MOLE FOOD

Chicken Mole

Ingredients

1 chicken (3 to 4 pounds), cut into 6 pieces

5 black peppercorns

1/2 cup sesame seeds

1 cinnamon stick

1/2 teaspoon anise seeds

1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds

6 dried guajillo chile peppers

4 dried ancho chile peppers

6 tablespoons canola oil

1/4 cup whole blanched almonds

1/4 cup hulled pumpkin seeds

2 6-inch corn tortillas, torn into pieces

1 2.7-ounce disk Mexican chocolate, broken into pieces