Taco Bell Fire Sauce

Virginia Cherry Blossom's Note:

Taco Bell's Fire Sauce is one of my hubby's faves. Found this at, http://recipes.calputer.com/taco-bell-fire-border-sauce-recipe.html and posting for safe keeping to try very soon. Makes 3 cups.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 cups

• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3 cups water
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• 3 tablespoons canned jalapeno slices, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 dash garlic powder

Directions:

1. Combine the tomato paste with the water in a medium saucepan and whisk until smooth.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until combined. Heat mixture over medium high heat until it begins to boil.
3. Continue to cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat.
4. When sauce has cooled, pour it into a sealed container and refrigerate.

Reviews

[Sbignewski]

Made the sauce last night. It's a perfectly acceptable taco sauce but definitely not Border Fire Sauce. I sipped a spoonful of the sauce, tasted it, let it go all the way down, then tore open a packet of Border Fire, squeezed the contents into my mouth and did the same thing. Definitely a big difference. Border Fire has a very peppery taste at the front of the mouth, with very little burn at the back, still it warms your belly. Quite unique in that respect. This sauce has a much less striking flavor and is uniformly warm. Still, it's a very good general purpose taco sauce. I added a bit of lime juice later.

[Karabea]

My husband and I love taco bell fire sauce, and we can never find any store-bought sauces that we like as much. I had all of the ingredients on hand for this one, so I decided we would try it, and I am sure glad we did. It is not exactly the same, but it is pretty darn close! I halved the recipe since I was not sure if we would like it, but I will definitely be making this again and again! Thank you so much for sharing!