The Partial Enchilada: Red Chile Sauce, a Show-Stealing Addition to Any Winter Meal

Use it to build the whole enchilada—or simply put it on anything and everything

Red chile enchilada sauce, thickened with corn masa. Ari LeVaux

Winter is the season for red chile enchilada sauce.

You can almost smell the piñon and juniper smoke drifting from the leaky wood stove, as you explore the profound depths of a good red chile sauce made from scratch. The sauce is good on potatoes, squash, and other wintry foods, keeping you warm inside and out, from your spicy mouth to your sweating skin, and for better or worse, everything in between.