Delicious Chicken Mole
By: Stephen Richards, author of Delicious Meets Nutritious
If you're in the mood for something exotic, turn to Delicious Chicken Mole. This easy chicken mole recipe will impress all your guests with distinct flavors and spices. Enjoy this Central American dish to spice things up tonight!
Ingredients
- 3 cup chopped onion
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon aniseed
- 3 tablespoon chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 tablespoon Xagave
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter
- 2 to 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 2 tablespoon raisins
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- optional ingredient:
- 1 chopped jalapeno, seeded and deveined
Instructions
- In a large skillet sauté onion in oil over moderately high heat, stirring, until it is golden brown. In a mortar with a pestle crush coriander seeds and aniseed, stir them into the onion mixture with the chili powder, cinnamon, cloves and Xagave and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute.
- Stir in cocoa powder, peanut butter, 2 cups of broth, tomatoes, raisins, garlic, and salt to taste.
- Simmer sauce, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. While sauce is cooking season chicken with salt and pepper, brush with olive oil and broil them for 10 minutes, or until golden.
- Flip the breasts and broil them for 10 minutes more. In a blender or food processor purée the sauce in batches, adding remaining broth, as necessary, to the desired consistency.
- Transfer sauce to the skillet, add the chicken, and simmer uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Serve the chicken with the mole sauce over the rice, sprinkled with the sesame seeds.