Deep-Fried Plantain Quesadillas with Mole

Name: Deep-Fried Plantain Quesadillas with Mole
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
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A flavorful Mexican antojito like no other, these deep-fried plantain quesadillas with mole are set to become one of your favorite dishes! Easy and tasty, these quesadillas are prepared with a slightly sweet plantain dough stuffed with a savory bacon, beans, Oaxaca cheese, and potatoes mixture that combines perfectly with the mildly spicy taste of mole! Topped with cream, queso fresco, and oregano, these quesadillas are simply irresistible.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 08-11-2018

Preparation

40 mins

30 mins

Low

In a pot with water over medium heat, cook plantain unpeeled. Once cooked through, peel and set aside. In a bowl, place plantains, flour, and baking powder and mix until a dough is formed. Set aside. In a skillet over medium heat, fry bacon. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add beans and epazote. Using a masher, mash potatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Season. Set aside and let cool. Place butcher paper on both sides of a tortilla press. Place a plantain dough ball in the tortilla press and press slightly to form a tortilla. Stuff tortilla with beans and Oaxaca cheese. Fold in half to form a quesadilla. In a pot over medium heat, heat oil and fry quesadillas. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate to remove excess oil and set aside. For the mole sauce: In a pot, heat chicken broth. Add mole paste and Mexican chocolate tablet and cook for 15 minutes stirring constantly until a smooth consistency is obtained. Adjust seasoning. Spoon mole sauce over a plate. Place deep-fried plantain quesadillas on top and spoon more mole sauce over to cover half of the quesadilla. Garnish plantain quesadillas with mole with cream, queso fresco, and oregano leaves.

Nutritional information

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

Energy

215.9

kcal

10.8%

Carbohydrate, by difference

29.6

9.87%

Protein

10.6

21.2%

Total lipid (fat)

6.3

9.69%

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