Steamed turkey thighs in a mole sauce – detailed recipe cooking. 
Photo of the dish: АннаWilliams Time: 1 hour. 32 minutes Difficulty: medium Servings: 6 – 8 V recipes use measured containers with a volume of: 1 glass (tbsp.) – 240 ml 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cups (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp. l.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
For mole sauce:
- 4 things. peel of vegetable physalis
- 2 medium sized tomatoes
- 4 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 1/2 large onion
- 3/4 Art. vegetable oil
- 8 dried anchovy chili peppers, cut off the base and pour seeds (leave seeds)
- 8 dried pasilla chili peppers, cut off the base and discard the seeds
- 1 tortilla tortilla
- 1/2 tbsp. chopped almonds
- 1/2 tbsp. raisins
- 1/2 tbsp. pumpkin seed
- 4 tbsp. l sesame seeds
- 5 pieces. whole pepper
- 5 pieces. black pepper peas
- 2 pcs. whole cloves
- 1/4 star anise star
- 2.5 cm. Cinnamon rolls
- Coarse salt
- 170 gr milk chocolate chop
- Ready boiled rice, tortilla cakes, for garnish
For turkey:
- 6 – 8 turkey thighs (300 g each)
- 1/2 large onion
- 2 celery stalks, cut into four parts
- 1 large bunch of cilantro
- 2 pcs. whole cloves
- 4 things. whole pepper
- 1/4 star anise star
- 5 pieces. black pepper peas
- Coarse salt
Recipes with similar ingredients: turkey, onion, celery, cilantro, cloves, allspice, star anise, black peppercorns, vegetable physalis, tomatoes, garlic, almonds, raisins, pumpkin seed, sesame, cinnamon, chocolate, rice, ancho pepper, pasilla
Recipe preparation:
- Cook the turkey: put in a large pan thighs turkeys, onions, celery, cilantro twigs, cloves, allspice pepper, star anise, peppercorns and 1 tsp. salt, pour cold water, so that the meat is completely immersed. Bring to boil and cook over low heat until the meat is soft, approximately 1 hour 30 minutes Using kitchen tongs, remove from turkey meat pans and put on the dish so that it is a little cooled down. Then strain the broth through a fine sieve into a large measuring container or bowl. It should get about 8 tbsp. broth, if it turned out more, pour the broth back into the pan and continue to cook until he admits to 8 tbsp. Remove fat from broth surface. Remove skin from turkey thighs.
- Prepare the mole sauce: heat the grill. Put on grilled physalis fruits, tomatoes, garlic and onions. Fry vegetables turning until charred, about 10 min. Shift vegetables in a bowl and cool slightly. Then remove the peel from the tomato and garlic.
- Heat in a large frying pan at a moderate heat. 1/4 Art. vegetable oil. Add chili peppers to the pan and fry, turning until the peppers are fried, 30 – 45 sec., put in a bowl. Fry in the same pan with butter and tortilla, shift in a bowl with chili. Pour the peppers and tortilla with water and leave for 30 minutes soften, then drain the water. Shift peppers and a tortilla in a bowl of vegetables.
- Drain the oil from the pan and wipe it dry with a paper towel. Pour 1/4 tbsp in the same pan. new vegetable oil and heat at a moderately high temperature. Add to pan almonds and fry, stirring, until golden brown, 3 min. Add raisins and fry until it swells, another 30 sec., shift with Using a slotted spoon in a bowl. Add pumpkin seeds to the pan and fry, stirring until they burst, 2 min., shift in a bowl with almonds.
- Drain the oil from the pan and wipe it with a paper towel on dry. Heat the pan to medium temperature. Add sesame seeds and stir fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes, shift in a separate bowl. Add 1 dessert to the same pan spoon ancho pepper seeds, allspice, peppercorns, cloves, star anise and a cinnamon stick, fry, stirring, 2 min., shift spices in a bowl with sesame seeds, and cool slightly. Grind everything spices into a fine powder.
- Pour roasted almonds, raisins, pumpkin seeds into a blender, ground spices, 1/4 tsp salt, add 2 tbsp. grind broth until smooth, pour into a bowl. Put in a blender fried vegetables, chili peppers, tortilla, 1 tsp. salt and 2 tbsp. broth grind until smooth.
- Heat in a large pot with a thick bottom at a moderately high temperature 1/4 Art. vegetable oil. Add the mashed mixture chili peppers and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is slightly thickens, about 5 minutes Add almond mixture with spices and 2 tbsp. broth, bring to a boil at medium temperature. Add chocolate and stir to melt. Add hips Turkey and stew until the meat is completely warmed up, approximately 30 min. If the sauce is thick, dilute with broth. Add salt to taste.
- Serve steamed thighs of turkey in a mole sauce to rice with tortillas tortillas.
