Chicken with Mango Mole and Pepitas
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PortionsMoles are part of a family of sauces that come from the Oaxaca and Puebla regions of Mexico, and are known for their rich, complex flavors. This mole recipe features ripe mango, which pairs perfectly with pasilla chiles and spices. Chef Sarah Linkenheil from The Culinary Institute of America serves this mole with chicken and warmed tortillas.
Ingredients
1 ea Chicken, cut into pieces
as needed Salt
as needed Ground black pepper
3 Tbsp Vegetable oil
10 ea Pasilla chile
¼ cup Raisins
1 ea Chipotle chile
2 cups Water, boiling
2/3 cup Pepitas
1/3 cup Sesame seeds
6 ea Peppercorns Peppercorns
1 ea Cinnamon stick, ¾” pc.
⅛ tsp Coriander seeds
⅛ tsp Anise seed
1 ea Bay leaf
1 ea White onion, diced
4 ea Cloves
2 ea Ripe mango,* peeled, diced, seeds reserved
3 – 4 ea Garlic cloves
1 ea Corn tortilla, stale, torn
2 cups Chicken broth
2 cups Lime juice
Ingredients2 cups Rice, cooked
12 ea Tortillas, warm
1 ea Ripe mango,* small diced
½ cup Cilantro leaves
Directions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown the skin in oil until rendered and crisp. Remove from pan.
- Fry the pasilla chiles in the fat remaining in the pan until just starting to smoke. Remove. Make sure seeds are removed.
- Put the chiles in a blender with the raisins, chipotle, and the boiling water and blend until very smooth. Set aside.
- In the pan with the remaining fat, toast the pepitas, sesame seeds, and spices until fragrant.
- Add the onion and sauté until slightly browned. Add mango and garlic and cook for 5 minute until the mango is softened.
- Add the tortilla, puréed chili, and mango seeds and cook until it thickens and starts to stick to the pan. Remove mango seeds.
- Place the mixture into the blender again and purée until smooth adding chicken broth as needed to create a smooth purée.
- Return the purée to the pan and add the chicken and remaining broth, if any.
- Heat the mixture until bubbling, slowly, and stew the chicken until tender, about 45 minutes.
- Degrease the sauce as necessary.
- The mole should be thick. Adjust flavor with lime juice.
- Serve the mole over chicken and rice with warm tortillas garnished with mango and cilantro.
