Chicken Mole Enchiladas | Enmoladas de Pollo

A couple of months ago, I was interviewed by fellow food blogger Meghan, from the blog Cake ’n’ Knife. Among other questions, she asked me what my ultimate favorite meal was. I didn't even think twice about answering that Mole is my most favorite dish of all time (my mouth’s watering just from thinking about it right now).

Chicken Mole Enchiladas

Why might you ask? I guess it’s its combination of sweet and spicy flavors, but that’s not the only thing that makes it special. It’s what this dish represents in Mexican culture. When someone says that we’re going to have mole for lunch, you know that it’s a special occasion like a birthday, wedding, graduation, etc. It is truly an extraordinary meal.

If you’re familiar with this blog, you might know that I have the recipes for Mole Poblano, Enchiladas Tabasqueñas, and Mole Casserole, but there are plenty of more uses for the Mole sauce in Mexican Gastronomy, such as baking tamales with it, serving them with nopales (Nopalitos con Mole), or simply topping fried eggs with it for breakfast (this is a favorite here at home).

Here’s another very common dish that takes advantage of the leftover Mole sauce: Enmoladas filled with chicken. (You can also just fill them with crumbled cheese, if you prefer.)

How to make Chicken Mole Enchiladas

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DIRECTIONS:

• You will need two frying pans. Place the mole sauce in one of the frying pans and set over medium low heat. Have a plate covered with paper towels ready. (Please check the ingredients list below)
• Meanwhile, add the vegetable oil in the other frying pan and turn the heat to high. Once the oil is hot, turn down the heat to medium and start frying the tortillas in a fast pace, turning once. The tortilla should turn soft but without any excess oil. Place the tortillas over the paper towel-covered plate to absorb the oil. Keep them warm.
• After frying all the tortillas, dip them one by one with the help of kitchen tongs (or your hand and a large spatula) into the warm mole sauce, making sure it is completely submerged. This is also a step that’s done quickly, to avoid breaking the tortillas.
• Place the tortilla on a plate and add the chicken filling right at the center.

• Fold the tortilla and, with the help of your spatula, place the enmolada on your serving plates. If needed, spoon some more mole sauce over the enmoladas.

• Just before serving, garnish with the crumbled cheese and finely sliced onions.

¡Buen provecho!

Mely,

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📖 Recipe

Chicken Mole Enchiladas

Mely Martínez

Chicken Mole Enchiladas. Here’s another very common dish that takes advantage of the leftover Mole sauce: Enmoladas filled with chicken. You can also just fill them with crumbled cheese if you prefer.

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Total Time 30 mins

Course Chicken

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 12 Enmoladas

Calories 335 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 ½ cups cooked chicken shredded and warmed. (about 300 grams)
• ▢ 3 cups of warm mole sauce
• ▢ 12 tortillas
• ▢ 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ▢ 1 ½ cup Mexican fresh cheese crumbled.
• ▢ ½ medium size white onion thinly sliced.
• ▢ Lettuce and radishes for garnish or any salad that fits your taste.

Instructions

 

• You will need two frying pans. Place the mole sauce in one of the frying pans and set over medium low heat. Have a plate covered with paper towels ready.
• Meanwhile, add the vegetable oil in the other frying pan and turn the heat to high. Once the oil is hot, turn down the heat to medium and start frying the tortillas in a fast pace, turning once. The tortilla should turn soft but without any excess oil. Place the tortillas over the paper towel-covered plate to absorb the oil. Keep them warm.
• After frying all the tortillas, dip them one by one with the help of kitchen tongs (or your hand and a large spatula) into the warm mole sauce, making sure it is completely submerged. This is also a step that’s done quickly, to avoid breaking the tortillas.
• Place the tortilla onto a plate and add the chicken filling right at the center.
• Fold the tortilla and, with the help of your spatula, place the enmolada on your serving plates. If needed, spoon some more mole sauce over the enmoladas. (I use one plate exclusively to assemble the enmoladas before placing them on the serving dish).
• Just before serving, garnish with the crumbed cheese and finely sliced onions.

Notes

• Have all your ingredients ready, since this is a dish that requires you to assemble it quickly.

• Enmoladas or any other enchiladas are best served as soon as they are made, that means that the chicken must be already shredded and warm, and the mole sauce and any garnish you plan to use already at hand.

• If you are using a Mole paste, then dissolve it using hot chicken broth in a skillet until you have a smooth sauce.

• You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken.

• If you do not find Mexican Fresh Cheese, use farmers cheese, ricotta cheese or parmesan cheese (for those living in other countries where it is hard to get).

Nutrition

Calories: 335kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 16gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 349mgPotassium: 231mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 150IUVitamin C: 1.2mgCalcium: 151mgIron: 2.3mg

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