Tamales - Better Homes

Tamales - Better Homes Ingredients

1 2 1/2 lb boneless pork	3/4 c Shortening
10 c Water	6 c MASA HARINA
1 md Onion; quartered	1 1/2 ts Baking powder
3 Cloves garlic minced	About 50 dried corn husks;
4 c Red chili sauce

Instructions for Tamales - Better Homes

In a 4 1/2 to 5 quart dutch oven bring pork, water, onion, garlic, and 1 1/2 t salt to boiling. Simmer, covered, about 2 1/4 hrs until meat is very tender. Remove meat from broth and cool Using two forks, shred meat, discarding fat. You should have 3 1/2 to 4 c shredded meat. Strain broth and reserve 5-6 cups. In a 3 quart saucepan, heat the red chili sauce and add shredded meat. Simmer, covered about 10 minutes. For MASA: beat shortening with a mixer on medium for 1 minute. Stir together MASA HARINA, baking powder and 2 t salt. Alternately add MASA HARINA mixture and broth to shortening, beating well after each addition. Add just enough broth to make a thick creamy paste. Soak corn husks in warm water for 5 minutes then rinse to remove and corn silk and debris. Drain. To assemble each tamale, spread 2 T MASA mixture in the center of a husk. Place 1 T meat sauce in the middle of the MASA. Fold in sides of husk then fold up bottom. Place a mound of extra husks in the center of a steamer basket in a dutch oven and put tamales in basket, open end up. Bring water to boiling. Reduce heat. Cover and steam 40 minutes, adding more water as necessary. Microwaving for a couple minutes works too. From: Better Homes and Gardens, December 1994 Busted and entered for you by: Bill Webster Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #888 by Bill Webster on Nov 07, 1997

Main Ingredient: Cuisine: Mexican

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Ingredient Insight - look inside this recipe

Baking Powder	Corn	Garlic	Masa
Onion	Pork	Shortening

Tamales Mexican Corn Garlic Onion

for flavor and categorization

The trick to light tamales is to beat the masa until a teaspoon sized ball will float in a glass of water. Having lots of extra hands in the kitchen makes the task a lot easier as there's a LOT of manual work inn making these.

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on Dec 25 2005 3:50PM

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