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Chipotle Chocolate Mole Sauce with Braised Chicken or Beef

Chocolate is not just for dessert when you use it on our Chocolate and Chipotle Mole Sauce with Chicken or Beef. This exotic recipe adds “spice” to any meal.


Ingredients

1 package of Nueva Cocina® Chipotle Taco Seasoning
1/3 cup sesame seeds
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
3 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon of cilantro powder or 1/3 cup of chopped cilantro
3 cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
2 tablespoons of olive oil
20 whole unsalted almonds
1/3 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
5 medium tomatoes
½ cup sweet corn kernels
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
4 cups of low-sodium, low-fat chicken broth
3 oz. of unsweetened baker’s chocolate
Salt and ground black pepper
1 lb. of chicken (and/or beef) strips

Directions

Toast the sesame and cumin seeds. Add the olive oil, garlic, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cilantro, tomatoes (with skin), and onions. Sauté for 10 minutes. The skin of the tomatoes should blister some. Add the chicken broth and the contents of the Nueva Cocina® Chipotle Taco Seasoning package and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. Blend the mixture, along with the corn, chocolate, pumpkin seeds and the almonds to a smooth consistency. The mixture is now a mole sauce. Simmer the blended mixture for 1 hour, stirring often to keep mixture smooth. Serve warm. Cut the chicken (and/or beef) strips into medium cubes. Rub them with salt and black pepper and braise them (fully cook them in a little water and oil). Serve the mole as a dipping sauce with the chicken (and/or beef) on the side, along with short bamboo skewers. Eat as a fondue.