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Pollo Mole - Chicken with Mole Sauce

Here's how you make Pollo Mole - Chicken with Mole Sauce
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  • Servings: 4-6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 50m
  • The following recipe serves 4-6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 8 ounces Dona Maria mole sauce (1 jar)
  • 1-2 pound rotisserie chicken OR
  • 2-3 pounds chicken (thighs, or breasts or combination, with or without skin)
  • 1/2 white onion (not chopped!)
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon pepper corns
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 3 1/2 cups chicken broth (from poaching the chicken, or from boullion powder or carton)
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 4 cups Mexican rice, prepared
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: The easiest way make this is to purchase a rotisserie chicken from your favorite local source!

  • Step 2: Otherwise, poach chicken in 5 quarts of water, 1/2 an onion, garlic, peppercorns and salt. Remove chicken, strain liquid, discard solids and save broth. There should be about a quart.

  • Step 3: Open jar of Dona Maria Mole and scoop out contents into large pot. Add one cup of warm broth.

  • Step 4: Whisk the mixture until smooth. This takes a while, but it will get smooth!

  • Step 5: Add some more broth while whisking.

  • Step 6: Add peanut butter and continue whisking.

  • Step 7: When the sauce is smooth, add the rest of the broth. Simmer gently until sauce thickens somewhat.

  • Step 8: Meanwhile, shred your poached chicken or remove rotisserie chicken from bones.

  • Step 9: Depending on how much chicken you have, you can remove about 2 cups of the sauce and save it for another day.

  • Step 10: Add shredded chicken to remaining sauce.

  • Step 11: To serve, sprinkle with chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

  • Step 12: Serve with Mexican rice.


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