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World cuisine

Puebla-style mole

Deep Mexican sauce of chiles, spices and chocolate for chicken.

Gluten-free

60 minTime
6Servings
MediumDifficulty
MexicoCuisine

Ingredients

  • 3 dried ancho chiles, seeded
  • 2 dried mulato chiles, seeded
  • 2 dried pasilla chiles, seeded
  • 30 g almonds
  • 30 g raisins
  • 1 ripe tomato
  • 1/2 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 30 g 70% dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground clove
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • Salt to taste

Step-by-step

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  1. Rehydrate the dried chiles in hot water for 15 minutes outside the mixing bowl and drain.
  2. Toast the almonds 3 min/Varoma/speed 1 and set aside.
  3. Put onion and garlic in the mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
  4. Saute with the oil 6 min/120°C/spoon speed.
  5. Add tomato, rehydrated chiles, raisins and spices and blend 1 min/speed 8.
  6. Add the stock and set 20 min/100°C/speed 3.
  7. Add the chocolate and salt and cook 8 min/90°C/speed 2.
  8. Blend the final sauce 1 min/speed 9 until very smooth.
  9. Check the salt and serve over cooked chicken.

Tips

  • Save the chile soaking water to adjust the texture.
  • Serve with toasted sesame seeds on top.
  • The mole gains flavour resting from one day to the next.

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