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AI illustration of creamy pale orange chipotle sauce with fine shallot and chili flecks in a bowl.

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
Total Time 10 minutes
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.