Free Recipe Tamales

Recipe Type: P Recipes

Recipe Preparation: boil

Cooking Ingredients for Tamales Recipe

4 lb Pork shoulder
6 c Water
8 tb Chile powder
1/8 ts Oregano
1/4 ts Cumin
2 Garlic
Salt
5 lb Masa harina
1 lb Lard
Pork broth
1 pk Corn husk

Tamales Preparation

Boil meat in water until tender. Remove the meat from broth, saving broth for dough and chile. Chop meat into 1/4 in. pieces and place in pan. Dissolve chile powder in 1 1/2 cups of the broth, and add to meat, add garlic, spices and salt, cook until d Cream lard in a mixing bowl. Add masa flour and mix. Add enough of the broth to make the dough speadable with a table knife. Rinse the husks and soak in wateruntil pliable. Spread the center portion of the husk with 2 tbs. of masa. Top with chile meat mix. Vary both amounts to your liking. Fold the sides of husks toward the center, the bottom up and the top down. Tie each husk with a narrow corn husk strip. Pour 2 in. of water into a large kettle and arrange the tamales on a rack above the water level. Steam the tamales for about 40 min. From Gemini”s MASSIVE MealMaster collection

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Recipe Serves: 1

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