Slow-Cooker Chicken Mole

Name: Slow-Cooker Chicken Mole
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 , (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained with 1/2 cup juice reserved; 1/3 cup, raisins; 2 tablespoons, unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons, peanut butter; 1 tablespoon, chili powder; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; , Salt and pepper; 8 (5- to 7-ounce) bone-in, chicken thighs, skin removed, trimmed; 1/4 cup, minced fresh cilantro

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A great mole (a rich Mexican chile sauce) requires hours of slow cooking to develop the deep, complex flavors for which it is so well known, making it a perfect match for the slow cooker.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

SERVES4

TIME4 to 5 hours on low

Slow cooker size4 to 7 quarts

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our mole, we chose meaty bone-in chicken thighs, which paired well with the spicy sauce. We cooked the chicken directly in the mole so it would absorb that smoky-sweet flavor, and after 4 hours in the slow cooker it was fall-off-the-bon...

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