What type of sauce is it that restaurants will put on top of tamales and what is the recipe?

Mathguy64 said:

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I put Chili gravy on beef or pork tamales.

Salsa verde and crema on chicken ones.

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This is the way

Heinz

Aardvark habanero sauce. Or as tamales are most commonly served, with a green or orange sauce out of a Gatorade bottle.

Chili gravy is fine, sometimes I'll splash some Valentina or Tabasco if I don't have Valentina. Green sauce on chicken for sure.

I might do a taqueria jalapeno salsa at the most. All really good tamales need is a little salsa with some mild heat and acidity to liven them up.

Mathguy64 said:

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I put Chili gravy on beef or pork tamales.

Salsa verde and crema on chicken ones.

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What recipe for chili gravy do you use?

My Dad Earl said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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I put Chili gravy on beef or pork tamales.

Salsa verde and crema on chicken ones.

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What recipe for chili gravy do you use?

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Can be cut down proportionally. It tastes like every chili gravy in every mom and pop place ever.

2 Cup cold water
4 oz unsalted butter
1/4 cup flour
2 TBS chili powder
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

If you want it hotter add 1/4 tsp of chipotle powder or even red pepper.

Melt butter and add chili powder (I use fiesta but use whatever kind or mix you want), garlic, S&P. Mix and cook on low heat. This can scorch on high heat so be careful. Add flour and cook for another minute or 2 on low heat to cook out flour taste. Add water and whisk until thick. Add salt to taste. You can add more butter to smooth out if you want. Add more water as needed if you want to thin it.

Red chile sauce!

The Real Napster said:

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Heinz

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The travesty!!

BurnetAggie99 said:

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A long time ago, I wanted to try to emulate the chile sauce they have on the side at Berryhill's and came up with something very similar to this off of taste and experimenting. I do this plus some chile con carne (red) if we are having tamales.

bushytailed said:

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If ketchup was good enough for my Mexican-born grandparents who taught me how to make tamales, it's good enough for me.

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And the ketchup has to be ice cold while the tamales are piping hot.