rehydrated dona maria mole calories??

naomi_lydia

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??

riirii93_

170 sounds more on target. Mole is good for you, hun.

riirii93_

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

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

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

Thank you for your logical replies