Roast chicken with chocolate mole
- Anna Glover
Published: June 3, 2021 at 12:19 PM
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Serves 4
Easy
Total time: 1 hr and 30 mins
+ Marinating
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Dark chocolate and coffee are the keys to this deeply savoury, spicy mole sauce – perfect with marinated roast chicken, rice and lime wedges
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It may look like a scary amount of ingredients for the mole but, trust us, it’s worth it – the result is a deeply savoury, spicy sauce.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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1.5kg whole chicken
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1 tbsp olive oil
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1 tbsp cumin seeds
toasted and ground
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1 tbsp coriander seeds
toasted and ground
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½ tsp ground cinnamon
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ground to make 1 tsp black peppercorns
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1 tbsp sea salt flakes
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rice
to serve
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coriander
to serve
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lime wedges
to serve
MOLE
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2 dried ancho chillies
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2 dried chipotle chillies
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2 dried guajillo chillies
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1 onion
chopped
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6 cloves garlic
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1-2 jalapeño chillies
deseeded and chopped
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400g tin chopped tomatoes
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1 tsp dried oregano
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1 tbsp instant espresso powder
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2 tbsp peanut butter
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400ml chicken stock
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50g dark chocolate
finely chopped
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal635
- fat36.5g
- saturates10.8g
- carbs16.9g
- sugars12.2g
- fibre8g
- protein55.8g
- salt1g
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Method
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step 1
About 6 hours before you want to make this recipe, spatchcock the chicken by using a sharp pair of scissors to cut down either side of the backbone. Turn it over so it is breast-side up, and press to flatten slightly. Pour over the olive oil and rub to evenly coat both sides. Mix together the cumin, coriander, cinnamon, black pepper and salt. Sprinkle and rub all over the chicken on both sides, then put into a bowl and chill for at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours.
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step 2
To make the mole, put all of the dried chillies into a heatproof bowl and pour over just-boiled water from the kettle. Leave to soak for 15 minutes, then drain, remove the stalks and seeds, and discard these. Tip the chillies into a blender with the onion, garlic, jalapeños, tomatoes, oregano, espresso powder, peanut butter, stock and some seasoning, and whizz to a purée. Stir the chocolate into the sauce.
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step 3
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Pour the mole into a large baking tray (approximately 22cm x 35cm) and nestle the chicken on top, scraping any marinade over the chicken. Roast for 55 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and crisp, then cover the whole tray with foil and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Bring the baking tray to the table, scatter with coriander leaves and serve with rice and lime wedges on the side.
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Anna GloverSenior food editor
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