Basic Adobo Recipe

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 dried ancho chiles, roasted, then, soaked in hot water
• 2 dried guajillo chiles, roasted, then, soaked in hot water
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon (ground)
• 1/2 teaspoon clove (ground)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons oregano (dried)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1 roma tomato
• 1 small onion (quartered)

Recipe

• 1 toast the chiles in the oven for 2 minutes or until fragrant being careful not to burn.
• 2 place the toasted chiles in a sauce pan, cover with water and bring to a boil. boil on medium heat covered for 15 minutes.
• 3 place the chiles (stems removed) in the blender reserving the water they were inches add in all the other ingredients and blend on high to make a fairly thick paste. add some of the reserved water if needed to thin the sauce out.
• 4 marinate your choice of meat in this paste for 6-8 hours and then grill the meat or you can pour the paste and reserved water in a large stock pot with the meat. add additional water to cover the meat and slow cook it for 3-4 hours in the pot.