Turkey Mole Poblano

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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

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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.

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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.

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I just got done watching the show with this recipe and went on-line to save it planning on making it this weekend. I have never had mole (except out of a can once. yuk, but the show made it look soooo good I wanted to try it. I was surprised at the difference in the show and the printed recipe and then read the reviews and realized i was not the only one who noticed. Maybe some one could update the on-line version? I am too much of a novice cook and if I made the recipe this way I would have left all the seeds in the chilis, followed the recipe as for only 4 pieces of turkey not 8 like in the show, etc. Looks great but, personaly, I need a little better instruction before I will try this on my own.

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I can't wait to try this recipe. Because of the limited "Mexian" ingredients where I live, I really appreciated the substitutes. Looks like this is going to be dinner tomorrow.

Too bad the recipe wasn't ajdusted to fit the show.

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First of all, I agree with other reviewers that there is a big discrepancy between what Tyler did on his show and what is printed here. I also think that the online recipe has some vague spots. Those things aside, I prepared the online recipe with the tweaks listed below and it turned out beautifully.

I will definitely make this again. I highly recommend this recipe to anyone who can gather all the ingredients!

Tweaks/clarifications:
1 I removed the seeds and stems from the dried peppers.
2 I used 2 ? roma tomatoes instead of plum tomatoes (just because that?s what looked better at the store. This may have compromised some natural sweetness.
3 I seeded the Serrano peppers but I also added an extra pepper. It made for a hot dish ? but this is Yucatan cuisine ? it?s supposed to be hot.
4 When you are seasoning the mole to taste, remember that you?ll add 2 cups chicken broth at the end. This will dilute the heat and the texture considerably.
5 I slow cooked the turkey for at least 45 min before the texture started to get soft. Had I not been cooking for company, I would have cooked another 20 min at least.
6 I couldn?t find dried Anaheim peppers so I substituted more chipotles. I also couldn?t find Oaxacan chocolate so I used unsweetened ?Baker?s? brand chocolate.

Tip: Cook the whole dish in advance so that you can cool the turkey, debone the meat and return it all to the pan together.

Tip: I don?t know what cheese Tyler used on his show ? but I used ?Queso Seco Frijolero? which is a ?Quesos La Ricura Ltd.? product. The cheese is similar to feta but is drier and is particularly salty. It added a lot to the dish.

Hope this info helps!

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I have never seen such discrepancy between what the chef did on the show & the printed recipe - as someone noted below there are numerous differences, including simply in how much turkey to use. On the show he uses a whole turkey cut into 6 parts, but never says how many lbs. This recipe says 2 legs & thighs (which is imprecise all by itself. I bought all the stuff - between Whole Foods & the local Mexican groceria - but now I am afraid to make it until I watch it again & can correct it against the demonstration. Have to set the DVR to pick it up next time it airs, which is pretty annoying. The most I can say is that on the show it looked totally worth it - hope it is!!!

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Either way, the recipe looks delicious. I've always loved mole and have wanted to try making it myself for a long time. I will definitely give Tyler's recipe a try. I do wonder if the golden raisens are enough to give it the sweet balance mole needs. We'll see.

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I just watched Tyler making the mole and he did not add any chicken stock. He added all the mole sauce, not just 2 cups as written in the on-line recipe. In addition, he added the remaining soaking liquid from the dried peppers and raisins to the turkey before braising. He also did not grind the spices in a spice grinder. He threw them a blender whole, adding soaking liquid to make a puree. My guess is using all the mole sauce will make a significant difference in the intensity of this dish.
This site is making me "rate" this recipe. Having not made it, I will give it 3 stars due to the discrepancy between the written recipe and Tyler's actual preparation on the show.