Mole Amarillo

Name: Mole Amarillo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: about 12½ cloves (63 g) Garlic; about ¼ cup (55 ml) Olive Oil; 115 g small-dice white Onion; 20 g Ancho Chile; 50 g Almonds; about ½ tsp (1 g) Cumin; 240 g Beet; 15 g Chocolate; about 1½ tsp (10 g) Salt; 7 g Masa; about 20 leaves (4 g) Bay Leaf; 2 cups (500 ml) Water; to taste Sugar

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Jonathan Zaragoza recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jonathan Zaragoza.

BRAISING SAUCE · GOLDEN BEETS & GOAT CHEESE

In the published recipe, this is the braising sauce for golden beets. The same recipe pairs it with Chapulín Vinaigrette, the chapulín vinaigrette.

Jonathan Zaragoza's golden beet mole amarillo.

On the jar

MOLE AMARILL

Method: stove
Yield: about 3¾ cups
Ingredients: 13

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 55 mlWater 500 ml

Ingredients

Garlicabout 12½ cloves (63 g)
Olive Oilabout ¼ cup (55 ml)
Onion115 g small-dice white
Ancho Chile20 g
Almonds50 g
Cuminabout ½ tsp (1 g)
Beet240 g
Chocolate15 g
Saltabout 1½ tsp (10 g)
Masa7 g
Bay Leafabout 20 leaves (4 g)
Water2 cups (500 ml)
Sugarto taste

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Jonathan Zaragoza — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. Michelin Bib Gourmand (Birrieria Zaragoza); James Beard Outstanding Service nomination (restaurant).

Originally published as Mole Amarillo (Golden Beet).

Adapted from a Jonathan Zaragoza recipe (Jonathan Zaragoza / StarChefs Birrieria Zaragoza).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jonathan Zaragoza / StarChefs Birrieria Zaragoza (published as “Mole Amarillo (Golden Beet)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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