Almond Chicken Mole Sauce

Sharon123's Note:

This is great served over chicken or fish! From Stop The Clock! Cooking: Defy Aging--Eat The Foods You Love by Cheryl Forberg

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 5 cups sa ...

mole sauce

• 1 1/2 medium red onions, cut into eighths
• 1/4 cup almonds, toasted
• 2 chipotle chiles
• 1/3 cup slivered pitted dried plum (prunes)
• 2 corn tortillas, torn or crumbled
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
• 2 tablespoons shaved mexican chocolate (or 2 tbls.natural unsweetened cocoa powder)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup fresh tomato, chopped, seeded, peeled
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 1/2 cups fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Combine first nine ingredients through cloves in blender and mix until smooth, adding the oil and chicken broth gradually.
2. Heat another tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet and add spice paste (from blender), cooking on medium heat until fragrant.
3. Add tomatoes, sauce, peppers, garlic, broth and seasonings and simmer for five minutes until thickened and creamy.
4. Serve over chicken or fish.

Reviews

[Chef Kate]

Excellent flavor and texture and so easy! And what great smells in the kitchen!

[lauralie41]

We had this mole sauce over grilled chicken also. I used 1 chipotle chile and unsweetened cocoa powder. The spices work so well with the cocoa powder and vegetables. I really enjoyed this with the chicken!

[~Leslie~]

Wow, I had never even HEARD of Mole before, and now I am hooked! I made this for the ZWT 2 challenge and we enjoyed it over griiled chicken for lunch. Totally unlike anything I have ever had before, we loved it!