Oaxacan black mole (ingredients)

10 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 larges Chickens -- cut serving pieces or one 7 pound turkey
2 smalls Garlic heads -- scored around middle
2 smalls White onions -- roughly sliced
6 Sprigs fresh mint
Sea salt -- to taste
¼ pounds Chilhuacles negros or guajillos
2 ounces Chiles pasillas
2 ounces Chiles mulatos
½ pounds Tomatoes -- broiled
1 cup Water
3 Whole cloves
3 Whole allspice
6 Sprigs fresh thyme -- leaves only
OR rounded 1/4 ts. dried
6 Sprigs fresh marjoram -- leaves only
OR rounded 1/4 ts. dried
2 tablespoons Oaxacan oregano
OR
1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
¾ cup Melted lard, or safflower oil
¼ cup Sesame seeds
¼ cup Shelled peanuts
10 eaches Unskinned almonds
¼ cup Raisins
1 small Onion -- thickly sliced
12 smalls Garlic cloves -- peeled and deveined
1 Very thick 3-inch cinnamon stick -- slivered
1 Skinned ripe plantain cut in thick slices
2 Crisp-fried corn tortillas
3 slices Dried French bread or semisweet roll, thick slices
2 ounces Mexican drinking chocolate
Sea salt -- to taste

Directions

THE CHICKEN

THE SAUCE

Recipe By : Diana Kennedy's "The Art of Mexican Cooking" From: Dan Klepach Date: 06-16-95 (164) Fido: Home Co

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