Mollies Tamales

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 16
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 148.7

Total Fat: 6.8 g
Cholesterol: 12.8 mg
Sodium: 730.6 mg
Total Carbs: 16.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
Protein: 6.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Mollies Tamales calories by ingredient

Introduction

Each tamale has 3 Weight Watcher Points.
I prepare my turkey by boiling it in seasoned water, salt pepper celery carrot onion.(save the broth) cool and shred the turkey when cool.
Times are aproxamate. Each tamale has 3 Weight Watcher Points.
I prepare my turkey by boiling it in seasoned water, salt pepper celery carrot onion.(save the broth) cool and shred the turkey when cool.
Times are aproxamate.

Minutes to Prepare: 60

Minutes to Cook: 120

Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

2 cups Instant corn masa mix for tamales

2 cup lukewarm Turkey Broth,

1 tsp Baking Powder,

1/2 tsp Salt

1/3 C Olive Oil

2 C. Turkey breast meat

About 8 Pisilla Chile Peppers or California pods or to taste.

3 cloves garlic

Water, tap, 1 cup (or more as needed)

*Canola Oil, 1 tbsp

Salt, .5 tbsp

Pepper to taste

corn husks

Directions

Cover Turkey with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until done about 2 hours. Lightly saute clean chili pods (removing stems and seeds) in cooking oil, in a large pan. Place in a blender with the garlic, hot turkey broth and salt and pepper. until smooth. Shred the turkey into small pieces, add to the large frying pan. and cook about 7 minutes.
Soak corn husks for a few minutes and rinse well. Spread masa evenly over corn husks, place a tablespoon of meat mixture in the center. Fold all sides to the center, place in steamer. Cover with a wet cloth and steam, approx, 1 hour.
Makes 16 tamales.

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOLLIEBEAN.