Ranchero Sauce

Photo: flickr user pointnshoot

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

cup chopped onion

cup chopped green bell pepper

1 jalapeno pepper chopped

1 lrg garlic clove chopped

teaspoon ground cumin

teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 cups canned chicken broth

1 can tomato sauce (8-ounce)

cup chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add next 6 ingredients and saute until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add broth and tomato sauce and cook until sauce thickens and reduces to 1 1/2 cups, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Mix in cilantro.

Makes about 1 1/2 cups.