VITACLAY PALEO CHOCOLATE CHICKEN MOLE

Recipe Courtesy of “Rubies and Radishes”. We converted this into our VitaClay pot. VM7900, VF7700 or VM7800 series.

There's nothing like a good chicken mole--it's one of my favorite dishes at my local Mexican restaurant. 

I love going to the food truck around the corner or the Mexican restaurant down the street--the atmosphere is festive and the food is so amazing! 

But I don't like how expensive it is. For just two of us to get one entree we often walk away $30-$40 poorer, and to me that just seems excessive for one meal. 

And the food is usually not organic or well-sourced. I'm not privy to all of the ingredients they use (and if I were I probably wouldn't eat it)! 

I love cooking at home, especially when I can get great recipes and cook it in VitaClay. 

VitaClay just makes every dish so delicious and tender--I've never had a bad dish out of that pot--I don't know how it works but that clay makes everything taste amazing! 

Here's how you can make your own authentic chicken mole at home in your Personal Chef: VitaClay!

     

Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken pieces. Bone-in breasts and legs work well. 
• 2 c water 
• Sea salt and black pepper to taste. 
• 2 T ghee
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 4 cloves garlic crushed or minced
• 6 - 7 whole tomatoes peeled, seeded and chopped
• 5 dried New Mexico chili peppers rehydrated and chopped
• 1/4 c creamy Almond Butter
• 2.5 oz dark chocolate: 70% or above
• 1 teaspoonsea salt
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/2 teaspoonground cinnamon power
• 1/2 tsp guajillpo chili powder
• avocado cilantro and jalapeno, all chopped.

Instructions

1. Salt and pepper chicken generously.
2. Place a pan over medium heat and add ghee.
3. Once the ghee has warmed, add onion to it and saute until translucent.
4. Add garlic and saute for 1 to 2 minutes.
5. Add chicken and brown on all sizes. This may need to be done in batches.
6. Transfer all to Vitaclay 
7. Add the tomatoes, chili peppers, almond butter, dark chocolate, salt and spices to the VitaClay.
8. Set on VitaClay “Stew” or “Fast" for 40 minute to an hours or until the chicken is tender and pulls apart easily.
9. Top mole with the avocado, cilantro and jalapeno: and serve!