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Mole amarillo with wood-grilled striped bass

Rick Bayless · ♥ 709 likes · 21.8K views · 24 min video

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  • guajillo chilies
  • garlic
  • onion
Stem and seed the guajillo chilies, pull out the veins, tear into pieces and put them in the blender untoasted with raw garlic and onion.
Mole amarillo: an untoasted chili base
Add the roasted tomatoes (at home, half a can of roasted tomatoes).
  • roasted frozen tomatoes
  • allspice
  • cumin
  • Mexican cinnamon
  • chicken broth
Pulverize a little allspice, cumin and Mexican cinnamon in a molcajete and add with a little chicken broth; blend to a smooth purée, add about a teaspoon of Mexican oregano and blend again.
  • 1 tsp Mexican oregano
  • olive oil
Film a pot with olive oil over a medium-high fire; when hot, pour the purée through a medium mesh strainer into it and cook briefly.
  • fresh masa
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 whole hoja santa leaves
Blend a nugget of fresh masa (or masa harina) with about a cup of chicken broth and two hoja santa leaves (or a handful of cilantro); strain into the sauce.
  • chicken broth
  • salt
When thickened to a thick cream soup consistency, add the rest of the broth, simmer five minutes and season with salt.
  • 2 pieces striped bass
  • olive oil
  • salt
Coat the striped bass with olive oil on all sides and sprinkle with salt; toss the steamed green beans with olive oil and salt.
  • steamed green beans
  • olive oil
  • salt
Grill the fish over a very hot part of the wood grill; warm the green beans on a perforated grill pan above the fire until a little smoky.
  • fresh corn tamales
  • cilantro microgreens
  • red vein sorrel
Ladle the yellow mole onto a warm plate, add torn fresh corn tamales, nestle in the fish, top with the green beans and finish with cilantro microgreens and red vein sorrel.