Enchilada Sauce

"Enchiladas might just be the very definition of comfort food: layers of hearty rolled tortillas, rich, savory, and often meaty fillings, gloriously melty cheese...and, of course, vividly full-flavored sauce to bind it all together. In fact, the sauce might just be the most important element of enchiladas to get right, which is why we proudly carry Trader Joe’s Enchilada Sauce on our shelves. It’s made for us by a trusted supplier, who starts with a base of tomato paste and red jalapeño purée, then seasons it with ground red chiles, onion, garlic, and chipotle pepper powder. What they don’t use are any gums, natural flavors, or artificial preservatives, so that your homemade enchiladas will taste homemade, every time.

Savory, smoky, and ever-so-slightly spicy, our bold and full-flavored Enchilada Sauce won’t just make your enchiladas tastier, they’ll make them a lot easier, too: simply roll corn or flour torillas up with your favorite fillings (we find it’s a little easier if you fry the tortillas in oil for a second or two beforehand), line them up in a baking dish, cover with Enchilada Sauce and your favorite cheese, and bake! And if that wasn’t enough, we also find that it’s quite suited for making Mexican cuisine-inspired casseroles, or even using as a sauce for making chilaquiles, too."