Puebla

Mole poblano

Name: Mole poblano
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1.2 kg on the bone chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 4 dried ancho chilli; 4 dried guajillo chilli; 2 small hot chillies or 1 chipotle dried red chilli; 2 charred tomato; 1 charred onion; 4 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup almonds; 1/4 cup peanuts; 3 tbsp plus extra to garnish sesame seeds; 3 tbsp raisins; 1 slice white bread; 1 stale tortilla corn tortilla; 1 stick cinnamon; 4 cloves 1/2 tsp peppercorns, 1/2 tsp aniseed whole spices; 60 g Mexican or dark chocolate dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate); 1 tbsp sugar; 4 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 4 cups chicken stock water; Salt, to taste

Chillies, chocolate, nuts and spice ground into one dark velvet sauce. A project worth every minute.

150 minTime

44 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Puebla's dark sauce2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPuebla style mole with chicken.

The original

626kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

150minutessame

Mole poblano.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1.2 kg, on the bone

Dried ancho chilli4

Dried guajillo chilli4

Dried red chilli2 small hot chillies, or 1 chipotle

Tomato2, charred

Onion1, charred

Garlic4 cloves

Almonds¼ cup

Peanuts¼ cup

Sesame seeds3 tbsp, plus extra to garnish

Raisins3 tbsp

White bread1 slice

Corn tortilla1 stale tortilla

Cinnamon1 stick

Whole spices4 cloves, 1/2 tsp peppercorns, 1/2 tsp aniseed

Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)60 g Mexican or dark chocolate

Sugar1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Water4 cups chicken stock

Saltto taste

Method

6 steps

1Poach the chicken in salted water for 30 minutes. Keep the stock.
2Toast the chillies, seed them and soak in hot stock for 20 minutes.
3Fry almonds, peanuts, sesame, raisins, bread, tortilla and spices in oil one after another until golden. Raisins puff.
4Blend chillies, fried mix, charred tomato, onion and garlic with stock into a very smooth paste.
5Fry the paste in 2 tbsp oil, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add chocolate, sugar, salt and stock to make a sauce that coats a spoon. Simmer 30 minutes.
6Add the chicken and simmer 10 minutes. Serve with sesame scattered on top.

Serve it like this

Serve a piece of chicken drenched in mole on a warm plate, sesame scattered over, with red rice and a stack of warm tortillas.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Puebla

Mole poblano

Chillies, chocolate, nuts and spice ground into one dark velvet sauce. A project worth every minute.

150 minTime

44 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Puebla's dark sauce2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPuebla style mole with chicken.

The original

626kcalsame

44 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

150minutessame

Mole poblano.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1.2 kg, on the bone

Dried ancho chilli4

Dried guajillo chilli4

Dried red chilli2 small hot chillies, or 1 chipotle

Tomato2, charred

Onion1, charred

Garlic4 cloves

Almonds¼ cup

Peanuts¼ cup

Sesame seeds3 tbsp, plus extra to garnish

Raisins3 tbsp

White bread1 slice

Corn tortilla1 stale tortilla

Cinnamon1 stick

Whole spices4 cloves, 1/2 tsp peppercorns, 1/2 tsp aniseed

Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)60 g Mexican or dark chocolate

Sugar1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp

Water4 cups chicken stock

Saltto taste

Method

6 steps

1Poach the chicken in salted water for 30 minutes. Keep the stock.
2Toast the chillies, seed them and soak in hot stock for 20 minutes.
3Fry almonds, peanuts, sesame, raisins, bread, tortilla and spices in oil one after another until golden. Raisins puff.
4Blend chillies, fried mix, charred tomato, onion and garlic with stock into a very smooth paste.
5Fry the paste in 2 tbsp oil, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add chocolate, sugar, salt and stock to make a sauce that coats a spoon. Simmer 30 minutes.
6Add the chicken and simmer 10 minutes. Serve with sesame scattered on top.

Serve it like this

Serve a piece of chicken drenched in mole on a warm plate, sesame scattered over, with red rice and a stack of warm tortillas.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Mole poblano

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Mole poblano

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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