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Pollo en Mole Rojo Sencillo
Poached chicken finished in a country red mole of guajillo, pasilla and ancho chiles thickened with toasted pumpkin seeds, cloves and garlic, cooked until dark red with pools of chile oil on top.
- YieldServes 6
- Hands-on1 h
- Total2 h 8 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1large chicken with giblets, about 1.6 to 1.8 kg, cut into serving pieces
- 1small white onion, roughly chopped
- 2 clovesgarlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 Lwater or light chicken broth, enough to cover the chicken
- to tastesea salt
Sauce
- 56 gdried guajillo chiles, about 11, stems removed
- 56 gdried pasilla chiles, about 7, stems removed
- 56 gdried ancho chiles, about 5, stems removed
- 90 mlsafflower oil, chicken fat or lard, 6 tbsp
- 140 ghulled raw pumpkin seeds, 1 rounded cup
- 1⅔ Lchicken poaching broth, about 7 cups; top up with water if it falls short
- 3whole cloves
- 5black peppercorns
- 4 clovesgarlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- to tastesea salt
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