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Tamales Easy Peasy I tried these for the first time and couldn't believe how easy and delicious they turned out. It's rare to find the words easy and tamales in the same sentence, but with a few simple tricks you can make a scrumptious batch of tamales without having to devote an entire day to them. Making tamale dough AND making a tamale filling sounds like double duty to me, so I usually make a smaller batch of tamales when I have good filling options leftover in the fridge — things like Tinga.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook tamales easy peasy using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tamales Easy Peasy:
- Get 2 cups Masa
- Make ready 1 1/3 cup (or more) chicken broth
- Make ready 1 cup coconut oil
- Take 1 tsp each baking powder and salt
- Take 16 Corn husks (plus more to cover)
- Make ready 1 package each chicken and pork Hormel seasoned shredded meats (made for tacos)
- Make ready You favorite red and green sauce
Originally, it is meat-filled rice or corn dough wrapped in bundles made from corn husks. How to make tamales at home, and it's easier than you may think. Classic Mexican holiday dish that takes a good amount of time to make, but totally worth it once you bite into a fresh tamale right out of the steamer. We will show you how to easily make these using the slow-cooker, how to wrap the tamales, and how to.
Instructions to make Tamales Easy Peasy:
- Soak corn husks in warm to hot water for about an hour
- Dry off husks and stack them with the smooth side up
- Mix masa, chicken broth, liquified coconut oil, baking powder and salt. It should be the consistency of thick peanut butter.
- Using a knife or spoon, spread masa mixture onto the top half of one husk.
- Add meat in a row to center of masa on husk along with sauce if desired. Use appropriately 3 Tablespoons of meat. Fold husks in to cover meat then fold bottom up to close at bottom.
- Continue with each husk until all are filled. If using both chicken and pork, tie a piece of husk around one type of meat as a marker. (Shown in the photo)
- Add tamales to a large steamer and bring water to a boil. Reduce to low or simmer to steam for about an hour.
- If tamales easily release from the husk, they are ready to serve.
- Enjoy with rice, fresh vegetables and extra red and green sauce.
Steam the tamales in a steamer pot: Pour water below the steamer basket, place tamales open-end up and stand them in the pot. Now uncover the pot and add hot water to refill the steamer or the tamales will burn! Well, of course, it's only natural to bring the crockpot into this easy pork tamale recipe. I love to slow-cook pork shoulder or pork butt (fat trimmed off) in some heavenly juice combinations of enchilada and taco sauce. TIP: Best to make the slow-cooked, shredded pork the night before.
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