Tofu Mole Enchiladas Recipes

MOLE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Warm corn tortillas on a hot skillet for a few seconds on each side, or fry them lightly in oil, then place on a paper towel lined plate to soak up excess grease.
• Pour 1/4 cup of mole sauce into the bottom of a 9x13'' pan. Fill each corn tortilla with a handful of chicken and small sprinkle of cheese, then roll tightly, and place seam side down in the pan.
• Pour remaining mole sauce over the top. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• Remove from oven and top with a drizzle of sour cream, a sprinkle of cotija cheese, cilantro and chopped avocado.

TOFU MOLE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Tortillas should be six inch size. Use cast iron.
• Heat skillet over med heat and add garlic and tomatoes. Cook 15 minutes turning frequently or until tomatoesa are blackened. Remove and cool slightly. Peel garlic. peel and core tomatoes. Place them and almonds and 1 tbsp seeds in food processor and make smooth mix. Set aside.
• Wipe out pan. Heat again over med high and add 2 ancho chilies to it flattening them with spatula. Cook until blackened on both sides. [flip em] Repeast with rest.
• Now do the same with gaujillo chilies.
• Combine them with the boiling water in a medium bowl; let stand 30 minutes. Strain chiles through a sieve into a bowl, reserving 1/3 cup soaking liquid.
• Place the chiles, reserved liquid, garlic, oregano, cumin, and cloves in food processor; process until smooth.
• Heat oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 8 minutes or until browned. Place onion, 1 cup broth, cilantro, cocoa, cinnamon, and bread in food processor; process until smooth.
• Return onion mixture to pan. Add chile mixture; cook over medium heat 5 minutes. Stir in tomato mixture and 2 cups broth. Cook 30 minutes or until mixture is slightly thick. Stir in raisins, juice, sugar, and salt. Stir in tofu, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Heat tortillas according to package.
• Arrange about 1/3 cup mole down the center of each tortilla; roll up. Place rolled tortillas, seam-side down, on a platter. Top with any remaining mole, and sprinkle evenly with 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame seeds.

MOLE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• break the stems off the chiles and remove the seeds. rinse the chiles.
• toast the chiles until fragrant in a large, heavy skillet, turning them frequently. transfer the chiles to a large saucepan and cover with water.
• simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes, till softened.
• while the chiles simmer, toast and roast the other ingredients. toast the sesame seeds over medium heat in the skillet. watch them carefully as they begin to release their fragrance, browning lightly and dancing in the pan. don't let them burn. spoon seeds into a blender.
• toast the anise and cumin seeds in the skillet until fragrant and add them to the blender.
• pour 1 T of the oil into the warm skillet and str in the nuts.
• saute until lightly colored and fragrant. Transfer nuts to the blender.
• wipe out the skillet and increase the heat to medium high. scatter the garlic cloves in teh skillet, turning the cloves occasionally so that they soften and darken on all sides, which takes a few minutes.
• remove all garlic from the skillet and set it aside until cool enough to handle.
• add the tomatoes to the skillet, turning occasionally as they soften and darken. the skins will split a bit during the process.
• remove the tomatoes and set them aside till cool enough to handle.
• remove the skins from the garlic and tomatoes and add both to the blender.
• pour about 1 cup of the stock into the blender. puree the mixture 2 minutes.
• the sauce will become smooth but a little grainy.
• pour the sauce into a large bowl.
• drain the chiles lightly from their cooking liquid, reserving 1 cup of the liquid. place the chiles and about 1/2 cup of the reserved liquid in the blender and puree. Pour the chiles in the bowl with the tomato sauce.
• Add one more cup of stock to the blender with the remaining sauce ingredients and puree for 2 minutes. this mixture too will become smooth but a little grainy. pour it into the bowl and stir together.
• wipe out any tomato residue from the skillet and add the remaining oil. warm the oil over medium heat. spoon in the sauce and fry it for about 10 minutes, stirring up from the bottom constantly.
• mix in the remaining stock and reserved chile cooking liquid, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes (the sauce can be made ahead and refriegerated for 1 or 2 days or frozen for several months. rewarm before proceeding).
• reserve half of the sauce for another batch of enchiladas or for another use.
• add the turkey to the remaining sauce and simmer together for 15 minutes.
• heat 1 inch of oil in a small skillet till the oil ripples. with tongs, dunk a tortilla in oil long enough for it to go limp, a matter of seconds. don't let the tortilla turn crisp. repeat with remaining tortillas and drain them.
• heat oven to 350. grease a 9 by 13 inch baking dish.
• dip a tortilla into the sauce. top it with about 1/3 cup of turkey drained from the sauce with a slotted spoon, and a couple of teaspoons each of onion and cheese. roll up the tortillas snug but not tight. transfer the enchilada to the baking dish.
• repeat with the rest of the tortillas and filling. top the enchiladas with any remaining onion and pour the remaining sauce evenly over them. scatter the rest of the cheese over the sauce.
• bake for 15-18 minutes till the enchiladas are heated through and the sauce is bubbly.
• serve immediately, with spoonfuls of crema drizzled over and a scattering of cilantro and sesame seeds.

TOFU WITH MEXICAN MOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over high heat; saute the onions and green pepper until the onions are browned, about 8 minutes.
• Add the garlic and saute for 30 more seconds.
• Lower the heat to medium-low and add the tomatoes, chilies, cinnamon and thyme.
• Stir until the mixture reaches the consistency of a paste, about 5 more minutes.
• Add the stock and cilantro; simmer on very low heat for 30 minutes.
• Stir in the cocoa until it is combined and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Season with salt.
• Heat the vegatable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; add the tofu, lightly browning both sides, about 3 minutes per side.
• Place 3 slices of tofu on each of 6 plates; cover evenly with the mole sauce.