The Forked Spoon· by Jessica Randhawa★ 4.8 (925)

Chicken Mole with Homemade Mole Sauce

Name: Chicken Mole with Homemade Mole Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 10, 10 servings
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon olive oil; 5 pounds chicken (boneless skinless chicken breast, chicken thighs, legs, whole chicken, combo, etc)); 3 cups chicken broth; 3 cups orange juice; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 medium onions (chopped); 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (or pepitas, or sesame seeds); 1/3 cup sliced almonds; 8 cloves garlic (sliced); 4 teaspoon cumin seeds; 4 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1 teaspoon whole anise seeds; 4 whole cloves; 5 ounces dried pasilla chiles (stem removed, seeded (optional), torn into 1-inch pieces, rinsed); 1 ounce dried ancho chiles (stem removed, seeded (optional), torn into 1-inch pieces, rinsed); 1 ounce dried chipotle chiles (stem removed, seeded (optional), torn into 1-inch pieces, rinsed); 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 cup raisins; 1 teaspoon dried marjoram; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 teaspoon dried oregano; 2 tablespoon tomato paste; 3.1 ounces dark Mexican chocolate (or just dark chocolate) (chopped); Fresh chopped cilantro (for serving)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 10 · 1h 50m total

Servings

Calories

27% of a 2,000 cal day

532KCAL

Protein

55g100% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat19g

25%

Saturated4g

19%

Unsaturated15g

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Total Carbs36g

13%

Fiber7g

26%

Total Sugars22g

—

Starch7g

—

Sodium475mg

21%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Chicken in complex mole sauce with layers of spices, chocolate, and dried chiles. Rich and aromatic Mexican classic served with rice or in tacos.

Ingredients

10 SERVINGS

2 tbspolive oil
5 lbchicken
3 cupschicken broth
3 cupsorange juice
1 tbspolive oil
2medium onions — chopped
¼ cuppumpkin seeds — or pepitas or sesame seeds
⅓ cupsliced almonds
8cloves garlic — sliced
4 tspcumin seeds
4 tspcoriander seeds
1 tspwhole anise seeds
4whole cloves
5 ozdried pasilla chiles
1 ozdried ancho chiles
1 ozdried chipotle chiles
1cinnamon stick
2bay leaves
½ cupraisins
1 tspdried marjoram
1 tspdried thyme
2 tspdried oregano
2 tbsptomato paste
3.1 ozdark Mexican chocolate — chopped, or dark chocolate
Fresh chopped cilantro

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Method

1h 50m total

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mainmexicanchickendairy freegluten free

Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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