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Pour the mole sauce over the chicken, spreading it to cover completely. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Chicken may be served intact with sauce spooned over, or you may shred the chicken using two forks and stir into the sauce before using as a taco/tortilla filling, or as a dip for chips. You can cook Slow Cooker Chicken Mole using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Chicken Mole

It's 2 lbs of Boneless, skinless Chicken thighs.
It's 2 tsp of Ground Black Pepper.
Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) of Can of Diced Tomatoes.
You need 1 of Medium Onion, diced.
You need 2 of Dried Ancho Chiles, stemmed.
You need 2 of Large Chipotle Chiles in Adobo Sauce, plus 1 tablespoon Adobo Sauce.
You need 1/2 Cup of Sliced Almonds, roasted or not. Does not matter.
Prepare 1/3 Cup of Bittersweet Chocolate, finely chopped.
It's 2-3 Cloves of Garlic, diced.
It's 2 tbsp of Olive Oil.
You need 1/4 tsp of Ground Cumin.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Ground Cinnamon.

This is a shredded, slow-cooker version of my favorite chicken mole, created when I knew I wouldn't have time in the evening to make the real thing for dinner. If you can't find ancho chili powder, you can substitute regular, but use a little more; and use your favorite type of hot sauce. I love Golden Habanero, but any kind tastes good! Rather than go through that slightly labor-of-love process, in this version you blend all the sauce ingredients and let the slow cooker bring out and marry the flavors.

Slow Cooker Chicken Mole instructions

Season both sides of the chicken thighs with pepper and place them in the slow cooker..
Place all of the remaining ingredients in a blender and blend on high until it is of a smooth consistency, about 1 to 2 minutes..
Pour the Mole Sauce over the chicken in the slow cooker. Stir together the sauce and chicken..
Cook on low for 6 hours. Check out the chicken. If you wish it to be more tender, then cook another 1-2 hours..
Remove the chicken and the sauce into a bowl and then shred it with two forks..
Enjoy!.

For some reason, pretty much all slow cooker chicken mole recipes I found used tomatoes yet none of the more traditional recipes did. Chicken with mole sauce in slow cooker!! Just a thought of this and I was in kitchen. gathering ingredients! Let's get started to make some Mole Chicken and Rice Dinner! Cooking mole chicken in slow cooker has one more benefit - chicken and mole help each other get more flavorful!