Turkey Mole Poblano

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Ultimate Turkey Mole

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
50 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 35 min
Inactive Prep: 30 min
Cook: 50 min
Total:: 1 hr 55 min

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Ingredients

2 dried ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
2 dried Anaheim chiles, stemmed and seeded
2 dried chipotle chiles, stemmed and seeded
1/4 cup golden raisins
Hot water
1/4 cup whole almonds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
1 cinnamon stick, preferably Mexican, broken in pieces
1 tablespoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican
4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 onions, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 serrano peppers, stemmed and seeded
6 plum tomatoes, chopped
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, preferably Mexican, chopped
1 lemon, juiced
2 turkey legs and thighs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups chicken stock
1 onion, thinly sliced
Shaved radishes, for garnish
1 lime, juiced
Oaxacan Cheese, crumbled for garnish
Cooked white rice, for serving
Cilantro sprigs, for garnish

Directions

For the mole: Tear the ancho, Anaheim, and chipotle chiles into large pieces and toast them in a dry skillet over medium heat until they change color a bit, about 2 minutes. Put them into a bowl with the raisins and cover them with hot water. Soak until softened, about 30 minutes. In the same skillet over medium heat, add the almonds, sesame seeds, peppercorns, cinnamon stick, oregano, and thyme. Toast for 2 minutes, grind in a spice grinder, and add the powder to a blender. In the same skillet, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil, onions, garlic, and serrano. Cook until lightly browned, then add the tomatoes. Cook until the vegetables are soft, about 10 to 15 minutes, then add to the blender. Add the chocolate and the soaked chiles and raisins to the blender along with some of the chile soaking liquid. Puree, adding more soaking liquid, as needed, to make a smooth sauce. (This makes about 4 cups sauce, the recipe uses 2 cups, the extra can be frozen).

Pour the lemon juice over the turkey in a large bowl and season it well with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed skillet and brown the turkey on all sides Transfer the browned turkey to a plate, leaving the oil in the pan. Pour 2 cups of the mole sauce into the hot skillet and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock and return the turkey pieces to the pan. Simmer, covered, until the turkey is cooked through, about 20 to 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, put the onion and radish slices into a serving bowl. Add the lime juice and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt, to taste. Mix well and sprinkle with the cheese.

Serve the turkey over cooked white rice and the onion and radish salad. Garnish everything with cilantro leaves.

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recipe Turkey Mole Poblano
null null, null 12-16-2009
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The Chocolate is not a Lie
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

http://www.mexgrocer.com/mexcocina-mar3.html That has the type of chocolate he used. For the instructions on how to make... hot chocolate milk with it, it tells you to replace it with Semi Sweet Chocolate and Cinnamon, suggesting that it is, in fact, Semi Sweet, not the very sweet kind like they use in Abuelita. I thought it was Abuelita for a second as well, but it was much too dark. One Google Image search of "Mexican Chocolate" turns this up.Read more
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Roz Chapel Hill, NC 11-20-2009
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Oaxacan Chocolate? You Lie!!!!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Oaxacan Chocolate? You Lie!!!!! Give me a break! Anyone who have used "Abuelita" before can see what Tyler is using for... his "2 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate, preferably Mexican Oaxacan"... the round bricks he breaks up in the episode are just that. You can even read the lettering!! Abuelita Mexican Hot Chocolate by Nestle is a round chocolate brick that you drop into milk for cinnamon-hot-chocolate. NOTE: it has sugar already in it so its not bittersweet. Seriously Tyler, Oaxacan Chocolate? Pull the other one, it's got bells on it. Be honest. As for you readers, Just go to the store and buy it in the Mexican Food aisle. Read more
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Britt Saint Louis, MO 07-22-2009
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Reading Reviews is ESSENTIAL!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

One of the best things I have ever made. HOWEVER, I really needed all your comments to get it right. I shopped for... ingredients and had very good luck at local int'l market. I bought a turkey breast and butchered it into 4 pieces (should have had the butcher do it), and 2 legs. Made the mole and marveled at all ingredients but it all went well (maybe increase the raisins). Then the turkey: I immediately realized there were no instructions to shred it, and that's when I came back to the computer and found all your helpful hints. THANK YOU! I chose to use the chicken broth, more than the recipe said to completely cover turkey and because I was serving to teens. The mole was pretty hot, but delicious! I am glad I did. I had about eight cups of mole--don't know why, but I am glad to have leftovers. After the turkey was cooked, I pulled it out, let it cool a little, and then shredded it. It's is big job because of the sinewy legs. (next time I will try chicken) Returned the turkey to the pot and simmered very low for 30 more min. FABULOUS!!!Read more
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null null, null 07-21-2009
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poorly written but great recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

so having watched the episode and then read the website, may i suggest this... brown the turkey (or chicken plus two legs... as my butcher didn't have fresh turkey toast the peppers - went to kalustyans in nyc for them http://www.kalustyans.com/ put in bowl with raisins pour boiling water over. let them chill out while you brown the onions and the serranos, add the tomatos ( whichever look the ripest and sweetest), let it cook a little longer than the suggested time. toast the nuts, seeds etc put aside. blitz the onion mixture with the choc put back in pan. blitz the toasted seed/herb mixture with the drained chili raisins in some of the liquid they soaked in. add that to the pan w the whizzed onion mix. stir and fry a bit. pour over brown bird w remaining siasking liq. simmer 25ish Read more
recipe Turkey Mole Poblano
Tami walla walla, WA 07-20-2009
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made it tonight/afternoon
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Okay, I saw this like last week and it looked interesting, so I saved it. Then today they were airing it and I said, hey... think I will make that for dinner. I then read the reviews, and yes there were some differences i n what I saw on TV and the recipe. As for the amount of meat, the difference might be (?) they he used all the sauce on TV, and it says you only need half the sauce. So, I went a head and doubled up the meat. I choose to use boneless chicken, thighs and breast, On TV, he started the meat first, and I found myself racing because of this with the sauce. ( I still had a quart to fireeze ). I couldnt find the Anaheim chiles, so I subed something that looked similar, and was a pretty red like he described, I also subbed the fresh peppers with ones from my garden. I had to blend, the sauce in 2 batches, so I did the peppers first, was a little worried at first but when mixed with the onion, tomatoe, fresh pepper it was okay. I used the semi bitter chocolate that I found at the store. I did kind of forget the garlic in the rush but it still turned out good, It was a little bit of a mess in the kitchen, maybe because of the rush, In the furture, I think I would make the sauce and freeze, then pull it out when I wanted to make the dish with the poultry. I think you will like the sauce!. Oh, and the lime on the show that he put into the rice, was tasty but was lost once the sauce that was added. So, unless I had the lime handy I dont think I would go out of my way to get it. Oh, and I didnt use the chicken broth, I used the water from the rehydration of the peppers like he did on the show.Read more
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Mary San Jose, CA 07-20-2009
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Lots of Ingredients--but well worth it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this several hours after watching it made on TV. The list is long, but in the end I think you;ll like the results. If... you're a foodie like me you may have most of the ingredients already in your pantry! I did tweek the recipe some-- I also took out the inner seeds of the chilies and I used less of the chipoltes, as I thought it would be too spicy for my taste; Since I could only find 2 turkey legs at my store I substitied 6 chicken drumsticks foir the remainder of the meat called for in the recipe. I couldn't really taste too much difference in the meats, except you should note that the turkey legs have a lot of small bones that need to be fished out at the end and they took longer to break down than indicated. I, too could not find "mexican chocolate" so I substituted a high quality unsweetened chocolate (from Scharfenberger). I did cook the stew longer than indicated since the meat did not quite fall off the bone in the time frame given. Even thiough there were a couple of steps missing from the printed recipe, as compared what was aired on TV, I would definately make this dish again.Read more