1. Boil tomatoes until tender in a small amount of water. Remove from heat and place in blender.

2. Add salt, chilies, cilantro and garlic and blend to the desired consistency. This should be a thick, delicious sauce. Arbol chilies are long (about 2-1/2 in.), brilliant red chilies with smooth, shiny skin, and have a real bite. Serranos are small (about 1-1/2 in.) tapered green chilies usually only available canned. Although tiny, they too have a bite. They are available at Mexican markets and sometimes at the Farmers Co-op Market. If not available, substitute any small very hot chile for the arbol and jalapenos for the serranos.

Ninfa's

Houston

From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of Mexican Recipes>. Downloaded from Glen's Mm Recipe Archive, http://www. Erols. Com/hosey.