Chicken Mole Bake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cut-up whole chicken
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 (8 1/4 ounce) jar mole
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f rinse chicken pieces and place on a rack in a baking pan. spray with coating spray or brush with olive oil. season with salt and pepper.
• 2 bake uncovered at 350°f for 1 hour or until internal juices are no longer pink.
• 3 heat oil in 2-quart saucepan. stir in mole and heat for 1 to 2 minutes; stir constantly.
• 4 add chicken broth; stir to dissolve mole. bring to boiling, reduce heat and simmer, covered with lid slightly off kilter, for 1 hour. stir frequently.
• 5 spread almonds on a cookie sheet. bake at 350°f until lightly toasted (about 2 to 3 minutes); stir frequently and watch carefully so they will not burn.
• 6 remove chicken from oven and transfer to serving plate. top with almonds, some of the mole mixture and sesame seed. serve with remaining mole mixture.
• 7 also good stuffed in a tortilla!