Salsa Con Crema Chipotle Recipe

Salsa con crema chipotle (creamy chipotle sauce) is a quick and easy recipe that you can use on tacos, fajitas or enchiladas.

Get creative with a creamy dip or use it as the sauce for pizza.

Pizza, you say? It’s so versatile that I’ve even used it as the sauce on a pizza or mixed with shredded chicken for enchiladas.

• Using Chipotle Chiles
• Making Your Own Mexican Crema
• Recipe

It’s great to find such a versatile, easy recipe that can be made so quickly and with so few ingredients.

Common ingredients for a sauce like this are tomatoes, onion and garlic, which you probably already have in your pantry.

Ingredients

Better Than Bouillon

You may even have Better Than Bouillon in your refrigerator. It’s one of the best things ever.

If you haven’t tried it, you really should. So tasty and gives everything such great flavor. I find myself adding it to so many things now.

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Dried Chipotle Chiles

Chipotle chiles are made by smoking and drying out jalapenos. Because they’ve got this incredible smoky taste, they make a big impact in any dish.

Unlike the other dried chile peppers that I’ve reconstituted, chipotle seems to take a little longer to soften so I suggest boiling them for 30 minutes instead of 15.

If you aren’t able to find chipotle chiles, you may be able to find chipotle sauce or even canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

In my Creamy Chipotle Shrimp recipe, you can get the instructions for creating your own chipotle sauce.

Mexican Crema

Mexican crema is kind of like sour cream that’s been watered down with a little heavy cream. If you like Mexican food, you will want to have this around because you can use it drizzled on everything.

You can substitute sour cream in this recipe. Add water or chicken stock to it until you get your desired consistency.

Have a look at this Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System (aff link) at Amazon. It’s the one we use and includes the blender, a food processor bowl and two to-go cups.

How to Substitute Chipotle Powder for Dried Chiles

If you want to use ground chipotle powder instead of the whole dried chiles, use about ½ teaspoon for every dried chile used in this recipe. Use up to about a tablespoon.

You may want to add less and taste it first, though. You never know.

Making Your Own Mexican Crema

I haven’t had a chance to try it, but you can actually make your own crema with this recipe from Isabel Eats.

How fun is that?

How do you use salsa con crema?

As soon as you get this whipped up, you may want to grab a tortilla chip and give it a quick taste. I know you want to try it, so I won’t tell anyone.

Once you get that out of the way, you can go ahead and put it in the refrigerator to chill so you can drizzle it on tacos or enchiladas.

Mix in some shredded chicken or shredded pork then roll it up in tortillas for creamy enchiladas.

Guess what I made with this batch? I mixed in some leftover shredded chicken and then spread it all on a fresh pizza crust and topped it with mozzarella cheese.

Creamy chipotle chicken pizza! Yes, it’s a thing now! You may want to make up a double batch of this creamy chipotle salsa.

More Recipes

If you find that you really like the taste of chipotle, try some other chipotle recipes.

• Italian Sausage Chili No Beans
• Chipotle Barbacoa with Homemade Adobo
• Chicken Tinga Tacos Dorados

Recipe

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Salsa Crema Chipotle

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 55kcal

Author: Christian Guzman

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Salsa con crema chipotle (creamy chipotle sauce) is a quick and easy recipe that you can use on tacos, fajitas or enchiladas. Get creative with a creamy dip or use it as the sauce for pizza.

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Equipment

• Electric Food Processor

Ingredients

• 7 Chipotle Chiles, dried
• 2 Roma Tomatoes, halved
• ½ Onion, halved
• 3 Garlic Cloves, peeled
• 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon Chicken
• ½ cup Mexican Crema

Instructions

• Place dried chiles, tomatoes, onion and garlic in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover.
• Bring to a boil on high heat then reduce to medium. After 15 minutes, remove everything except the chiles with a slotted spoon and place in a food processor.
• Allow the chipotle chiles to continue heating on the stove until softened, about 15 minutes more. Once softened, remove chiles to the food processor with the slotted spoon.
• Add Better Than Bouillon and Crema to food processor and mix well, until everything is smooth.

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Notes

Makes 2 cups. Serving size is based on ¼ cup.

Nutrition Facts

Salsa Crema Chipotle

Amount Per Serving

Calories 55 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Sodium 152mg7%

Carbohydrates 7g2%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 1g2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course Sauce

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Creamy Chipotle Sauce, Salsa Con Crema, Salsa Con Crema De Chipotle, Salsa Crema

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