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Chile Colorado Sauce

Chile Colorado sauce is a red chile sauce used with meats, beans, enchiladas, and other savory dishes.

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About Chile Colorado Sauce

Chile Colorado sauce is a red chile-based sauce associated with Mexican cooking and with dishes described as chile colorado. It is commonly made by soaking or simmering dried red chiles, then blending them with water or stock and seasonings such as garlic, onion, cumin, oregano, or other spices.

The sauce is typically smooth to slightly textured, with a deep red colour and a flavour that may be earthy, fruity, smoky, or hot. Its exact character depends on the chile variety, heat, thickness, straining, and added fat or stock, so no single flavour profile applies to every version.

It is used to braise or serve with meats, beans, enchiladas, burritos, eggs, and other savoury foods. Homemade sauce is often made immediately before use, while commercial versions may be bottled, canned, or sold as a concentrated base. Preparation changes thickness, texture, and intensity.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Chile Colorado Sauce nutrition & diet

Chile Colorado Sauce nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Sauce, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
116kcal
Protein
1.6g
Carbs
25.9g
Fat
0.4g

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Portions & preparation

Treat this as a recipe-dependent sauce rather than a single standardized food. Identify the dried or fresh chiles, added oil, broth, flour, salt, and serving preparation. Portion should reflect the sauce actually eaten, especially when it accompanies meat, beans, or enchiladas.

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Diet considerations

The chile base is plant-derived, but Chile Colorado sauce recipes vary. Compatibility changes with lard, meat stock, dairy, wheat flour, or other animal additions, and with packaged thickeners. The sauce itself may be low-volume, while its accompanying cereal, bean, or meat dish determines much of the meal pattern.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Broth. Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Beef; Chicken; Fish. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Broth. Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Beef; Chicken; Fish. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Broth. Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Beef; Chicken. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.3.9_98 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

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