Make Your Own Orange Sauce from Scratch

🥘 Ingredients

• chilies (dried arbol, packed, stemmed)
  1/2 cup
• garlic (cloves, large, peeled)
  3
• onions (yellow, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rounds)
  1/2
• salt (kosher, we forgot to add the salt to the first batch, not cool, don’t skip this step)
  1 tbsp
• tomatoes (roma, halved lengthwise)
  2
• vegetable oil
  1 cup
• vinegar (cider)
  1/3 cup
• water
  1/2 cup

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• pan
• blender

1. 1

   Place a rack about 4” from the top in your oven and turn on the broiler.
2. 2

   Line a baking sheet with foil and place the tomatoes , cut side down and the onion slices onto the sheet.

   tomatoes: 2 (roma, halved lengthwise)
3. 3

   Broil for ⏱️ 10-12 minutes , until soft and charred in spots.
4. 4

   While the onions and tomatoes cool, place a pan over medium heat on the stove and add 2 tbsp. of vegetable oil .

   onions: 1/2 (yellow, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rounds), vegetable oil: 1 cup
5. 5

   Add the garlic cloves and chilies to the pan and sauté, stirring frequently for ⏱️ 2-3 minutes . Chilies should be just slightly brown, but not burnt.

   garlic: 3 (cloves, large, peeled), chilies: 1/2 cup (dried arbol, packed, stemmed)
6. 6

   Transfer chilies and garlic to a blender . Add vinegar and water and let mixture soak for about ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   vinegar: 1/3 cup (cider), water: 1/2 cup
7. 7

   Add broiled onions and tomatoes to blender and pulse at high speed until smooth.
8. 8

   Turn down blender to low and add salt and remaining oil slowly allowing sauce to thicken.

   salt: 1 tbsp (kosher, we forgot to add the salt to the first batch, not cool, don’t skip this step)
9. 9

   Pour sauce onto basically anything and be blown away by its deliciousness!