Chicken Mole

Name: Chicken Mole
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 8 pieces bone-in chicken; 4 dried mulato chiles; 2 dried pasilla chiles; 2 dried ancho chiles; 3 tbsp sesame seeds; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds; ½ cup almonds; 1 slice bread, toasted; 1 onion; 4 cloves garlic; 1 can crushed tomatoes; 50g dark chocolate; 1 tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp cloves; 2 cups chicken broth

Complex Mexican mole with dark chocolate, chillies, and 20 ingredients — worth every step. Frying the blended mole paste in oil until its colour visibly deepens concentrates and rounds out its flavour before the broth and chocolate ever go in.

Total time

115 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

75 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Mexican

comfortchickenspecial

Ingredients

8 piecesbone-in chicken

4dried mulato chiles

2dried pasilla chiles

2dried ancho chiles

3 tbspsesame seeds

2 tbsppumpkin seeds

½ cupalmonds

1slice bread, toasted

1onion

4 clovesgarlic

1 cancrushed tomatoes

50gdark chocolate

1 tspcinnamon

½ tspcloves

2 cupschicken broth

Instructions

Toast and soak dried chiles. Toast seeds and nuts in a dry pan.

Blend chiles, nuts, bread, tomatoes, garlic, onion, and spices with broth until smooth.

Fry mole paste in oil until it changes colour.

Add broth and chocolate; simmer 30 min.

Add chicken; simmer 30 more min until cooked. 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

631

Protein

32.2g

Fat

46.1g

Carbs

30.8g

Fiber

13.4g

Sodium

490mg

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