The Authentic MOLE POBLANO Recipe Everyone should know how to Make | Treasured Family Recipe

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao nibs

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Cacao nibs are lower in sugar and calories, while milk chocolate is often less expensive.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: peanuts

Walnuts provide similar health benefits, while peanuts are generally cheaper.

Boil 5 quarts of water in a pot.

Add salt, 1 whole onion, 1/2 head of garlic, and bay leaves to the boiling water.

Add the whole chicken to the pot and allow it to come to a second boil.

Remove impurities that form on top of the broth after it comes to a boil.

Cook the chicken for 25 minutes or until fully cooked.

Remove the chicken from the pot and reserve 4 cups of the broth for later use.

To the reserved broth, add the piece of Mexican chocolate and allow it to dissolve.

Toast the dried spices in a hot pan for about 1 minute until fragrant, then transfer them to the broth.

Toast sesame seeds in the pan for 30 seconds to 1 minute until they change color, then transfer to the broth.

Add nuts and raisins to the pan and toast for 3 minutes, then transfer to the broth.

Add oil to the pan and sauté 2 tomatoes and 1 onion until softened, then transfer to the broth.

Add more oil to the pan and lightly fry garlic cloves and plantain until the plantain changes color, then transfer to the broth.

Add more oil and toast bread and corn tortilla until golden, then transfer to the broth.

Add more oil and fry animalito crackers on both sides until golden, then transfer to the broth.

Add more oil and lightly fry New Mexico chili pods for about 5 seconds per side, then transfer to the broth.

Ensure all ingredients in the broth are submerged.

Add all ingredients from the broth to a blender, along with an additional cup of water and salt, and blend until smooth.

Heat oil in a pan over medium-low heat, then add the blended mole sauce.

Add 3 cups of reserved broth to the mole sauce and bring to a simmer.

Taste the mole sauce for salt and adjust if necessary, then simmer for 10 minutes while stirring constantly.

Add the cooked chicken back into the mole sauce and heat for another 5 to 10 minutes until warmed through.

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