rehydrated dona maria mole calories??

naomi_lydia
naomi_lydia Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I made dona maria green mole and I was excited to see that a serving size of two tablespoons was only 140 calories! Then I became curious if it was the same after making the canned paste into a real sauce. Google says no it is now 1,235 calories for a cup! I only mixed the two tablespoons of mole paste with chicken broth, 30 calories a can. Is my serving of mole 170 calories or over 1,000??

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  • riirii93_
    riirii93_ Posts: 475 Member
    170 sounds more on target. Mole is good for you, hun.
  • riirii93_
    riirii93_ Posts: 475 Member
    If the package says 140 for two tablespoons as you added chicken broth then that's it. Calories won't come out of nowhere
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I made dona maria green mole and I was excited to see that a serving size of two tablespoons was only 140 calories! Then I became curious if it was the same after making the canned paste into a real sauce. Google says no it is now 1,235 calories for a cup! I only mixed the two tablespoons of mole paste with chicken broth, 30 calories a can. Is my serving of mole 170 calories or over 1,000??

    Have you tried using the recipe maker and inputting all the ingredients to figure it out?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    2 tbsps of the canned paste is 140 calories, or 70 calories per tbsp, unmixed.
    There are 16 tbsps in a cup. 16 x 70 is over 1100 calories.
    1 cup of unmixed paste is over 1000 calories.

    You used 2 tbsp so it is 140 plus whatever calories you added it. I believe you said 30. So there is 170 calories in the mole you prepared despite the final volume.

    At least I think that is what is going on.
  • naomi_lydia
    naomi_lydia Posts: 5 Member
    Thank you for your logical replies :)

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