Mole Verde

Name: Mole Verde
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1kg chicken pieces; 150g pumpkin seeds, toasted; 300g tomatillos; 3 jalapeños or serranos; 1 bunch coriander; 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley; 1 handful epazote; 1/4 white onion; 2 cloves garlic; 500ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp lard or oil

Vibrant herby green mole with pumpkin seeds, herbs and chillies over roasted chicken. Stirring the sauce constantly as it fries in lard stops the ground seeds catching and turning bitter on the base of the pot.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

gluten-free

Ingredients

1kgchicken pieces

150gpumpkin seeds, toasted

300gtomatillos

3jalapeños or serranos

1 bunchcoriander

1 bunchflat-leaf parsley

1 handfulepazote

1/4white onion

2 clovesgarlic

500mlchicken stock

2 tbsplard or oil

Instructions

Blend all vegetables and herbs with seeds and a little stock until smooth.

Fry sauce in lard 8 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add remaining stock and simmer 20 minutes.

Brown chicken in a separate pan. Add to mole.

Simmer 25 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

843

Protein

80.7g

Fat

53.5g

Carbs

10.6g

Fiber

4.1g

Sodium

697mg

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