Tamales

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 32
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 531.4
  • Total Fat: 33.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 75.9 mg
  • Sodium: 256.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 36.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
  • Protein: 24.8 g

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Number of Servings: 32

Ingredients

    MASA -
    12 cups masa
    9 cups broth (may be replaced with water but will have less flavor)
    3 cups shortening

    Filling
    2.5 pounds of beef roast
    1 whole chicken (bone and skin removed)
    1 lb cheddar
    1 lb pepper jack cheese

    Corn husks for wrapping

Directions

Prep:
Place one type of meat in crock pot
cook meat for 10 hours on low
remove meat and liquid
place in fridge to allow fat to separate and preserve while cooking second meat
Cook other type of meat in crock pot on low for 10 hours
remove meat and liquid
place in fridge to allow fat to seperate
separate liquid
Shred both types of meat
soak corn husks in warm to hot water for at least 20 minutes
slice cheeses
Mix 1/3 of masa ingredients (4 c masa, 3 c broth, 1 c shortening) throughly


Assembly:
remove excess water from husk and place with thinest portion away from you
squish masa onto front 2/3 of husk
place cheese and meat of choosing in center
fold sides over to form a roll
fold bottom 1/3 of husk up to seal bottom
Repeat until ingrediants are gone making more masa as needed

Cooking:
Stand tamales upright in tamale steamer (or other large steaming friendly pot)
Steam over medium low heat for three hours

Makes 32 tamales

Number of Servings: 32

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EQUINOX_MC.