Pipian Verde (green mole)

This pipian mole verde is made with pumpkin seeds, peanuts, green chili peppers, and spices. It is perfect to serve over chicken or your favorite protein.

📝 Ingredients

• 8 small chicken drumsticks (or chicken thighs)
• 1 small onion (peeled)
• 2 garlic cloves (skin on)
• small bunch cilantro
• 1 bay leaf
• salt (to taste)
• 1/2 lb tomatillos (boiled, about 1 1/2 cup)
• 1 poblano, Anaheim, or jalapeño pepper (seeded and cut into chunks)
• 1 bunch radishes leaves
• 2 romaine lettuce leaves
• 1/2 cup toasted pepitas
• 1/4 cups toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup toasted peanuts
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 large garlic clove (peeled)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cook chicken drumsticks in a large pot with onion, garlic, bay leaf, cilantro, salt, and plenty of water (read note 1).
2. 2Remove chicken from the pot and place it in a bowl. Then strain the liquid and set everything aside.
3. 3--- Make the sauce: ---
4. 4Add cooked tomatillos in a blender and add chilies, radish and lettuce leaves, pepitas, peanuts, sesame seeds, cumin, peppercorns, and garlic.
5. 5Pour in 2 ½ cups of chicken stock (from cooking the chicken) and blend for 3-4 minutes at high speed until you’ll have a velvety sauce (read note 2).
6. 6--- Cook pipian verde ---
7. 7Transfer the sauce to a large pot and pour in 1 ½ cups of chicken stock.
8. 8Bring to a simmer and cook over medium-low heat, stirring from time to time, for 40 minutes (read note 3).
9. 9Adjust salt to taste, then add the cooked chicken to the pot.
10. 10Cook for 10 more minutes to blend all flavors together then turn off the heat.
11. 11Serve with Mexican white rice on the side and warm corn tortillas.