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mole poblano

dish / dish-mole-poblano

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Short definition

A Mexican dish with a complex sauce described as originating in Puebla. Ancho and pasilla chiles, nuts and seeds, spices, and chocolate (cacao) are each fried gently over low heat before being combined to finish the dish.

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mole poblano →includes→ roasted cocoa nibs →— sensory attribute→ bitterness

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How processing and cooking change it (1)

mole poblano includes roasted cocoa nibscontextual

Scope: Example measured recipe: uses 400g chile ancho, 100g chile pasilla, along with almonds, peanuts, raisins, bread, tortillas, spices, and more, plus 2 tablets of chocolate (tablillas)

Lists 2 tablillas de chocolate (in translation: "2 chocolate tablets") as an ingredient, along with 400g chile ancho, 100g chile pasilla, almonds, peanuts, raisins, bread, fried tortillas, and spices.
Limitations: This is a single specific recipe example and does not show regional or vendor variation.
Source: Implantación de un sistema de calidad a un platillo típico mexicano: El mole poblano (Gómez Acosta, Jessica Mariana, 2008) · full text checked
Show datadish-mole-poblano —includes→ ingredient-roasted-cocoa-nibs
claim: clm-mole-poblano-includes-cocoa / type: culinary / updated: 2026-09-01

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