Chicken Breasts with Yellow Mole and Roasted Vegetables - Rick Bayless

Chicken Breasts with Yellow Mole and Roasted Vegetables - Rick Bayless

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One the classic seven moles from Oaxaca, this yellow mole is completely traditional (and easily mastered) with chicken and vegetables.

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Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 4 medium bone-in, skin-on (about 2 1/2 pounds total) medium chicken breast halves without wings
  • 1/2 pound small (about 1 inch diameter) boiling potatoes (like fingerlings or the small multi-colored ones sold in lots of produce departments), cut in half
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil (divided use)
  • 1 large (8- or 9-ounce) chayote, peeled or not, pitted, cut into ½-inch pieces
  • About 5 ounces green beans, ends cut off, cut into thirds (about 1 packed cup)
  • 4 dried (1 ounce) dried guajillo chiles, stemmed, seeded and torn into flat pieces
  • 1 small (4-ounce) ripe tomato, cut in quarters
  • 2 medium (4 ounces total) tomatillos, husked, rinsed and cut in half
  • 6 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
  • 2 cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 large (10- or 12-inch) hoja santa leaves OR 4 dried or fresh avocado leaves
  • 6 tablespoons dried masa harina or plain fresh masa

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