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What is Chipotle Sauce?
Chipotle sauce is a popular creamy sauce made with spicy, smoky chipotle peppers mixed with mayonnaise and sour cream or crema. You’ll find it served in numerous fast food restaurants, like Taco Bell or Subway. It’s a versatile sauce or condiment made with simple ingredients, the perfect way to add flavor and zing to sandwiches, French fries, grilled foods, and so much more. There are different ways to make it, but they are all quite similar. I’ve had other chipotle sauces and found many of them lacking. The recipes call for far too much cream or mayonnaise or other ingredients to achieve their desired flavor, but in the end, all you’re really left with is a mixture of mayo and sour cream or Greek yogurt that is colored with a dash of chipotle sauce or chipotle powder added in NAH! That’s just not enough chipotle sauce for me. We need creamy chipotle sauce with real flavor. With my chipotle sauce recipe, we’re focusing on the chipotle, and it’s super easy to make. You KNOW how much I love EASY. Let’s talk about how to make chipotle sauce, the right way. If you’d like a citrus pop, squeeze in a bit of fresh lime juice. Next, add it all to a food processor and puree until smooth. BOOM! Done! That’s it. Easy, right? I love the chipotle pepper flavor. So smooth and creamy, and delicious! PLUS! You’ll be using the WHOLE can of chipotles in adobo sauce for this. No need to dirty up tiny little storage containers in the refrigerator trying to save the rest. Use ALL of it. Much better. It’s also great served as a chipotle dip with chips. Just pour it into a small bowl. It’s one of the best dipping sauces ever. Or use it as you would any other condiment and drizzle it over sandwiches, wraps or salads. I love it on fish tacos or drizzled over a burrito bowl. Consider it for fajitas or fried fish. DELISH! Try it out with this Quick and Easy Chipotle Chicken Recipe, Grilled Chicken Wings or Grilled Shrimp. You pretty much have to make it homemade. I don’t often see chipotle sauce in grocery stores. I’d rather make it at home anyway. More chipotle flavor for me! Give it a go, my friends. Let me know how you like it, and how you best like to serve it. Curious to hear! Enjoy. – Mike H. NOTE: This recipe was updated on 3/24/23 to include new information, photos and video. It was originally published on 4/4/18.
