mole verde
Oaxacan green sauce
Mole verde is a Mexican sauce made with green ingredients—tomatillos, pepitas, cilantro, and green chiles—distinguishing it from the darker, chocolate-tinged moles.
The sauce is typically served over chicken or pork.
Like all moles, it's labor-intensive, involving toasted seeds and careful blending: The mole verde took hours but was worth it.
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- chocolateSweet from cacao seeds
- chilesSpicy capsicum fruits
- pepitasHulled pumpkin seeds
- pumpkin seedsEdible gourd kernels
tortillas · pollo · turkey · tomatillos · cilantro · cumin · festive · grinding · metate · abuela · wedding · fiesta · earthy · complex · rich · velvety · herbs · spices
- Totonacvanilla, Veracruz, vanilla beans, coastal plains
cuisine origin
mole verdebéchamel
Milk-thickened flour sauce
gravy · brown gravy · demi-glace · curry sauce · chimichurri