Chipotle Cream Sauce

This chipotle cream sauce combines sour cream and pureed chipotle in adobo with shallots, garlic, chicken broth, and dry white wine.

The shallots and garlic cook in butter before the liquids are added. Sour cream and chipotle are whisked in over reduced heat, followed by a brief simmer.

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Before you start

Have the shallots and garlic minced and the chipotle in adobo pureed.

Have the sour cream at room temperature before you start cooking.

Ingredient notes

• Shallots and garlic: Mince both before adding them to the skillet.
• Sour cream: Use at room temperature before whisking it into the sauce.
• Chipotle in adobo: Puree before whisking into the sauce.

Chipotle Cream Sauce recipe

Chipotle Cream Sauce

A sour cream sauce with chipotle in adobo, shallots, garlic, chicken broth, and dry white wine.

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Prep Time 0 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings: 2

Course: Side Dish

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons dry white wine
• 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature ( microwave for 30 seconds)
• 1 chipotle chiles in adobo, pureed
• salt
• white pepper, to taste

Method

 

1. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat and saute the shallot and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes; add the broth and wine and saute another 3 minutes.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low and whisk in the sour cream, then the pureed chipotle.
3. Simmer for a couple of minutes to heat through and season to taste with salt and white pepper.
4. Serve over chicken and/or pasta; makes about 2 servings.
5. For an interesting twist, substitute vodka for the wine.

Tips for success

Reduce the heat to medium-low before whisking in the sour cream.

Whisk in the sour cream first, followed by the pureed chipotle.

Season with salt and white pepper after simmering the sauce to heat it through.

What to serve with it

Serve over chicken, pasta, or both. Makes about 2 servings.

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Chipotle-Cheddar Mashed Potatoes also use chipotle chiles in adobo, garlic, and butter, with cheddar and milk rather than sour cream. Pork Chops in a Creamy Mustard Sauce use a skillet sauce with butter and white wine, with light cream and Dijon mustard instead of sour cream and chipotle.