Adobo Sauce - Popular Mexican-Style Sauce

This homemade adobo is a versatile sauce for soups and stews popular in Mexican cuisine. With dried Mexican chili peppers and wonderful seasonings, this sauce is earthy and huge on flavor. So good for so many different recipes!

CHAPTERS:
0:00 What is Adobo Sauce
0:22 De-seed Peppers
1:18 Toast Peppers
2:27 Re-hydrate peppers
2:42 Cook Remaining Ingredients
4:52 Hydrated Peppers
5:25 Blend Sauce
7:29 Serve

THINGS YOU’LL NEED:
4 guajillo peppers
4 ancho peppers
3 cups hot water or enough to cover the dried peppers + ½ cup
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 small onion chopped
4 cloves garlic chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste optional for a milder flavor
½ teaspoon Mexican cinnamon or use cinnamon
½ teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon Mexican oregano or use oregano
½ teaspoon sugar optional, to taste – see my NOTES on Optional Spices
Salt to taste

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-Mike

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[mokomothman]

Can you believe there are people who don't know about this wonderful multi-tool that is Adobo sauce? I've told some Europeans about it, and showed them your video- So far, they're extremely impressed with what they can do with it, especially when its rendered down into a paste for soup bases.

[jasonhiggins]

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Too many recipes call for ketchup, which is absolute sacrilege to me. I doubled it and added my own smoked red jalapenos. Thanks, man.

[dizziechef]

I’m Mexican and I use part of the dark juice from the peppers with some chicken broth. I use the knorr bouillon if I’m out of my bone broth I make, the salt and broth mellows the bitterness. But I like to use that nice pepper broth. I also put a bit of honey in in case I feel I need to. But it’s the salt not the sugar that mellows it.

[puesbien]

Today is Christmas Eve and I’m making chicken tinga. Generally I buy a can of chipotles in adobo from the store, but I had some guajillo and ancho peppers lying around since I last made birria. Tremendous sauce sir. Really excited to share this version of braised chicken tinga with my family!

[marroquinfamily]

My Grandma won’t leak the secret on her adobo. So glad I found your video. Trying this tomorrow.. thank you for posting.

[artistevivien]

The first time I tried this sauce I was mind blown. The chiles are very rich in flavor. Gabriella Camara’s recipe adds 3g of achiote paste mixed into in 12g of orange juice. That was the first recipe I tried so I don’t know how much it changes the taste, but it came out awesome

[xaviermartinez]

Clear & concise. You present the recipe step by step by being descriptive with a nice mellow voice.
Great recipe, thank you!

[alexcanniccioni]

Since I've found your website, I've been cooking mexican three times a week! Found it looking up ancho peppers online after buying some without knowing what to do with them, made your ancho sauce to go with your pulled chicken in some enchiladas and was amazing! Got some barbacoa slow cooking now!

[hahata]

I'm Filipino and we also make adobo but I like the Mexican moreee it's so yummy🥰

[saminanazli]

OMG thank you much for the recipe it’s so expensive when you buy from the store I tried it and the sauce came out perfect 🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👌from 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[michaelludvik]

Just made this for the first time. It’s a total eye opener. Amazing . I want it on everything

[brwhyon]

Hands down the best looking Adobo sauce I have ever seen ! So stealing this recipe, THANKS !

[hiwarda]

This is what I’ve been looking for. Thank you for the recipe. Can’t wait to try it!

[joseduran]

Hi Mike,

former employee in the Chipotle Mexican Grill business. Your recipe is very close to the restaurant’s adobo recipe. Love it! Thank you for your video.

[ramonitavalentin]

Hi, this recipe was still stuck in my head. I did add all the spices that you recommended .
So I just finished making this recipe as a thick salsa over some chicken.
I add dried herbs to the salsa of: oregano, parsley, cilantro, thyme, basil, marjoram
and chicken flavoring, jalapenos as well. This came mind blowing greatness
Thank you super so much for sharing this recipe😻😻😋😋💕

[cldavis]

Mike - I've made so many times here from Texas, but really from a Mexican cookbook - the same way you made it in technique and in flavors. It's just insane flavor and goodness. Many applications with this sauce. But please let me tell you....if you take this Adobo just as you have made it here, and add it to ground pork (Pork Butt/Shoulder), you will have the BEST Mexican Chorizo sausage ever. Trust me on this one. Then freeze it 1 lb. per and let the family go crazy with Huevos con Chorizo on Sunday mornings! Warm tortillas to enjoy!

[MsCellobass]

Wow thats cool! Im colombian descent and ive been looking into mexican cuisine. That sure looks tasty!

[adamdizzy]

I worked at a burrito bar.had to make.learned.our family never made this.thank ful for this.only one kinda close.marinade.

[kristofer]

Thank You....I'll be preparing this Regularly.

[oliviaperez]

Hola cheef megustan mucho tus resetas sin miedo al exito gracias