Oaxaca: Taste Mole & Authentic Mexican Flavors
Explore Oaxaca’s colorful streets and markets! Taste a variety of local dishes, from handmade tlayudas to rich black mole, while learning the stories and flavors behin...
Mole coloradito is the sweeter, redder mole of the seven, with ancho and guajillo chiles, plantain and chocolate; a Sunday-lunch standard across Oaxaca.
Mole coloradito was historically a celebration mole for weddings and baptisms, lighter than negro and quicker to make. The Casa Oaxaca and Las Quince Letras versions stay closest to the convent-kitchen original, with ancho, guajillo and a touch of chilhuacle red giving it a brick-red colour. Many Oaxacan home cooks make it weekly from a Mercado de Abastos mole-paste base, served over enmoladas with shredded chicken and queso fresco for Sunday lunch.
5 editor picks for Mole coloradito in Oaxaca, ranked by editorial score. All Oaxaca signature dishes · Mole coloradito across every city.
Las Quince Letras ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Mariano Abasolo 300, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Las Quince Letras on Abasolo near Santo Domingo is Celia Florian's women-owned mole room since 1992, where the mole negro runs more than thirty ingredients.
Ancestral Cocina Tradicional ★ 4.4
xochimilco · C. Jose Lopez Alavez 1347, Barrio de Xochimilco, 68040 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Ancestral Cocina Tradicional in Xochimilco is a thatched-roof grove on Lopez Alavez, the seven-moles tasting platter room since 2017 in the weaving district.
La Olla ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Reforma 402, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
La Olla on Reforma is Pilar Cabrera's twenty-year converted-house room two blocks from Santo Domingo, kitchen behind the Casa de los Sabores school.
Restaurante Catedral ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Calle de Manuel Garcia Vigil 105, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music and a seven-moles platter (negro, chichilo, amarillo).
Los Pacos ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Abasolo 121, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Los Pacos on Abasolo with a rooftop terrace runs seven moles on one tasting board (negro, coloradito, amarillo, verde, chichilo, manchamanteles, rojo).
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Mole coloradito makes more sense with someone from Oaxaca explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Taste Mole coloradito with a local in Oaxaca
Oaxaca: Oaxacan Mole Workshop with a Traditional Cook
Explore traditional Oaxacan mole with local touches. Begin with an exciting market tour to gather essential ingredients.
Oaxaca: Traditional Mole Cooking Class with Market Visit
Learn how to prepare authentic Oaxacan mole with a traditional cook. Visit a local market, cook together, and enjoy the meal before returning to your lodging.