Green Pipiân Mole with Chicken

Name: Green Pipiân Mole with Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 fresh hoja santa leaf (root beer leaf); 473 milliliters steamed chayote or zucchini; 946 milliliters cooked white rice; 2 fresh epazote leaves; 8 sprigs fresh cilantro; 1 clove garlic; 473 milliliters steamed green beans; 4 servings Kosher salt; 0 mediums onion, chopped; 4 poached skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 237 milliliters pumpkin seeds; 2 leaves romaine lettuce; 2 fresh serrano chiles, chopped; 454 grams tomatillos, husked, rinsed, and quartered; 237 milliliters vegetable stock or canned vegetable broth; 3 teaspoons canola or vegetable oil; 0 teaspoons whole cumin seeds

Green Pipiân Mole with Chicken might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 400 calories, 12g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of pumpkin seeds, kosher salt, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a sauté pan over moderate heat, toast the pumpkins seeds, stirring frequently and being careful not to burn them.

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Pumpkin

Seeds

Toast

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a small bowl to cool. Once cool, reserve about 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds for garnish, then transfer the remaining seeds to a blender and add enough vegetable stock to cover by 1 inch. Blend on high until smooth.

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Vegetable Stock

Pumpkin Seeds

Seeds

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Blender

Bowl

Transfer the mixture to a bowl and clean the blender.

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Blender

Bowl

Place the tomatillos, epazote, hoja santa, romaine, cilantro, chiles, onion, garlic, and cumin in a blender, in that order, and blend well. If more liquid is needed, add water or broth, 1 tablespoon at a time.

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Tomatillos

Cilantro

Epazote

Romaine

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Broth

Cumin

Onion

Water

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Blender

In a deep skillet over high heat, heat the oil until shimmering then carefully add the tomatillo mixture and fry, stirring constantly and adding broth or water as needed to achieve a sauce-like consistency, for 1 to 2 minutes.

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Tomatillos

Broth

Sauce

Water

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove the skillet from the heat and add the pumpkin seed mixture.

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Pumpkin Seeds

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Frying Pan

Mix well, then season to taste with salt.

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Salt

Divide the rice, chayote or zucchini, green beans, and poached chicken among 4 plates. Coat the chicken with the mole, garnish with the reserved pumpkin seeds, and serve.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Green Beans

Zucchini

Chayote

Whole Chicken

Rice

DO AHEAD: Leftover mole can be stored in an airtight container for 3 days in the refrigerator. Or, if frozen properly in an airtight container and wrapped in plastic and then aluminum wrap, it can be held for up to 4 months in the freezer.

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