Macha Fire Sauce

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Macha Fire Sauce is a spicy, savory-sweet sauce that is the perfect topping or dip for wings, sandwiches, tacos, burgers-- the options are endless. The base of this sauce is Salsa Macha, which is a Mexican-style salsa with a bunch of dried chiles, fresh garlic, sesame seeds, and often nuts. If you love this, try our Hot Honey Ranch or Macha Fire Butter.

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This sauce is VERY spicy, but you can make a mild version but reducing the arbol chiles in this recipe. Click here for more info.

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WHAT YOU'LL NEED (scroll to full ingredient list)

• Saucier or Saucepan

• Mixing Bowl

• Blender or Hand Blender

• Whisk

• Avocado oil or other high-heat, neutral oil

• Greek yogurt

• Arbol, Ancho, and Pasillo peppers

• Garlic

• Sesame seeds

• Onion powder

• Cumin powder

• Honey

• White wine vinegar

• Kosher salt

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DIRECTIONS

STEP 1: HEAT OIL

• Heat oil to 350°F.

STEP 2: COOK

• Remove the oil from heat and mix in the chiles, garlic, sesame seeds, and salt. Allow to completely cool.

STEP 3: BLEND

• Once the oil has cooled, use a blender or hand blender to gently pulse the Macha with the water and white wine vinegar. Blend to your desired consistency (we leave ours fairly coarse).

STEP 4: MIX

• Whisk in the Greek yogurt, onion powder, cumin, and honey until the sauce has been emulsified.

STORAGE: Refrigerate for up to 10 days in an air-tight container.

HEAT LEVEL: Please note this is HOT HOT HOT. If you want to make a milder version, replace some arbol chiles with an equal weight of guajillo, pasilla, or ancho chiles.

GREEK YOGURT SUBSTITUTE: Sour cream, mayo, or plain yogurt (unsweetened).

AVOCADO OIL SUBSTITUTE: Any neutral-flavored oil.

MIX WELL: Use a whisk to blend everything thoroughly. The oil needs to be emulsified.

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INGREDIENTS

Makes about 2 cups

• 1 C avocado oil or other high-heat, neutral oil

• 40-50 Arbol chile (about 1 C), destemmed

• 1 Ancho chile, deseeded and roughly chopped

• 1 Pasilla chile, deseeded and roughly chopped

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 2 TBSP sesame seeds

• 2 tsp salt

• 8 oz Greek yogurt

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1/2 tsp cumin powder

• 1/4 C honey

• 2 TBSP white wine vinegar

• 1/2 C water

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