Mole
Mole (from Nahuatl mōlli, "sauce") is a traditional sauce originally used in Mexican cuisine. Moles are complex and often have a dozen or more ingredients. Common ingredients include chili peppers, garlic, chocolate, tomatoes, sesame seeds, peanuts, and various spices.
Mole sauces are typically very dark, rich, and flavorful, and are often used as a finishing sauce for meat or poultry. They can also be used as a base for other dishes, such as enchiladas.
Mole recipes have been around for centuries, and the exact origins of the sauce are unknown. However, it is believed that mole developed from a combination of indigenous Mexican and Spanish cuisines.
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Recipes
Wholly Guacamole
- cilantro
- salt
- jalapeño
- lime
- tomato
- onion
- garlic
- avocado
'Easiest Ever' Chicken Mole Enchiladas
- black pepper
- salt
- salt
- olive oil
- oregano
- water
- onion
- chicken stock
- sour cream
- olive oil
- peanut butter
- chicken breast
- garlic
- corn tortilla
- disk mexican chocolate
- queso fresco
- pasilla
- corn tortilla
Green Pea Guacamole
- salt
- lime juice
- lime
- tortilla chip
- lime zest
- sunflower seed
- sweet pea
- cilantro
- green onion
- jalapeño
- avocado
- salt
Guacamole
- avocado
- cipolle bianche
- coriandolo
- pomodori ramati
- sale fino pizzico
- succo di lime
Tomatillo Guacamole
- salt
- lime juice
- jalapeño
- cilantro
- tomatillo
- avocado
Chunky Guacamole
- salt
- olive oil
- cilantro
- garlic
- onion
- serrano chile
- lime
- avocado
Pistachio Green Mole (Mole Verde de Pistache)
- FOR SERVING
- corn tortilla
- green
- white rice
- SQUASH
- olive oil
- salt
- zucchini
- MOLE
- tomatillo
- cilantro
- pistachio
- güero chile
- poblano pepper
- garlic
- spinach
- onion
- hoja santa
- grapeseed oil
30-Minute Mole
- salt
- seared cauliflower
- oregano
- corn tortilla
- onion
- dark chocolate chip
- cinnamon
- cumin
- cacao
- turbinado
- vegetable broth
- oil
- tahini
- pasilla chile
- guajillo chile
- garlic
- peanut butter
Best Guacamole Ever
- tomato
- serrano
- lime juice
- mexican crema
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- black pepper
- salt
The Best Basic Guacamole Recipe
- serrano chile
- onion
- cilantro
- lime juice
- salt
- avocado
Chile Verde Guacamole
- salt
- anaheim chile
- serrano chile
- cilantro
- onion
- avocado
Mole Sauce
- chicken bouillon
- coriander seed
- cumin seed
- oregano
- corn tortilla
- plantain
- chicken
- chicken bullion
- sesame seed
- onion
- animal cracker
- brown sugar
- raisin
- almond
- peanut
- aniseed
- cinnamon
- an onion
- red pepper flake
- mexican chocolate
- oil
- salt
- bay leaf
- white bread
- garlic
- ancho chile
- black peppercorn
- clove
- mulato chile
- pasilla chile
- water
- oil
- salt
- the chicken broth
Taqueria Guacamole
- salt
- cilantro
- lime juice
- avocado
Chocolate Chicken Mole
- flour tortilla
- cilantro
- lime
- raisin
- black pepper
- sesame seed
- avocado
- chipotle
- onion
- orange
- rotisserie chicken
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- peanut
- tomato
- chicken broth
- olive oil
- chili powder
- peanut butter
- garlic
Guacamole
- serrano chilli
- salt
- cilantro
- onion
- avocado
- lime juice
- tomato
Chicken Mole Enchiladas
- MOLE AND ASSEMBLY
- onion
- salt
- chicken bouillon paste
- sugar
- corn tortilla
- raisin
- semisweet chocolate
- cilantro
- mole paste
- vegetable oil
- peanut butter
- ancho chile
- monterey jack cheese
- FILLING
- salt
- celery
- onion
- chicken thigh
Easy Chicken Mole
- salt
- sugar
- oregano
- rotisserie chicken
- chicken broth
- onion
- olive oil
- garlic
- corn tostada
- peanut butter
- pasilla chile
- mexican chocolate
Chicken Mole Poblano
- cilantro
- white rice
- salt
- oregano
- black peppercorn
- capon
- cinnamon
- lemon
- lime
- onion
- raisin
- sesame seed
- almond
- chicken stock
- bittersweet chocolate
- anaheim chily
- ancho chily
- chipotle chily
- onion
- serrano pepper
- garlic
- radish
- thyme
- olive oil
- plum tomato
Fried Guacamole
- lime juice
- salt
- vegetable oil
- cilantro
- onion
- jalapeño
- seltzer
- corn flour
- baking powder
- avocadoe
- all purpose flour
Beyond Easy Chicken Mole Enchiladas
- honey
- tomato
- cinnamon
- onion
- sweet chocolate chip
- water
- salt
- cheese
- mole sauce
- chicken
- peanut butter
- onion
- garlic
- ancho chile
- flour tortilla
- avocado
- green onion
- cilantro
- cotija cheese
Mole Sauce
- thyme
- cumin
- allspice
- cinnamon
- onion
- white bread
- salt
- almond
- pumpkin seed
- corn tortilla
- tomato
- sesame seed
- chipotle
- cranberry
- peanut
- clove
- chocolate
- bacon grease
- tomatillo
- guajillo chily
- chicken broth
- garlic
- ancho
The Best Guacamole
- jalapeño
- salt
- cumin
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- tortilla chip
- zest
Chicken Mole
- salt
- chicken
- cinnamon
- disk mexican chocolate
- sesame seed
- anise seed
- pumpkin seed
- raisin
- almond
- coriander seed
- sugar
- corn tortilla
- ancho chile pepper
- black peppercorn
- clove
- canola oil
- guajillo chile pepper
BA's Best Guacamole
- pepita
- salt
- garlic
- serrano chile
- cilantro
- onion
- lime juice
- avocado
Beer-Poached Pulled Chicken Mole
- salt
- flour tortilla
- pepita
- cumin
- mexican beer
- red chile pepper
- tomato
- almond
- cinnamon
- olive oil
- raisin
- mexican cocoa powder
- oregano
- ancho chily
- onion
- garlic
- bay leaf
- chicken thigh
Green Mole With Chicken
- CHICKEN AND STOCK
- salt
- carrot
- onion
- marjoram
- thyme
- bay leaf
- garlic
- water
- chicken breasts bone
- MOLE
- salt
- tomatillo
- cilantro
- onion
- rice bran oil
- garlic
- pumpkin seed
- jalapeño chily
- chicken stock
- leaf lettuce
Authentic Mole Poblano
- raisin
- water
- cumin
- mexican chocolate
- cinnamon
- clove
- pepita
- pistachio
- brown sugar
- garlic
- sesame seed
- vegetable oil
- cocoa powder
- black pepper
- salt
Pomegranate Guacamole with Fried Plantain Chips.
- chili powder
- lime
- leave jalapeño
- cumin
- cilantro
- salt
- avocado
- feta
- yellow plantain
- pomegranate aril
- oil
- salt
Authentic Guacamole
- garlic
- tomato
- serrano pepper
- cilantro
- salt
- lime juice
- avocado
Mole Enchiladas
- mozzarella cheese
- corn tortilla
- mole sauce
- avocado
- cotija cheese
- cilantro
- mexican crema
Chipotle Rubbed Steak Tacos Mole with Chipotle Cream and Guacamole
- cotija cheese
- salt
- hot coffee
- chipotle hot sauce
- cumin
- olive oil
- cinnamon
- clove
- onion
- lime
- chicken broth
- water
- sour cream
- onion
- dark chocolate
- lime juice
- cilantro
- raisin
- peanut butter
- ancho chile
- avocado
- jalapeño
- pasilla chile
- tomato paste
- flat iron steak
- chipotle
- garlic
- flour tortilla
Chunky Guacamole
- lime juice
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- salt
Charred Pineapple Guacamole
- chip
- lime juice
- salt
- oil
- chili lime seasoning
- chili powder
- fresno chile
- cilantro
- avocado
- pineapple ring
Copycat Chipotle Guacamole
- lime juice
- garlic
- jalapeño
- onion
- salt
- cilantro
- avocado
Charred Corn Guacamole with Corn Chips
- blue
- salt
- salt
- lime
- serrano chile
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- canola oil
- ears corn
- ears perfectly corn
Green-Peppercorn Guacamole
- pickled green peppercorn
- salt
- cilantro
- lime juice
- serrano pepper
- tomatillo
- avocado
- garlic
Celery-Spiked Guacamole with Chiles
- salt
- celery
- cilantro
- onion
- garlic
- serrano chile
- lime juice
- avocado
Spicy and Smoky Guacamole
- tortilla chip
- garlic
- pickled jalapeño
- chipotle
- plum tomato
- onion
- lemon juice
- avocado
- salt
Spicy Three-Pepper Guacamole
- salt
- fresno chile
- jalapeño
- lime
- serrano pepper
- cilantro
- onion
- avocado
Chunky Citrus Guacamole
- jalapeño
- lime
- orange
- tomato
- onion
- chili powder
- smoked paprika
- garlic
- avocado
- salt
Best Easy Guacamole Recipe
- lime juice
- avocado
- salt
- lime zest
Kid-Friendly Guacamole
- cilantro
- chipotle
- garlic
- salt
- avocado
- tomato
- lime juice of
Mole Poblano Recipe
- salt
- finely mexican chocolate
- aniseed
- black peppercorn
- thyme
- cinnamon
- tomato
- onion
- garlic
- peanut
- almond
- marjoram
- clove
- ancho chile
- guajillo chile
- pumpkin seed
- raisin
- canola oil
- tomatillo
- white bread
- stale corn tortilla
- bay leaf
- sesame seed
- sugar
- pasilla chile
- chicken stock
Smoked-Chile-and-Mango Guacamole
- salt
- tortilla chip
- cilantro
- olive oil
- mango
- serrano chile
- shallot
- onion
- chipotle
- avocado
- plum tomato
- lime juice
Guacamole
- lime juice
- serrano chile
- cilantro
- salt
- garlic
- avocado
Summer Garden Guacamole.
- cherry tomato
- ear sweet corn
- lime
- leave jalapeño
- peach
- blueberry
- pepita
- cumin
- basil
- cilantro
- sesame seed
- avocado
- goat cheese
- cherry
- basil
- salt
- salty tortilla chip
Homemade Guacamole
- sazua tequila
- garlic
- onion
- cilantro
- lime
- avocado
- avocado
- plum tomato
- salt
- jalapeño
Border Guacamole
- lettuce
- tomatoes drizzled
- salt
- cilantro
- onion
- olive oil
- black pepper
- onion
- black pepper
- black pepper
- lemon juice
- lime juice
- jalapeno chile
- lime juice
- jalapeno chile
- tomato
- avocado
- cilantro
Border Guacamole
- lettuce
- tomatoes drizzled
- salt
- cilantro
- onion
- olive oil
- black pepper
- onion
- black pepper
- black pepper
- lemon juice
- lime juice
- jalapeno chile
- lime juice
- jalapeno chile
- tomato
- avocado
- cilantro
Chipotle Chive Guacamole
- salt
- tortilla chip
- chipotle
- lemon
- lime
- chive
- avocado
Chicken Mole
- grain white rice
- demi baguette
- mexican chocolate disk
- garlic
- pepita
- sesame seed
- salt
- mulato chile
- onion
- vegetable oil
- pasilla negro chile
- corn tortilla
- plum tomato
- chicken quarter
- ancho chile
- chiles de árbol
- water
- guajillo chile
Chicken Mole Enchiladas
- rotisserie chicken
- mexican chocolate
- bolillo
- tomatillo
- onion
- onion
- tomato
- queso fresco
- white cheese
- canola oil
- corn tortilla
- carton chicken broth
- olive oil
- peanut butter
- cocoa powder
- salt
- california red chile pod
- garlic
- ancho chile
- doa mara® mole paste
Fall Mole
- spice mill
- salt
- pink peppercorn
- sichuan peppercorn
- black peppercorn
- fennel seed
- fenugreek seed
- grapefruit zest
- cinnamon
- chamomile tea
- guajillo chile
- pecan
- pumpkin seed
- walnut
- tomatillo
- licorice root
- kabocha squash
- cashew
- hazelnut
- chestnut
- vegetable broth
- vegetable broth
- caraway seed
- cumin seed
- vegetable oil
- grapefruit juice
- lemon juice
- bay leaf
- chiles de árbol
- clove
- butter
- japones chile
- morita chile
Roasted Garlic and Jalapeño Guacamole
- garlic
- lemon
- cotija cheese
- cilantro
- pepita
- pickled jalapeño juice
- lime
- avocado
- pickled jalapeño
- salt
Chorizo Guacamole
- salt
- lime
- poblano chile pepper
- link chorizo
- chicharróne
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- jalapeño
Chicken Mole Enchiladas
- black bean
- cheddar cheese
- cumin powder
- oregano
- onion
- tortilla
- monterey jack cheese
- salt
- chicken
- oil
- garlic
- mole sauce
- tortilla
Molcajete Guacamole (Mortar and Pestle)
- garlic
- jalapeño
- lime
- onion
- cilantro
- salt
- avocado
Peach and bacon guacamole
- jalapeño
- cilantro
- onion
- lime juice
- avocado
- peach
- bacon
- salt
Mole Poblano
- chicken broth
- mexican chocolate
- tomato
- onion
- coriander seed
- cinnamon
- raisin
- sesame seed
- almond
- black pepper
- clove
- pumpkin seed
- ancho chile
- garlic
- tomatillo
- pasilla chile
- salt
Guacamole with corn (Guacamole con elotes)
- lime juice
- salt
- garlic
- corn
- jalapeño
- cilantro
- onion
- water
- white vinegar
- oregano
- cumin
- avocado
- tortilla chip
Chicken Mole Recipe
- salt
- cilantro
- cinnamon
- onion
- almond
- mexican chocolate
- raisin
- anise seed
- chicken
- sesame seed
- coriander seed
- cumin seed
- ancho chily
- plum tomato
- chicken stock
- lard
- new mexico
- garlic
- black peppercorn
Perfect Guacamole
- black peppercorn
- jalapeño
- cilantro
- course salt
- onion
- lime juice
- garlic
- avocado
Smoky Chipotle and Bacon Guacamole
- salt
- lime
- cilantro
- onion
- chipotle
- avocado
- bacon
Charred Corn Guacamole
- pepper
- lime juice
- salt
- onion
- canola oil
- cilantro
- serrano chile pepper
- avocado
- corn
Almost-Famous Guacamole
- salt
- jalapeño
- cilantro
- onion
- lemon juice
- lime juice
- avocado
Charred Corn Guacamole with Corn Chips
- blue
- salt
- salt
- lime
- serrano chile
- onion
- cilantro
- avocado
- canola oil
- ears perfectly corn
- ears corn
Charred Corn Guacamole with Chips
- blue
- salt
- lime
- onion
- serrano chile
- cilantro
- vegetable oil
- ears corn
- avocado
Canby Asparagus-Mole
- tortilla chip
- asparagus
- garlic
- tomato
- cumin
- salt
- jalapeno chily
- onion
- lime juice
Chicken Mole
- cilantro
- cilantro
- corn tortilla
- white rice
- onion
- onion
- poaching chicken chicken stock
- oregano
- thyme
- coriander seed
- cinnamon
- corn tortilla
- chicken
- mexican chocolate
- sesame seed
- peanut
- clove
- black peppercorn
- garlic
- salt
- ancho chile
- mulato chile
- pasilla chile
- vegetable oil
- garlic
Chicken Mole
- [
- salt
- sesame seed
- oregano
- chipotle
- poached chicken
- stale white bread
- onion
- cinnamon
- onion
- clove
- almond
- tomato
- vegetable oil
- ancho chily
- guajillo chily
- chicken
- chicken broth
- mexican chocolate
- garlic
Tropical Mango Guacamole
- black pepper
- mango
- onion
- salt
- cilantro
- lime juice
- avocado
Italian Guacamole
- lemon
- jalapeño
- tomato
- onion
- salt
- basil
- black pepper
- garlic
- avocado
Guacamole
- salt
- jalapeño
- onion
- cumin
- cilantro
- pepper
- tomato
- avocado
- lime juice
Oaxacan Black Mole Sauce (Mole Negro)
- cinnamon
- sugar
- mexican oregano
- maría mexican cooky
- allspice berry
- white sesame seed
- raisin
- almond
- vegetable oil
- salt
- thyme
- apple
- onion
- avocado
- tomato
- pineapple
- pasilla chile
- clove
- ancho chile
- chicken stock
- chilhuacle negro chile
- garlic
- plantain
- black peppercorn
- oaxacan chocolate
Guacamole with Smoked Whitefish Salad
- lime juice
- salt
- smoked whitefish
- mayonnaise
- chive
- jalapeño
- chipotles adobo sauce
- cilantro
- avocado
- onion
guacamole
- jalapeño
- salt
- cilantro
- onion
- avocado
- lime juice
Easy Homemade Guacamole
- cilantro
- garlic
- cumin
- onion
- tomato
- lime juice
- avocado
- serrano pepper
- salt
Best Guacamole
- salt
- jalapeño
- onion
- cilantro
- coriander
- lime juice
- avocado
Roasted Chile Guacamole
- salt
- lime
- fresno chile
- poblano pepper
- cilantro
- onion
- avocado
Mole with Chicken, Pork, and Pineapple (Manchamanteles de Cerdo y Pollo)
- salt
- pineapple
- pork shoulder
- canela
- plantain
- onion
- sugar
- apple cider vinegar
- white bread
- chicken breast
- clove
- black peppercorn
- lard
- garlic
- ancho chile
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Staple Ingredients
- salt 33%
Common Ingredients
- garlic 30%
- onion 30%
Usual Ingredients
- cinnamon 23%
Rarey Ingredients
- cilantro 17%
- olive oil 17%
- raisin 17%