Mole de Olla

A classic Mexican beef-and-chile stew with a bright, charred tomato-chile broth, tender  beef shank, corn, and calabacita. Hearty, fragrant, and perfect with warm  tortillas.

Ingredients

• 2 lb beef shank
• 8 tomatoes
• 1 onion for the  soup plus extra chopped onion for topping
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 bunch cilantro plus extra for topping
• 4 dried guajillo chiles
• 4 dried puya chiles
• 1–2 dried árbol chiles, to taste
• Salt to taste
• 2 ears corn, each cut into 3 pieces
• 1 small calabacita mexicana, chopped
• Water for boiling the beef
• Warm tortillas for serving