Chicken In Mole Sauce

Chicken Recipes 'To-Go'

Mexican Chicken Recipes

Home |>

Contact|>

Ingredients:

1 chipotle chile, dried
1/4 cup shortening or lard
2 tbsp red chiles, ground
2 cup chicken broth
4 flour tortillas, *
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup onion, chopped, 1 small
1 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp almonds or walnuts, chopped
1 tbsp sesame seed
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds, shelled
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp oregano, ground
1 1/2 tsp cocoa
1/2 tsp anise seed
1/4 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp cloves, ground
1/4 tsp nutmeg, ground
1/4 tsp allspice, ground
1/4 tsp ginger, ground
1/4 tsp cumin, ground, or
1/2 tsp cumin seed
1 cup chicken broth
8 chicken breast halves, **

Instructions:

* Flour tortillas should be 7 to 8-inches in diameter and be cut
into
small pieces. ** Chicken breast halves should be boneless and the
total weight should
be about 4 lbs. Cover chile with warm water. Let stand until
softened, about 1 hour. Drain and finely chop. Heat shortening in
3-quart saucepan over medium heat until hot. Cook and stir ground red
chiles in shortening until brown (add about 1/4 t water to prevent
scorching if necessary); cool. Stir in 2 cups of chicken broth. Stir
in remaining ingredients except the remaining 1 cup of broth and
chicken. Heat to boiling; reduce the heat and cover. Simmer 30
minutes, stirring occasionally; cool. Place a small amount of the
sauce into a blender container. Cover and blend on high speed until
smooth. Repeat with the remaining sauce. Heat 1 cup of the sauce and
the remaining chicken broth in a 12-inch skillet; reduce the heat.
Place the chicken, skin sides up, in a single layer in the skillet.
Cover and simmer until done, about 1 hour. Remove chicken to serving
dish and keep warm. Measure the cooking liquid. In skillet combine 1
cup of the cooking liquid with the remaining sauce and heat to
boiling, stirring constantly, and pour over the chicken.

Servings: 8

:: TOP ::

Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting

Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.

Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg - not by smashing it." - Arnold Glasow