How to Make Ancho Chile Sauce (Mole Sauce) for Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 1-4 dried ancho Chiles, stemmed, seeded, and torn into 12-inch pieces (4 cup)
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1/8 cup green onion
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1½ cups chicken broth
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 4-6 pieces of chicken thighs, skin and bone removed, cut into cubes

Directions:

  1. Toast ancho in Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring frequently, until fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes;
  2. Add 2 tablespoons oil, onion, green onion, and garlic and cook over medium heat until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Stir in tomatoes, peanut butter, cocoa, and cinnamon and cook until mixture is bubbly, about 2 minutes.
  4. Stir in broth, salt, and black pepper.
  5. Cook, stirring occasionally, until Chile pieces are tender and mixture is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
  6. Transfer mixture to blender and add remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
  7. Process until smooth, 30 to 60 seconds, scraping down sides of blender jar as needed.
  8. Return sauce to now-empty pot. Rise the blender with some water and pour into pot.
  9. Nestle chicken into pot and spoon some sauce over top.
  10. Bring to simmer over medium-low heat, then cover and cook until chicken is done.

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