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Tamales

Terri Hubner's Tamale Recipe.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 3-4 hours

Ingredients

Meat Ingredients
3-1/2 to 4 lbs Boneless Pork Shoulder Roast
4 TBLS Chili Powder
1 TBLS Kosher Salt (2 tsp if using regular table salt)
1 TBLS Brown Sugar
2 tsp Ground Cumin
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Garlic Poweder
  Chipotle Chilies in Adobo Sauce

Meat Preparation

  1. Generously rub roast with rub.
  2. Cook in oven or roaster at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours, until inside temperature reaches 200 degrees. A crock pot may also be used.
  3. Remove meat and shred for tamales.
  4. Place sauce from one can of chipotle chilies in food processor. Blend and add to Pork. Add additional sauce or blend chipotle chilies for additional heat, to taste.
  5. Use in tamales, tacos, or enchiladas.

Assemble the Tamale

Tamale Ingredients
? Corn Shucks
  Masa
  1. Terri gets her corn shucks and masa at a hispanic grocery store. The masa is already made for tamales. Or you can make your own masa but you will have to search the internet for a recipe.
  2. Spread masa on corn shuck
  3. Add some pork
  4. Wrap the masa around the pork then back off the corn husk and wrap the entire masa with pork in the corn husk.
  5. Fold the corn husk from the bottom up 1/3 or 1/2 the way up and tie with another corn husk.
  6. Steam assembled tamales until done.

Sauce

Sauce Ingredients
4 TBLS Unsalted Butter
  Flour (enough to make a paste in the butter)
  Red Chili Powder
  Chicken Stock

Sauce Preparation

  1. Brown butter in heavy skillet.
  2. Add flour and stir to make a pasty roux and cook flour down. This takes a couple of minutes.
  3. Slowly add chicken stock while stirring, about 4 cups or however much red chili sauce that you want.
  4. Add red chili starting with a couple of tablespoons and then adjust to taste.
  5. Add a bit of garlic powder too.
  6. Should be the consistency of gravey.

Use over tamales enchiladas, chilaquiles, or anywhere you like a bit of red chili.

Preparation 1. (Cook the Tamale Meat)

 

  • Use Instant Masa for Tamales and the recipe there called for lard or you can use oil.