Hello Fresh Tex Mex Paste Recipe – As Good As The Real Thing

In this delicious recipe, I will show you how to make the ultimate copycat Hello Fresh tex mex paste. It is easier than you think and my recipe is even easily customizable! The paste is earthy, spicy, super rich, and packed with spices – perfect for any Mexican-inspired dish!

You can incorporate this tex mex paste into many recipes. I personally love adding some to my Sopa De Albondigas Con Fideo recipe, as well as Bistec Con Papas, a Mexican steak and potato stew. It also goes great as a topping for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and even empanadas.

Trust me, as soon as you start incorporating it into your dishes, you won’t be able to stop! It’s that good!

What Is Hello Fresh Tex Mex Paste?

HelloFresh is quite a famous company. The service they offer includes providing homes with step-by-step recipes along with pre-portioned fresh ingredients. This enables people to still make healthy meals without having to spend hours doing so.

Naturally, their company and recipes grew exponentially! This led to more people wanting to buy some of their specific pre-portioned ingredients, not an entire meal.

But unfortunately, they don’t sell pantry items. So, if you want something, you’ll have to buy the meal kit and use it in that specific way.

Luckily, I have spent hours developing a copycat recipe for their famous and highly sought-after tex mex paste.

Today I will show you how to make the best copycat hello fresh tex mex paste recipe from scratch. It is extremely easy, super fun, and very versatile. You can use this paste in other dishes and even as a dipping sauce!

Ingredients for the Tex Mex Paste

This easy tex mex paste recipe contains a ton of ingredients. Luckily, they are all pretty basic ones.

To start, the base of the paste is made from roasted tomatoes, garlic, rehydrated chipotle peppers, and raw white onions. This creates a very savory, rich, and slightly earthy flavor profile.

Then, you also have some added spices. Now they are VERY customizable to suit your needs. But keep in mind that this paste is extremely garlicky and very spicy. So if you don’t like those main flavors and don’t want to adjust the recipe, you may want to find something else.

Some of the aromatics that help balance the flavors include sugar, salt, and rice vinegar.

Tomato paste and garlic with chili paste are used to deepen the flavors.

And finally, I’ve also incorporated some spices and herbs like oregano, coriander, cumin, garlic, chili, and paprika.

Cocoa powder is the ingredient that always gets people. But it’s a staple in a tex mex paste recipe. It gives the paste a deeper color, earthy flavor, and slightly bitter undertone.

Steps for Making Hello Fresh Tex Mex Paste

Making this paste is incredibly easy. You first have to roast your tomatoes and garlic.

While they roast, you can rehydrate your chipotle chilies and measure out the remaining ingredients.

When all of the ingredients have been cooked and cooled, add the tomatoes, garlic, onion, and chilies to the blender. Create a uniform smooth mixture.

Decant the paste base into a saucepan and add the remaining ingredients.

All that’s left to do is cook the mixture until you have a thick, but saucy, paste.

Tips And Tricks To Make This Paste

• All of the spices and herbs are adjustable in today’s recipe. Traditionally, a tex mex paste is super spicy, packed with garlic flavors, and has a heavily seasoned pallet. However, not everybody likes those characteristics in a paste. Therefore, just modify the spices according to your personal preference. And don’t forget to make notes on what you changed so you can replicate the recipe in the future.
• Traditionally fire-roasted tomatoes are used. If you do have a barbecue going, feel free to roast your garlic and tomatoes there. But if not, the oven-roasted method works just fine. The smoky flavors come from the smoked paprika used.
• You should cook the paste until it has a thick consistency. It shouldn’t be oily or watery. Luckily, you can just leave the paste over medium-low heat to reduce it.
• To store this paste, place it inside an airtight container. Keep it inside the fridge to extend its shelf life. It will easily last a couple of weeks if you keep it cool.