Serious Heat: Silky, Spicy Mole Sauce

Name: Serious Heat: Silky, Spicy Mole Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters almonds, toasted; 473 milliliters chicken stock; 2 chipotles in adobo, seeded and chopped; 237 milliliters cooked black beans; 28 grams dark chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 dried pasilla chile, seeded and chopped (reserve the seeds); 79 milliliters shallots, peeled and coarsely chopped (about

Serious Heat: Silky, Spicy Mole Sauce is a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian sauce. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 281 calories, 10g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have olive oil, beans, shallots, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rehydrate the pasilla chile by pouring broiling water over it, and allowing it to soak for half an hour.

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Pasilla Pepper

Water

When you're ready to make the sauce, pull the chile open and seed it. Chop coarsely and put in a blender or food processor with the chipotles, black beans, chocolate, almonds and salt. Blend, adding the stock slowly, allowing the blades to do their work as the sauce things out.

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Black Beans

Chipotle Chiles

Chocolate

Almonds

Chili Pepper

Sauce

Stock

Salt

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Food Processor

Blender

Heat the olive oil in a sauté pan, and gently sauté the garlic and shallots over low heat. Once they're soft, add them to the blended chocolate-chile mix, and blend again.

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Chocolate

Olive Oil

Shallot

Garlic

Chili Pepper

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Frying Pan

Transfer the sauce to a saucepan, and simmer for 10 minutes. Keep an eye on it to avoid scalding because the chocolate and nuts are delicate.

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Chocolate

Sauce

Nuts

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Sauce Pan

The sauce should have a subtle but definite heat and enough salt to bring out the diverse flavors. If the sauce needs to be spicier, add some of the reserved chile seeds or add a low-acid hot sauce such as Marie Sharp's.

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Hot Sauce