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Mole coloradito enchiladas

Rick Bayless · ♥ 584 likes · 12.8K views · 25 min video

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Ingredients
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  • ancho chilies
  • guajillo chilies
Seed and stem the ancho and guajillo chilies, tear them flat, and toast them on a hot griddle or skillet, pressing until they crackle and flipping.
Cover the chilies with hot tap water, weight with a plate, and soak about 30 minutes; drain.
  • hot tap water
On the same griddle, on a piece of foil, roast ripe tomatoes, with four unpeeled garlic cloves directly on the surface, turning until blackened, blistered and soft, 10 to 15 minutes.
  • ripe tomatoes
  • 4 cloves unpeeled garlic cloves
  • sesame seeds
Toast sesame seeds in a small skillet over medium heat, stirring, until aromatic and golden.
Peel the blackened skins off the tomatoes and the garlic.
  • cinnamon
  • oregano
  • black pepper
  • chopped Mexican chocolate
  • 1½ cup chicken broth
Blend the tomatoes, garlic, sesame seeds and drained chilies with cinnamon, oregano, black pepper, chopped Mexican chocolate and a cup and a half of chicken broth until smooth.
  • oil
Heat oil in a heavy pot; press the puree through a medium-mesh sieve into it so it sizzles.
Stir over medium-high heat 8 or 9 minutes, until reduced to the consistency of tomato paste, with oil separating on top and the bottom of the pot visible as you stir.
  • chicken broth
Add the rest of the chicken broth to the consistency of a light cream soup; cover and simmer about an hour on medium-low.
  • tortillas
Spray tortillas in stacks of two with oil on both sides and soften in a 350 oven 3 or 4 minutes.
  • salt
  • sugar
Season the mole with a fair amount of salt, then with sugar, just enough to bring forward the chilies and chocolate without tasting sweet.
  • cooked chicken
Spoon a little mole over warm cooked chicken; fill the warm tortillas, roll, and set seam side down on a plate.
Assembling the enchiladas
  • thinly sliced white onion
  • flat leaf parsley leaves
Cover every bit of the tortillas with mole; garnish with thinly sliced white onion and flat leaf parsley.