Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe

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Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe is a tongue tickling blend of dark chocolate, red chillies, peanut butter and aromatic spices create their magic in this Mexican style Chicken Mole recipe.

It turns out deliciously tender, and is easy enough to prepare for lunch or dinner.

Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe, the best preparations ever

The recipe I am sharing today of Chocolate Chicken Mole is the one of the best preparations I have ever made.

In this recipe chicken is cooked in delicious Mexican style chocolate mole sauce which is a beautiful blend of red chillies along with aromatic spices. And hint of peanut butter lends it a beautiful flavour.

Have you ever thought of adding chocolate or peanut butter in your curries before? Think about it.

I am back after a short break with this delicious recipe :

Ahhh.. it feels so good to come back to what you like the most. For me it’s Travelling, Cooking, and Writing for my blog.

As Diwali was round the corner, so got occupied with routine and many more things. Kind of taken a short break but was missing this so badly.

Today I want to share my happiness with you all. The recipe which I am sharing today is winner amongst 500+ entries. I have adapted this recipe from Chef Pankaj with few changes.

I saw this recipe on a cooking show and decided to make it as soon as possible. Here in this recipe, addition of chocolate in making chicken curry, takes the whole dish a notch higher.

I love to prepare chicken in various styles as I find it very monotonous to make same style of curries or gravies every time. I keep making different style of Chicken everytime. Here is the list 👇👇

Zero oil chicken tangdi in Pressure cooker

Restaurant style chicken awadh

Sprouted Ragi and Chicken Cutlets

Come, create new style dish, Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe in your kitchen.

Recipe card :

Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe

Prep time

25 mins

Cook time

50 mins

Total time

1 hour 15 mins

A tounge tickling blend of dark chocolate, red chillies, peanut butter and aromatic spices create magic in this Mexican style Chocolate Chicken Mole recipe. It turns out deliciously tender, and is easy enough to prepare for lunch or dinner.

Author: Lata Lala

Recipe type: Main course

Cuisine: Mexican style

Serves: 4

Ingredients

1 Onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup chopped Capsicum red, yellow and green
2 jalapenos, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons peanut butter
½ cup water
½ cup bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped
250 gms chicken, cut in medium pieces
Oil 4 tbsp
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
¼th teaspoon cinnamon powder
Salt to taste

Instructions

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add onion and saute till becomes translucent.
Add garlic and other spices and continue to saute.
Add chopped tomatoes, half of peppers, jalapenos, peanut butter, chocolate and water.
Simmer for 10 minutes. Keep an eye on gravy and saute continuously, as chocolate in that may get burnt.
Cool it and pulse it in mixer. Strain the puree for silky smooth finish.
In a heavy bottomed pan put oil.
Add chicken pieces and sear it on medium heat till it's browned and juices of chicken are locked.
If necessary add more oil while searing the chicken.
Now transfer the gravy onto seared chicken.
Cook the chicken for about 35 to 40 minutes on low flame. Cook it till it is done and becomes tender.
Transfer this into serving dish and serve it with rice or roti or lavaash sticks.

Steps to make Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion and saute till becomes translucent. Add garlic and other spices and continue to saute.

Add chopped tomatoes, half of peppers, jalapenos, peanut butter, chocolate and water.

Simmer for 10 minutes. Keep an eye on gravy and saute continuously, as chocolate in that may get burnt. Cool it and pulse it in mixer. Strain the puree for silky smooth finish.

Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe

In a heavy bottomed pan put oil. Add chicken pieces and sear it on medium heat till it’s browned and juices of chicken are locked. If necessary add more oil while searing the chicken.

Now transfer the gravy onto seared chicken. Cook the chicken for about 35 to 40 minutes on low flame. Cook it till it is done and becomes tender.

Transfer this into serving dish and serve it with rice or roti or lavaash sticks.

Chocolate Chicken Mole Recipe