Mole Sauce Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Mole Sauce
Add your photo!
Ingredients
1
Count
Nutrition
252
Calories
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Classic Mole Poblano Sauce
  2. From The Whole Chile Pepper Book
  3. Heat scale: 4 (out of 10)
  4. Yield: 2 cups
  5. Dried Pasilla chiles, stems and seeds removed
  6. Dried red New Mexican chiles, stems and seeds removed
  7. Medium onion, chopped
  8. Cloves garlic, chopped
  9. Medium tomatoes, peeled and seeds removed, chopped (I used canned chopped tomatoes)
  10. T sesame seeds
  11. /2 cup almonds
  12. /2 corn tortilla, torn into pieces
  13. /4 cup raisins
  14. /4 tsp ground cloves
  15. /4 tsp ground cinnamon
  16. /4 teaspoon coriander
  17. T shortening or vegetable oil (I use canola oil and use less than this)
  18. Cup chicken broth
  19. Oz bitter chocolate (or more to taste)
  20. Combine chiles, onion, garlic, tomatoes, 1 T of sesame seeds, almonds, tortilla, raisins. cloves, cinnamon and coriander. Puree small amounts in blender until smooth (I borrow a food processor).
  21. Melt shortening in skillet and saute the puree for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add broth and chocolate and cook over very low heat for 45 minutes. The sauce should be very thick. The remaining sesame seeds are used as a garnish.
  22. I serve this over chicken or enchiladas. It keeps for at least several months in the freezer.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 251.98 Kcal (1055 kJ)
Calories from fat 159.71 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.75g 27%
Cholesterol 106.47mg 35%
Sodium 82.81mg 3%
Potassium 223.59mg 5%
Protein 21.29g 43%
Vitamin C 3.5mg 6%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 13mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 213 Kcal (892 kJ)
Calories from fat 135 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15g 27%
Cholesterol 90mg 35%
Sodium 70mg 3%
Potassium 189mg 5%
Protein 18g 43%
Vitamin C 3mg 6%
Iron 1mg 7%
Calcium 11mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.5
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top