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Mole, (Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl mulli or molli, "sauce") is the generic name for several sauces used in Mexican cuisine, as well as for dishes based on these sauces. In English, it often refers to a specific sauce which is known in Spanish by the more specific name mole poblano. The word is also widely known in the combined form guacamole (avocado mole). In contemporary Mexico, the term is used for a number of sauces, some quite dissimilar to each other and include black, red, yellow, colorado, green, almendrado, pipián.

===Mole poblano===

Mole poblano, whose name comes from the Mexican state of Puebla, is a popular sauce in Mexican cuisine and is the mole that most people in the U.S. think of when they think of mole. Mole [[poblano]] is prepared with dried [[chilli peppers]] (commonly [[ancho]], pasilla, mulato and [[chipotle]]), ground nuts and/or seeds ([[almonds]], indigenous [[peanuts]], and/or [[sesame seeds]]), [[spices]], Mexican chocolate (cacao ground with sugar and [[cinnamon]] and occasionally [[nuts]]), [[salt]], and a variety of other ingredients including charred [[avocado]] leaves, [[onions]], [[Garlic|garlic]]. Dried seasonings such as [[ground oregano]] are also used. In order to provide a rich thickness to the sauce, [[bread]] crumbs or [[tacos]] are added to the mix. The [[chicken]] or [[turkey]] is cooked by completely boiling it in a pot with water, a little bit of salt and a piece of [[onion]] to give the broth some flavour.

One of the more popular dishes which includes mole is mole poblano de guajolote, or [[turkey]] (Mexican Spanish guajolote, from Nahuatl huexolotl) prepared with mole poblano. In Mexico today, mole de guajolote is widely regarded as the country's national dish.

===Mole de cacahuate===

Another somewhat less popular mole is mole de cacahuate, made of ground [[peanuts]] and [[chiles]] and also typically served with [[chicken]].
===Mole verde===

Mole verde achieves its distinctive green colour from the toasted [[pumpkin seeds]] that form the sauce's base.

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