- 15 dried chipotle or modita chiles. They should have a smokey smell and be of the dark variety.
- 2.5 – 3 cups olive oil (the oil should land a good inch above all the ingredients once inside the pot)
- 2 heads of garlic, cloves peeled and rough ends chopped off.
- 1 cup of brown sugar or more to taste. Remember sweet and fiery is the point.
Process
- Remove the stems from the chiles (you can take the seeds out as well if you want to tone it down a notch).
- Put the olive oil in a smallish pot and add the chilies and the skin and ends removed garlic cloves.
- Turn on low and let warm for an hour (chiles and garlic should be good and soft.
- Add sugar until disolves
- Salt to taste
- Señor Edith sold it as is, but I like to blend and strain it through a fine sieve so that it has the consistency of jam.