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Chicken Mole


Submitted by glutenfreeweek on Sun, 05/04/2014 - 03:05

Summary

Yield
Servings
Sourceglutenfreeweek
Prep time
15 minutes
Cooking time
1 hour, 25 minutes
Total time
1 hour, 40 minutes

Description

Chicken Mole imported from Recipe Import

Ingredients

2 T
olive oil
1  
onion (chopped)
3 clv
garlic (chopped)
2 T
chili powder
1 t
ground cumin
1⁄2 t
ground cinnamon
1 cn
diced tomatoes (drained)
1  
bell pepper (chopped)
2  
chipotle peppers (roughly chopped)
1 1⁄4 c
chicken broth
2 T
peanut butter
1 1⁄2 oz
baker's chocolate (chopped)
1  
(5-pound) chicken (split into 8 pieces)
1⁄4 c
orange juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Over medium heat, add olive oil and onion and saute until tender. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin, and cinnamon and cook for a few minutes. Add tomatoes, peppers, chipotles, chicken broth, peanut butter, orange juice, and chocolate. Simmer for 10 minutes. Put the sauce in a blender or a food processor and blend the mixture until it's smooth.

Brown the chicken on both sides for a few minutes in a pan over medium-high heat. Then place the chicken in a casserole dish covered with mole sauce. Bake for 1 hour.