Mole Negro with Dashi Rice
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Who made this dish?
Michael Diaz de Leon: "I'm gonna make a mole negro, so black mole made from Mexican dried chilies. One of my superpowers in cooking is my sauce work. Mole negro is really fun, because you can take peppers and then blacken them."
Michael Cimarusti (reacting to the smell): "Whoa, you smell those chilies all of a sudden?"
Padma Lakshmi: "Smells good." To judges: "I made a mole negro. I cooked it in dashi and a little bit of puree of the rice. This is something that I put on the menu at my restaurant two years ago, and I found a lot of success."
Michael Cimarusti: "The depth of the flavor that you developed in that mole. Very flavorful dish for me."
Wiley Dufresne: "Your rice was a little tight. I would have liked to have seen it a little bit looser, a little bit more unctuous."
Result: Score 38. Won head-to-head against Rochelle Daniel (36). Advanced safely.
