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Default Mole sauce - Michael Odom, look alive, Dude!

[The SO checks in.]

Mole is one of our quick and easy dinners. It usually goes something
like this:

Cut some boneless chicken thighs into strips (approx. 1" x 3"). Heat
some oil in a large fry pan, and brown the strips. Remove strips from
pan and keep warm.

Add some Dona Maria to the pan, a couple of good-sized blobs (what, me
measure?). Squoosh the mole around in the pan and let it cook for a bit.

Slowly add some chicken broth, stirring it into the mole until it forms
a sauce. You want it to be liquid, but not too watery. Add some sugar
to taste.

Put the chicken strips back in, and cook until done. Watch the sauce,
so it cooks down to the consistency you like. Add water or broth as
needed.

We like to serve the mole over white rice, garnished with chopped
scallions and/or toasted sesame seeds. Washed down with some cold
Coronas.

This is our baseline recipe, but we are always tinkering with it. You
can add more spices, chopped jalapenos, cilantro, etc. Pork chops can
be substituted for the chicken. If there's leftovers, nuke it in the
microwave and roll the stuff in a tortilla.

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Julian Vrieslander