Chicken in Mole Sauce

Name: Chicken in Mole Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters diced firm ripe banana; 20 blanched almonds; 6 Tbsps butter; 397 grams chicken broth; 2 kgs bone-in chickens, giblets removed; 2 Tbsps chili powder; 2 smalls corn tortillas, torn into small pieces; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 large onion, cut into chunks; 1 Tbsp pine nuts (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 28 grams semisweet chocolate; 2 Tbsps sesame seeds

Chicken in Mole Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 873 calories, 60g of protein, and 64g of fat. This recipe serves 6. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and דל פחמימות, diet. If you have salt, corn tortillas, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the blanched almonds you could follow this main course with the Pinecone Cakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Cut the chickens into pieces, reserving the breasts.

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Chicken

Place chicken pieces except the breasts in a deep saucepan over medium heat; add the onion, garlic, and chicken broth. Cover the pan and simmer 25 minutes.

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Chicken Pieces

Chicken Broth

Garlic

Onion

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Cut the breasts into halves and add to the saucepan; simmer until the chicken breasts are no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 20 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

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Chicken Breast

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Remove the chicken to a cutting board.

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Whole Chicken

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Cutting Board

Remove the skin and bones from the chicken; cut the meat into bite sized pieces.

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Meat

Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer, reserving the liquid and discarding the onion, garlic, and skimmed fat. If you have less than 3 cups of reserved liquid, add water to make 3 cups. If you have more than 3 cups, return to the pan and bring to a boil; cook until volume of liquid reduces to 3 cups.

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Garlic

Broth

Onion

Water

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Sieve

Frying Pan

Combine the chili powder, almonds, banana, cinnamon, salt, tortilla pieces, sesame seeds, and pine nuts in a blender. Blend on low, slowly adding the reserved liquid in a stream until the mixture is smooth.

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Chili Powder

Sesame Seeds

Pine Nuts

Cinnamon

Tortilla

Almonds

Banana

Salt

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Blender

Pour the mixture and remaining liquid into a large saucepan over medium heat.

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Sauce Pan

Add the butter and chocolate; cook and stir until the butter and chocolate have melted. Stir the chicken pieces into the sauce; continue cooking until the chicken is heated completely through, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Chicken Pieces

Chocolate