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Authentic Mexican Mole Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Heat oil in a lg. skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and brown on all sides, set aside.
  • In the same skillet, sautee onion, bell pepper, poblano pepper and garlic. Cook and stir until veggies are soft and slightly caramelized. Stir in chili powder, cumin and cinnamon and cook 3 minutes longer.
  • Add tomatoes, raisins, chipotle peppers, chicken broth, beer, peanut butter, sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook 20 minutes, stirring often.
  • Pour the sauce into a blender or food processor and add chocolate. Cover and blend until smooth.
  • Transfer the chicken into the dutch oven, or a deep heavy cooking pot, or skillet. Pour sauce over chicken. Cover and simmer for about 45 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
  • Serve warm over cooked white rice with warm tortillas. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and sprinkle with fresh cilantro, if desired.
  • You will have lots of sauce left-over. Drizzle extra sauce over rice and chicken. The sauce can be frozen and served with chicken later on.

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  • gogertt 10 years ago
    I can't wait to try this. i have a brother who owns a home in Clayton. I am in Hville, nc
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  • NPMarie 11 years ago
    Another review
    Authentic Mexican Mole Chicken
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  • Good4U 11 years ago
    Review in IMI by Lilliancooks
    Authentic Mexican Mole Chickenby Juels
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  • nunnya 12 years ago
    This sounds good, but my grandmother's recipe didn't call for almost half the ingredients and the method of cooking was a slow process. Will try this process and see how it compares.
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  • Nancyep 13 years ago
    The recipe is great but the bar in the middle can make you skip a step. It is asking to hold the recipe while looking at others can someone make it go away?
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  • JMichael 13 years ago
    I have made this chicken mole' recipe for more events , where I am now teaching ...How to make Chicken mole' classes for friends in my home ...fun Party Theme!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    stephenchavez ate it and said...
    I am making this as I type this and I will post a picture as soon as I am done. Having only been picking at the sauce, it is already smelling and tasting delicious. I did use 1 cup of Young's Double Chocolate Stout in place of the mexican beer and added about 1/2tbsp of red pepper flakes as I love my food extra spicy. I also used 6tbsp of unsweetened hershey's cocoa powder with 2 tbsp of butter instead because the only unsweet baker's chocolate I found at Central Market was $10 a bar! One small difference but i did use chopped red onion because i prefer it over the white onion.

    I already know this will be a 5 star recipe, this is better than my mother's mole!!
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  • GoodCookin74 14 years ago
    Substituted an Anaheim Chili for the Poblano Pepper and Coca-Cola for the Beer, turned out great!
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    " It was excellent "
    FavoriteFixins ate it and said...
    I'm going to make this for sure!!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    8wheelsor2 ate it and said...
    I made this dish today and it is absolutely the best mole I ever have eaten. I took the skin off the chicken legs because I have to cut back on fat in my diet and get this...I ate it as a stand alone dish...Dr. told me to cut back on all things white...but when I have a carb day I will put this over white rice as it is meant to be eaten. Hands down the best mole I have ever eaten and this recipe is definitely a keeper! Again...thanks to the chef for sharing.
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    " It was excellent "
    lilliancooks ate it and said...
    I made this today and it was amazingly good! I love the hearty rich flavor of the sauce and the deep brown color! I had to make some changes because my teens can't handle spicy foods. I omitted the chipotle peppers. I also only used 1/2 the chocolate because I knew they would notice that too. I couldn't find dark Mexican beer so I used a non-alcoholic dark malt and added 1 tbls. of balsamic vinegar to it. The malt was very sweet so I doubled the salt. I also omitted the raisins because I'm not a big fan of them. I skinned the chicken thighs to cut down on the fat. To serve this I removed the chicken from the bones and added it back to the lovely thick sauce and poured it over white rice! YUM!!! I added my photo! =)
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    " It was excellent "
    lilliancooks ate it and said...
    I don't know how I missed this one!!! This sounds perfect! I've only had mole one time...but I loved it!!!
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  • mommyluvs2cook 14 years ago
    Made this tonight and it was very good!!! I was worried because I haven't made anything like this and was worried we wouldn't like it, but we were pleasantly surprised! The sauce make A LOT so next time I might scale it down some. I did have to add a little more salt but other that that....delicious! Oh and the sauce is super good over the rice...I couldn't get enough of it!
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    " It was excellent "
    midwestguy ate it and said...
    this is right up my alley.... I love Mole Sauce but have always been afraid to try making it... looks delicious to me!
    5 !
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  • dooley 16 years ago
    We do eat alot of Mexican food down here in Texas. And my wife being Mexican loves to make Mole. Will definatly give this a try soon. Dooley
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    " It was excellent "
    lura ate it and said...
    This sounds great! I have saved it for when I next feel adventurous. Great job Juels,between the flavors and picture my taste buds are salivating . Thanks. :)
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    " It was excellent "
    minitindel ate it and said...
    juels this is absolutely perfect ....love the flavors and i love this dish thank you
    great post
    five plus

    tink
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    " It was excellent "
    angelinaw ate it and said...
    Julia, this sounds great! Love how the sauce dresses up the chicken! Thanks for sharing, definitely saving this one! High-five!
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    " It was excellent "
    dragonwings647 ate it and said...
    Sounds great, will make this soon. Thanks
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    " It was excellent "
    gagagrits ate it and said...
    Thanks for the kind words on the memican popcorn. In fact the little mexican Inn that made the popcorn, that was the last time I had mexican mole chicken. Parts of the movie Dogma, was shot there. I love this recipe, and can't wait to try it. maybe I should go to crabhappychick house on saturday. LOL
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