halloween molé sauce

Updated: Mar 5

October 24th, 2021

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Ingredients

5 dried guajillo peppers

5 dried new mexico chiles

1 chipotle pepper

1 tbsp adobo sauce 1 fresh jalapeño deseeded

1 sweet onion

5 cloves garlic

1/3 cup almonds

1 reese’s peanut butter cup

1 hershey’s chocolate bar (fun size)

1 kit kat (fun size)

5 crackers

1/2 cup chicken stock

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp cumin

1 tbsp oregano

1 6oz can tomato paste

1 14.5oz can chopped tomatoes

1/3 cup raisins

1 chicken bouillon cube

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Preparation

1.

Bring dried guajillo peppers and dried new mexico to a boil and then turn off heat, let steep for 5min

Red guajillo and New Mexican chiles Stepping in a gray pot in water — Guajillo Pepper and New Mexico Chiles Steeping

2.

Roughly chop onion, jalapeño, and garlic. Cook in olive oil for 5 minutes

Jalapeños onions and garlic all cooking in a white pot with olive oil — Cooking Jalapeño, Onion and Garlic for Halloween Molé Sauce

3.

To the pot add chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, almonds, chicken stock, raisins, cinnamon, cumin, oregano, tomato paste, chopped tomatoes, chicken bouillon cube, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer.