Estofado de Pollo

Chicken in Mole Estofado

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico

By Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral

Published 2019

  • About

This is the mole that my mother has made the most throughout our life. I have many memories of asking her to make this dish for my birthdays growing up. I would say that it is probably my favorite of them all. It was also the first mole that I learned how to cook, since it is the most approachable and easiest to make. The dish’s briny, bright flavors are quite different from many other moles because there aren’t any dried chiles involved. The main flavor comes from pickled jalapeños and oli