Mole Negro Chicken

Name: Mole Negro Chicken
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1.2kg chicken pieces; 4 dried mulato chillies; 3 dried ancho chillies; 2 dried chipotle chillies; 50g dark chocolate; 3 ripe tomatoes, charred; 1 plantain, fried; 50g sesame seeds, toasted; 50g pumpkin seeds, toasted; 1 tsp cinnamon; 3 cloves; 6 black peppercorns; 4 cloves garlic, charred; 1 tsp dried thyme; 600ml chicken stock; 3 tbsp lard or oil

Authentic dark Mexican mole with 20+ ingredients — chocolate, dried chillies and spices. Stirring the mole paste constantly as it fries in hot lard stops the concentrated chillies and spices catching and turning bitter.

Total time

120 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Mexican

gluten-free

Ingredients

1.2kgchicken pieces

4dried mulato chillies

3dried ancho chillies

2dried chipotle chillies

50gdark chocolate

3ripe tomatoes, charred

1plantain, fried

50gsesame seeds, toasted

50gpumpkin seeds, toasted

1 tspcinnamon

3cloves

6black peppercorns

4 clovesgarlic, charred

1 tspdried thyme

600mlchicken stock

3 tbsplard or oil

Instructions

Toast and soak dried chillies. Blend with soaked liquid.

Blend chillies with charred tomatoes, garlic, plantain, seeds and spices.

Fry mole paste in lard on high heat, stirring constantly, 10 minutes.

Add stock gradually. Stir in chocolate.

Simmer mole 30 minutes until thick.

Brown chicken and simmer in mole 30 minutes.

Garnish with sesame seeds.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1101

Protein

94g

Fat

64g

Carbs

46.4g

Fiber

17.9g

Sodium

883mg

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