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Mole Poblano

Name: Mole Poblano
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 6 chicken pieces; 4 ancho chiles; 3 mulato chiles; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1/4 cup almonds; 1 oz Mexican chocolate; 2 tomatoes; 1 corn tortilla, fried

The deep, complex chile-and-chocolate sauce of Puebla, spooned over tender chicken.

Prep 45 min Cook 60 min Serves 6Hard

Ingredients

· 6 chicken pieces
· 4 ancho chiles
· 3 mulato chiles
· 2 tbsp sesame seeds
· 1/4 cup almonds
· 1 oz Mexican chocolate
· 2 tomatoes
· 1 corn tortilla, fried

Steps

1
Toast and soak the chiles; toast nuts and seeds.
2
Blend chiles, nuts, tomato, tortilla and spices into a paste.
3
Fry the paste, then simmer with broth and chocolate until thick.
4
Poach the chicken, then bathe in the mole and dust with sesame.