into a serving bowl.

    Notes

    The consistency of this homemade sauce is super thick, If you want drizzle consistency (like dressing) for your salads or bowls, then add little water and adjust as per your liking. But make sure not to thin too much otherwise, it dilutes the flavors.
    Spice Level Of This Chipotle Sauce:
    • Extremely Spicy: Follow the recipe as mentioned below in the recipe card. It uses the whole can of chipotle peppers (around 6-8 peppers) in adobo sauce.
    • Spicy: Use 4-5 chipotle peppers.
    • Medium Spicy: Use 2-3 chipotle peppers.
    • Mild: Use just 1 chipotle pepper which gives a hint of spiciness and a hint of smokey flavor.
     
     
     

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 51kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 423mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1243IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    1. Cindy

      August 06, 2022 at 11:00 am

      Could you use this as a marinade and sauce for chicken wings?

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      • Kanan Patel

        August 08, 2022 at 8:56 am

        Not sure. I am vegetarian since birth so I have no knowledge of cooking chicken.

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    2. Kevin

      June 06, 2022 at 4:46 pm

      Just made this and it’s absolutely fantastic. It’s now my go to dip.

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      • Kanan Patel

        June 07, 2022 at 8:40 am

        Very glad to hear it

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