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Mole (Spanish:; from Nahuatl mōlli, Nahuatl:), meaning 'sauce', is a traditional sauce and marinade originally used in Mexican cuisine.In contemporary Mexico the term is used for a number of sauces, some quite dissimilar, including mole amarillo or amarillito (yellow mole), mole chichilo, mole colorado or coloradito (reddish mole), mole manchamantel or manchamanteles (tablecloth stainer ...
The most important food for festivals and other special occasions is mole, especially mole poblano in the center of the country. [32] [34] Mole is served at Christmas, Easter, Day of the Dead and at birthdays, baptisms, weddings and funerals, and tends to be eaten only for special occasions because it is such a complex and time-consuming dish.
Enchiladas con mole, instead of chili sauce, are served with mole, [15] and are also known as enmoladas. [16] Enchiladas placeras are Michoacán plaza-style, made with vegetables and poultry. [17] Enchiladas poblanas are soft corn tortillas filled with chicken and poblano peppers, topped with oaxaca cheese. [18]
Rajas con crema is the name given to a Mexican dish consisting of sliced poblano pepper with cream (the name literally means "slices" in Spanish). [1] It is very popular in Mexico, particularly in the central and southern parts of the country.
Romeritos is a Mexican dish from Central Mexico, [1] consisting of tender sprigs of seepweed (Suaeda spp.) that are boiled or steamed and sometimes served in a mole poblano flavored with dried shrimp. Typical additional ingredients include boiled potatoes, nopales, and shrimp -- sometimes fritters of dried shrimp [2] with bread slices and in tacos.
The most common pepper used is Puebla's poblano pepper, though New Mexico chile, pasilla, or even jalapeño peppers are popular as well. It is typically stuffed with melted cheese , such as queso Chihuahua or queso Oaxaca or with picadillo meat made of diced pork, raisins and nuts, seasoned with canella ; covered in an egg white batter , simply ...
Menudo, also known as Mondongo, [1] pancita ([little] gut or [little] stomach) or mole de panza ("stomach sauce"), is a traditional Mexican soup, made with cow's stomach in broth with a red chili pepper base. It is the Mexican variation of the Spanish callos or menudo.