Oaxacan Black Mole: Mole Negro

Name: Oaxacan Black Mole: Mole Negro
Ingredients: 2 large chickens (about 3 1/2 pounds each), each chicken cut into 8 pieces; 2 small heads garlic, scored around the middle; 2 small white onions, roughly sliced; 6 fresh mint sprigs; Sea salt; 1/4 pound chilhuacles negros or guajillos; 2 ounces chiles pasillas (Mexican, not Oaxacan); 2 ounces chiles mulatos; 1/2 pound (about 1 large) tomatoes, broiled; 1 cup water; 3 whole cloves; 3 whole allspice; 6 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves only; 6 fresh marjoram sprigs, leaves only; 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano; 3/4 cup melted lard or safflower oil; 1/4 cup sesame seeds; 1/4 cup shelled peanuts; 10 unskinned almonds; 1/4 cup raisins; 1 small onion, thickly sliced; 12 small garlic cloves, peeled; 1 very thick 3-inch cinnamon stick, slivered; 1 ripe plantain, skinned and cut into thick slices; 2 crisp-fried corn tortillas; 3 thick slices dried French bread; 1 (2-ounce) tablet Mexican drinking chocolate; 4 cups chicken broth