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 rojo is the seventh of the canonical moles, the red mole built on ancho, guajillo and chilhuacle rojo, more peppery and less sweet than coloradito.
Mole rojo is the peppery-red sibling to coloradito, with chilhuacle rojo replacing some of the ancho and a heavier hand on the garlic and cinnamon. Less famous than negro or coloradito, rojo appears on the seven-mole tasting platters at Los Pacos and Catedral, and is the canonical pork-or-chicken Sunday mole in Sierra Sur villages.
4 editor picks for Mole rojo in Oaxaca, ranked by editorial score. All Oaxaca signature dishes · Mole rojo across every city.
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.
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.
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).
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).
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Mole rojo makes more sense with someone from Oaxaca explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Taste Mole rojo 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.