Oaxacan Green Sauce Tamal

Name: Oaxacan Green Sauce Tamal
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: Serves 16 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2.2 lbs masa harina (about 1 kg); 7 oz lard (about 200 grams); 1 tablespoon salt; 1 cup chicken broth (about 240 ml); 30 corn husks; as needed cooked turkey meat; 2.2 lbs tomatillos (about 1 kg); 2.5 oz cilantro (about 70 grams); 3 green chiles; 3 cloves garlic; 2 oz onion (about 60 grams)

YESSICA MAGDALENA LUIS ANGELES @cook_26586821

During the Day of the Dead season, it's a tradition in Zaachila, Oaxaca to eat turkey and place it on the altar. This time, we'll make green sauce tamales with turkey.

YESSICA MAGDALENA LUIS ANGELES @cook_26586821

During the Day of the Dead season, it's a tradition in Zaachila, Oaxaca to eat turkey and place it on the altar. This time, we'll make green sauce tamales with turkey.

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Ingredients

1 hr 30 min

Serves 16 servings

2.2 lbsmasa harina (about 1 kg)
7 ozlard (about 200 grams)
1 tablespoonsalt
1 cupchicken broth (about 240 ml)
30corn husks
as neededcooked turkey meat
Sauce:
2.2 lbstomatillos (about 1 kg)
2.5 ozcilantro (about 70 grams)
3green chiles
3 clovesgarlic
2 ozonion (about 60 grams)

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Steps

1 hr 30 min

1

Cook the turkey meat with garlic, onion, salt, and cumin. (Turkey meat is tough, so it may take a while.)
2

Separate the corn husks and soak them in water.
3

Mix the masa harina with chicken broth, lard, and salt, gradually combining the ingredients and beating to incorporate some air into the dough so it has body. Let it rest while you make the sauce.
4

Boil the tomatillos, onion, garlic, and chiles. Then blend with the cilantro until you have a sauce. Add salt to taste. The sauce should be thick so it holds together in the tamal.
5

Take a corn husk and spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of masa inside, shaping it into a bed.
6

Add the turkey meat and sauce, then wrap it up. Place it inside another husk to make sure it's well covered.
7

Steam for about 50 minutes.