Recipe by Chef John Folse. Visit the Chef John Folse & Company website for recipes as well as the chef's own line of professionally prepared foods.
Empanadas are like little masa turnovers filled with ground pork spiced with chiles, garlic and onion.
From Oaxaca, Mexico the huachinango chile is large red jalapeno chile from Oaxaca, Mexico. The recipe combines green tomatillos with the red chiles for a colorful salsa.
This salsa is great as an accompaniment to Mexican or other Latin American dishes, as well as an appetizer served with blue or yellow corn tortilla chips.
The Saffron Chipotle Salsa recipe is made with chipotles in adobo, wine, saffron, cream and butter.