Mole (BAMBOOZLED??)
There's this one song I heard as a kid that went a little something like:
"Mi querida Soledad / Me va a guisar un molito..."
Which is basically someone saying "My dear solitude will make me some mole", and I honestly have no clue what that means. Maybe it's too deep for me or maybe someone had a bit too much to drink that night.
Just in case, though I do have faith in all y'all, mole is pronounced mohl-eh.
For those of y'all who haven't had mole, it's a smooth, earthy-flavor sauce that you can put on a lot of things, typically chicken or rice. There's a lot that goes into mole: spices, vegetables, seeds, and weird things like chocolate and bread.
Make time: 200 minutes
What you'll need:
A loaf of bread
2 full tomatoes
A full Onion
Some Garlic
A banana or two
A cup of cocoa nibs/ chocolate tablet
2 dried Guajillo Chiles
2 dried Ancho chiles
3 dried Chipotle chiles
3 cups chicken broth
5 pinches of whole clove
2 cinammon sticks
2 tbs cumin seeds
Some pumpkin seeds: without the outer shell
Many Almonds!
The entire Earth itself
Im kidding, jeez.
That would be so much extra work. Let's be efficient here.
All you need is 3 cups bone broth, bone broth, some pre-made mole from your local "hispanic cuisine" section, and a chocolate tablet.
Step Uno:
Dump it all into a saucepan at medium heat and stir and stir and stir and stir until there are no clumps. Clumpy mole is bad mole, and no one will eat it. Legend has it that a covenant invented mole in a hurry after they learned that an archbishop was to be visiting them, and they didn't have many ingredients. What would have happened to those poor souls had they made clumpy mole?
You must continue stirring until you get some nice smooth mole
Awesome! I hate the smell of mole but I enjoy the taste. Let it cool for a few hours until it becomes a darker shade of brown, pour it on some chicken and add some sesame seeds on top; perhaps add a tortilla or two as backup.
You're done. Enjoy.
Found the song on spotify
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This looks amazing!
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