4 negros mexican black Recipes

black beans (soaked ), water (depending of your crock pot size), bay leaves, onion (cut in two quarters), garlic cloves, salt

chickens (about 3 1/2 lb each), each chicken cut into 8 pieces, heads garlic , scored around the middle, white onions, roughly sliced, fresh mint sprigs, sea salt, chilhuacles negros or guajillos, chiles pasillas (mexican , not oaxacan), chiles mulatos, tomatoes, broiled, water, whole allspice, fresh thyme sprigs, leaves only, fresh marjoram sprigs, leaves only, mexican oregano, melted lard or safflower oil, sesame seeds, shelled peanuts, unskinned almonds, raisins, onion, thickly sliced, garlic cloves, peeled, very thick 3-inch cinnamon stick, slivered, ripe plantain, skinned and cut into thick slices, crisp-fried corn tortillas, thick slices dried french bread, mexican drinking chocolate, sea salt, chicken broth

dried mulato chiles, dried ancho chiles, dried pasilla chiles, lard vegetable oil , or more as needed, tomatoes , roasted (see note), mexican cooking chocolate, black peppercorns, whole allspice berries, cinnamon stick, sesame seeds, plus extra for serving, coriander seeds, unskinned almonds, raisins, onion, sliced thick, garlic, corn tortillas , stale or dried out in the oven, thick slices stale french bread, poultry broth , preferably made from a turkey back, neck and giblets, canned chipotle chile, seeded, coarse sea salt, sugar, turkey leg and thick pieces, cut through the joints