Prep Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour | Cook Time: 3 hours | Serves: 5
Dinner » Turkey » Mexican

Ingredients:

Mole is a traditional Mexican sauce, especially common and diverse in the Oaxaca region. While the most well-known variants (at least to Americans) are famous for their inclusion of chocolate, there is no set list of ingredients. Every family has their own recipe. Common themes include the use of multiple nuts and anywhere from three to fifteen varieties of chile, depending on what is available locally.

This mole uses coffee to replace the residual bitterness and complex earthiness sometimes contributed by chocolate. Coffee is hardly an innovation, however; it is a common ingredient among some families. Despite the number and variety of chiles I used, the finished product was not at all spicy; it was complex, slightly bitter, earthy and flavorful. Turkey is the traditional meat to serve with mole, but any meat goes well.

- 4 pasilla chiles, dried
- 4 guajillo chiles, dried
- 3 new mexico chiles, dried
- 1 medium onion
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup raw peanuts
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 full pot Mexican coffee
- 1 quart chicken broth
- 1.5 pounds turkey breast
- corn tortillas
- 1/4 head of cabbage
- Queso Fresco or other soft cheese