Traditional Mole & Shrimp Romeritos

Marielle Henaine
Wow your guests at your Christmas or New Year’s Eve party with this traditional mole & shrimp romeritos recipe! The holidays won’t be the same after preparing this Mexican culinary treasure featuring tasty ingredients like mole sauce, shrimp, nopales, Mexican chocolate, chiles and a unique blend of spices and seeds that will take your table to the next level!
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Ingredients
8
Portions
  • 3 tablespoons lard
  • 1/2 cups almonds
  • 1/4 cups peanuts
  • 1/4 cups walnuts
  • 1/4 cups pumpkin seeds
  • 1/4 cups sesame seeds
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cloves
  • 1 tablespoon allspice berry
  • 1/2 teaspoons cumin
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 onions, cut into chunks
  • 5 guajillo chiles
  • 5 pasilla chiles
  • 7 ancho chiles
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 cup dried shrimp
  • 4 cups shrimp broth
  • some salt
  • 3 tablespoons lard, for frying
  • 1 cup Mexican chocolate
  • 2 cups shrimp
  • some salt
  • some pepper
  • some water
  • 4 cups romeritos
  • 1 cup new potatoes, cooked and cut in half
  • 1 cup nopal, cooked and cut into chunks
  • some bread, for serving
Preparation
1h 20 mins
1h 10 mins
Easy
  • For the mole sauce: In a pot, add lard, almonds, peanuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, cinnamon, cloves, allspice berries, cumin, garlic, onion, chiles, tomato, and dry shrimp. Pour shrimp broth into the pot and cook for 10 minutes. Let cool and set aside.
  • Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth. In a skillet, pour blended mixture, add a bit of lard, and fry. Add Mexican chocolate and cook for 30 minutes. Stir constantly.
  • In a pot with water, cook romeritos over medium heat for 10 minutes. Drain and add romeritos, shrimp, potatoes, and nopales to the mole sauce.
  • Serve traditional mole & shrimp romeritos with bread.

Nutritional information

* * Information per 100g serving, percent daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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