Mole (meaning “sauce” in Nahuatl) is a traditional Mexican sauce that can come in many different ways, but in this recipe, it's smothered on chicken.
Ingredients
Instructions
Start your chicken mole by cooking your chicken! Bring a pot with the stock, orange juice, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and water to a boil. Add the chicken and bring to a simmer until the chicken is fully cooked through (about 10 minutes, or whenever the chicken reaches an internal temp of 160º). Use tongs to transfer the chicken to a plate, then drain the braising liquid. Keep the rest of the liquid and discard any solids.
Next, it’s time to start your sauce! Cook the onion and garlic in a pan over medium-low heat in olive oil until soft and translucent. This will take about 10 minutes, so be patient! Add tomatoes and keep cooking for another 10 minutes, mashing down on them every so often so that they get softened and start to break apart. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute more. Blend this entire mixture until completely smooth and transfer to a bowl.
Now for the chiles, spices, and bread: Toast the chiles with olive oil in a pan on the stove, turning occasionally, until they’re lightly browned. Watch out because chiles will burn fast if left unattended! Next, toast the tortillas for about 1 minute per side until they look dark brown (darker than you normally would toast them!). Remove the tortillas and toast your spices in the same pan, stirring constantly for about 1 minute until they are very fragrant.
In the same bowl as the chiles, tortillas, and spices, add the bread, raisins, and the stock from the very first step, then stir together in a large bowl. Let this mixture sit for about 10 minutes before adding it to a blender and blending on high for about 3 minutes, until it’s completely smooth.
Now to put it all together! Add the sauce, chocolate, tomato mixture, and chicken to a large pot. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Cook for 15 minutes so that the sauce has thickened, the chocolate is melted, and the chicken is warm all the way through. Top with more sesame seeds before serving!
The full list of ingredients and instructions can be found in the recipe below.
Nutrition
- Calories
- 1078 Calories
- Fat Content
- 74 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 22 g
- Trans Fat Content
- 0 g
- Cholesterol Content
- 260 mg
- Sodium Content
- 1479 mg
- Carbohydrate Content
- 31 g
- Fiber Content
- 3 g
- Sugar Content
- 14 g
- Protein Content
- 66 g
