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Mole de Polo
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A complex, rich, and incredible tasting Mexican classic mole sauce served with chicken and red rice.
00:30:00 total
Serves 4
hard
Meat Main Course
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Ingredients
- chicken legs - 4 (full legs including drumstick and thigh)
- lard - watch the video to see (for frying)
- salt - to taste (for seasoning chicken)
- white onion - 1 (peeled and cut in half)
- jalapeno - 1 (halved and seeded)
- chicken stock - watch the video to see (for poaching)
- orange juice - watch the video to see (for poaching)
- dried ancho chilies - 3 (de-seeded and chopped)
- dried guajillo chilies - 3 (de-seeded and chopped)
- dried pasilla chilies - 3 (de-seeded and chopped)
- sesame seeds - 1/4 cup (for toasting)
- cloves - watch the video to see (for toasting)
- coriander seeds - watch the video to see (for toasting)
- cumin seeds - watch the video to see (for toasting)
- anise seeds - watch the video to see (for toasting)
- black peppercorns - watch the video to see (for toasting)
- cinnamon stick - 1 (for toasting)
- Roma tomatoes - 4 (cut in half)
- garlic cloves - 8 (peeled)
- bay leaves - 2 (for flavor)
- Mexican oregano - 1/2 teaspoon (for flavor)
- dried thyme - 1/2 teaspoon (for flavor)
- Mexican drinking chocolate - 60 g (for flavor)
- jaggery sugar - watch the video to see (for balancing flavor)
- red rice - 1.5 cups (for serving)
- water - 3 cups (for cooking rice)
- lime juice - watch the video to see (for dressing salad)
- radishes - watch the video to see (sliced for salad)
- baby cucumbers - watch the video to see (for salad)
- radish leaves - watch the video to see (for salad)
- fresh mint - watch the video to see (for salad)
- fresh coriander - watch the video to see (for salad)
Instructions
- Cook Chicken: Melt lard in a Dutch oven, season chicken with salt, and brown on all sides.
- Poach Chicken: Add onion and jalapeno, cover with chicken stock and orange juice, simmer until cooked through (about 35 minutes).
- Prepare Chilies: De-seed and chop dried chilies, then toast them along with sesame seeds.
- Toast Spices: Toast cloves, coriander, cumin, anise, black peppercorns, and cinnamon stick.
- Blend Ingredients: Combine toasted chilies, sesame seeds, and spices in a mortar and pestle, then blend with soaked chilies and raisins.
- Cook Mole Sauce: Heat lard in a pot, add blended mole mixture, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Finish Mole: Add chocolate and sugar to the mole sauce, adjust seasoning with salt and sugar.
- Cook Red Rice: Rinse red rice, soak for 20 minutes, then cook with a 2:1 ratio of water to rice.
- Plate and Serve: Serve mole over chicken with red rice, garnish with sesame seeds and a fresh salad.
