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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan. Add onions and salt, and saute over medium heat for about five minutes, or until the onion is translucent. Add cumin and chili powder, and saute about five minutes more. | 2. Add chopped tomatoes and water/juice. Bring to a boil, artially cover and lower the heat. Simmer at least 30 minutes; even longer. Add black pepper, cayenne, and garlic at any time during the cooking. (The later you add the garlic, the more prevelant the flavor). Add the cilantro when finished cooking the sauce. | 3. The sauce can be left in chunky form, or pureed in a blender to make smooth. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	teaspoons		79.56	0.0	0.0	9.0
onion	1	cup	minced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
chili powder	2	teaspoons		15.228	2.6838	0.7268	0.7711
tomato	3	cups	chopped	80.46	17.3883	3.9336	0.894
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
black pepper				-	-	-	-
cayenne pepper				-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4 -6		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cilantro	1/4	cup	minced	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.