Mole Poblano

Name: Mole Poblano
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters almonds; 16 ancho chiles; 2 liters chicken broth, plus more as needed; 1 liters chicken stock, plus 2 quarts; 6 pasilla chiles; 30 mulatto chiles; 1 chipotle chiles; 227 grams Mexican chocolate, chopped; 4 inches cinnamon stick, ground; 1 stale croissant, cit in pieces; 8 garlic cloves, plus 1 head garlic, roasted; 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds; 1 onion, roasted and chopped; 2 1/2 onions, halved; 177 milliliters peanuts; 237 milliliters prunes; 177 milliliters raisins; 177 milliliters sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon ground star anise; 59 milliliters sugar; 10 tomatillos, roasted; 3 tomatoes, roasted; 1 charred tortilla, broken into pieces; 7 servings Lard, as needed

Mole Poblano is a dairy free sauce. One portion of this dish contains around 34g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 1104 calories. This recipe serves 7. If you have almonds, raisins, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Melt a little lard in a large saucepan over medium heat.

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Lard

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Sauce Pan

Add the halved onions and the 8 garlic cloves and cook until lightly browned.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Onion

Remove from the pan and discard the onion. Reserve the garlic. In the infused lard, fry the roasted onions, roasted garlic, roasted tomatoes and tomatillos. Reserve.

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Roasted Garlic

Tomatillos

Tomato

Garlic

Onion

Lard

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Frying Pan

In another large skillet, add the sesame seeds, almonds, peanuts, raisins, prunes, plantains, coriander seeds, star anise and cinnamon, and toast until aromatic. Set aside.

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Whole Coriander Seeds

Sesame Seeds

Star Anise

Plantain

Cinnamon

Almonds

Peanuts

Raisins

Prunes

Toast

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Frying Pan

In a blender add the reserved garlic, the onion mixture, the nut mixture, croissants, tortilla pieces and the 1 1/2 quarts of chicken stock. Puree until a smooth mole forms.

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Chicken Stock

Croissant

Tortilla

Garlic

Onion

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Blender

Transfer mole mixture to a large stock pot.

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Stock

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Pot

Seed and devein the mulattos, anchos, pasillas and chipotles. Coat a large fry pan with lard.

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Chipotle Chiles

Lard

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Frying Pan

Add the chiles and saute until soft.

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Chili Pepper

Add the chiles to a blender and puree, then strain into the pot with the mole.

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Chili Pepper

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Blender

Pot

Put the pot over low heat and add the chocolate and the sugar, stirring constantly. Stir in the remaining chicken stock, a little at a time, until the desired thickness of the mole is reached.

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Chicken Stock

Chocolate