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Chicken Mole

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Chicken Mole

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

1

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

2

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

3

Fry mole paste in oil until it changes colour.

4

Add broth and chocolate; simmer 30 min.

5

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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