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Lynn's Chicken Mole

1 chicken or turkey
11 ancho chiles
6 mulatto chiles
3chiles chipotles adobados 
3tablespoons chile seeds
5pasilla chiles
4oz. almonds
4oz. peanuts
8oz. sesame seeds
2oz. pumpkin seeds
1bar dark chocolate
6 allspice
6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick 
A pinch aniseed

4 tomatoes
10 green tomatillos

3cloves garlic
1 medium onion
3 tortillas
1 stale white bread roll
1/2 lb.lard
2tablespoons vinegar

Clean, wash and boil the chicken or turkey. Cook and cut into pieces, and then fry them in lard.  Puree  the tomatoes and the chipotle chiles and add to the chicken. When cooked through, add one quart of chicken broth.
Mole  sauce: toast the sesame seeds on a  griddle. Fry the bread and remove  from pan; fry the tortillas. 
Fry the chile together with the pumpkin seeds, peanuts, almonds, cloves, allspice aniseed,  and cinnamon. Grind them together with little water. Add the toasted and peeled tomatillos, onion and

garlic. Continue blending, return to heat and slowly  mix in one quart stock. Thicken over a low heat, stirring continually to prevent sticking.

Add the mole sauce to the turkey or chicken and tomato purse. Be sure to stir well. Grind  the chocolate to a powder and sprinkle over sauce. Mix well. Bring to a  boil and thicken. Remove from heat and add the vinegar and one tablespoon hot lard.

Serve a piece of chicken on each plate with a helping of mole and sprinkle over the toasted sesame seeds

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