Chicken Mole

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Ingredients

  • 2 frying chickens (3 lbs. each) cut in pieces
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 3 whole cloves garlic
  • 1 - 14 oz. can chicken broth
  • 4 - 6 cups hott cooked rice
  • Mole Sauce
  • 2 tbsp. chili powder
  • 20 whole blanced almonds
  • 1/4 cup diced green tipped banana
  • 1 tsp each ground cinnamon and salt
  • 2 corn tortilla, torn in pieces
  • 2 tbsp. sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp. pine nuts
  • chicken broth
  • 6 tbsp. butter
  • 1 oz. semisweet chocolate

Preparation

Step 1

Place all chicken but breasts in a 5 quart pot. Add onion, garlic, and chicken broth. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Cut whole breasts in half and add to kettle; contiue to simmer, covered for 20 minutes or until thigh meat is no longer pink near bone.

Lift chicken from broth, sed aside to cool slightly; leave whole of pull off and discard and bone. Cut each breast into 3 pieces; cut other large pieces into same size as breast meat pieces, if desired.

Pour broth through a wire strainer and reserve; discard vegetables. Skil off fat and discard. Measure broth; if less than 3 cups, add water; if more than 3 cups, boil to reduce. If made ahead, cover and chill chicken and broth seperately.

MOLE SAUCE

In a blender, whirl until smooth chili powder, almonds, bananas, cinnamon & salt, tortillas, sesame seeds, pine nuts and enough reserved broth to blend smoothly.

Pour into pan; add remaining broth, butter and chocolate. Heat to simmering over medium heat, stirring. (if making ahead, cover and refrigerate as long as 1 week; then reheat)

Heat mole sauce to simmering. Add chicken and simmer until meat is hot. Transfer meat to serving dish. Pour remaining sauce into a bowl. Serve meat and sauce over hot cooked rice; accompany with vegetables.