Method
- Bring water, chicken and celery to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat, letting chicken simmer about 1 hour, or until meat comes away easily from bones.
- Remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool.
- Strain broth and keep liquid; discard celery.
- In a blender, combine half of the broth with the cilantro, salt, cumin, cloves, chilli powder, garlic, raisins, corn chips and onion.
- Pulse several times to blend.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat and carefully add the blended ingredients.
- (You are actually "frying" the sauce, here, so pour carefully to avoid spatters.)
- Heat and stir for 5 minutes.
- Add the remaining broth, tomato sauce and melted chocolate to skillet.
- Cover and simmer on low heat 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, remove skin and bones from chicken and cut into bite-size pieces; add to sauce in skillet.
- Taste and correct seasonings, if desired.
- Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Toast almond slivers and use as garnish.
Note:
Serve this mole with brown rice, steamed corn tortillas and a green salad.
Ingredients:
4 - chicken breasts
2 - chicken legs and thighs
1 - celery stalk, chopped
3 tbsp - fresh cilantro, minced
1/4 tsp - ground cumin
1/4 tsp - ground cloves
2 tbsp - chili powder
3 - garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup - raisins
1/4 cup - crushed corn chips
1 - medium onion, chopped
1 tbsp - olive oil
8 ounces - tomato sauce
1 ounce - unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/4 cup - slivered almonds, toasted
3 cups - water
1/4 tsp - salt