Smother Your Leftover Turkey in This Blackened Mole Sauce
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Smother Your Leftover Turkey in This Blackened Mole Sauce

This recado negro, or blackened mole sauce, from Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese Food and Mission Cantina is the perfect way to breathe life into your leftovers.

Oops, it happened again: your family got a 30-pound turkey and made four separate sweet potato casseroles for eight people, and now you can't close the refrigerator door because there are leftovers overtaking every shelf and crevice.

You're best off throwing those sweet potatoes into a burrito, but your dry-ass turkey is going to beg for a little something extra to literally spice it up. After all, you've already OD'd on gravy.

The perfect solution: a , or blackened mole sauce. A mix of charred chili peppers and Mexican spices, its rich flavor will breathe new life into even the most despondent platter of breast meat. And Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese Food and Mission Cantina, who gave us this recipe, knows a thing or two about how to give your food a real kick.

RECIPE: Shredded Turkey in Blackened Chile Mole

Wrap that blackened-mole-drenched turkey up in your burrito, or enjoy it on its own with hard-boiled eggs, avocado, and tortillas. Now that's what we call a Black Friday.