mole: Quick Facts

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Three enchiladas on a plate, each topped with a different mole sauce-red, black, and green-and garnished with seeds and sesame, served in Puebla, Mexico.

Yazmin Zuniga Caballero stirs a large pot of mole at her market stall, surrounded by bowls of mole paste and ingredients, wearing traditional Mexican clothing.

Three chicken enchiladas topped with mole poblano sauce, sesame seeds, and radish slices, served on a clay plate.

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