"D.Currie" > wrote in message
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> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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>> Can someone help.
>>
>> I bought an 8.25 oz. jar of Dona Maria Mole which says 7 servings. The
>> instructions are to use 4 parts water or broth to 1 part paste.
>>
>> I have two (split) chicken breasts with bone-in each weighing about 14
>> oz. each.
>>
>> Want to bake them instead of frying them.
>>
>> What do I do! How can I use just these two ingredients and come up with
>> something edible.
>> I just made a big batch of cole slaw. Have rice/or boiled potatoes.
>>
>> So many thanks!
>> I have googled, but I just can't get the jist of it.
>> Dee Dee
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> It's really just a sauce, nothing to get too worried about. I usually use
> 3 parts water to one part paste, and I usually make the whole jar's worth.
> If I have too much sauce, I find a way to use it later. But the ratio
> isn't all that sacred -- you want to get it to a consistency that works
> for whatever you're making.
>
> I usually end up adding some salt and sugar, but sometimes not. Taste it
> and see what you think. A Mexican woman gave me her "old family recipe,"
> and it was the Dona Maria sauce with some added sugar and salt. I was
> expecting a from-scratch recipe, but she said this was how her family
> always made it.
>
> Sometimes I get a little wild and added extra spices, but it really
> doesn't need anything. It's got so much flavor already, that when I've
> added things, I really don't notice a whole lot of difference, anyway. But
> I still fiddle with it now and then.
>
> The traditional recipe has you cook the chicken first, shred it, then heat
> it up again in the mole to let the chicken soak up the flavor. Like pulled
> pork, sort of.
>
> I usually par-cook the chicken, then finish it in the sauce. Sometimes I
> just toss it all into the crockpot. Depends on what else I've got going
> on. We usually eat it with tortillas.
>
> I've also used the sauce on chicken wings on the grill. Just make the
> sauce thick enough and brush it on like a barbecue sauce.
>
> Donna
>
Donna, I couldn't have gotten better advice. Sometimes it takes just a
personal touch as to what someone else has done when one doesn't have a
clue. :-))
Thanks ever so much.
Dinner coming up!
Dee Dee
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