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California Farm Tamale Lunch for One
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California Farm Tamale Lunch for One

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

The more I cook Tex Mex dishes, the more I realize these are large meals for lots of hard working people. Here is how I make a light tamale lunch for just one person, 2 tamales only, with a dip on the side. Serve with pickled vegetables, they cut the hot taste if tamale is too spicy for you.

The more I cook Tex Mex dishes, the more I realize these are large meals for lots of hard working people. Here is how I make a light tamale lunch for just one person, 2 tamales only, with a dip on the side. Serve with pickled vegetables, they cut the hot taste if tamale is too spicy for you.

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California Farm Tamale Lunch for One

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

The more I cook Tex Mex dishes, the more I realize these are large meals for lots of hard working people. Here is how I make a light tamale lunch for just one person, 2 tamales only, with a dip on the side. Serve with pickled vegetables, they cut the hot taste if tamale is too spicy for you.

The more I cook Tex Mex dishes, the more I realize these are large meals for lots of hard working people. Here is how I make a light tamale lunch for just one person, 2 tamales only, with a dip on the side. Serve with pickled vegetables, they cut the hot taste if tamale is too spicy for you.

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Ingredients

Overnight, prep 1/2 hour, steam 2 hours
1 person, 2 tamales
  • 1/2 cupMasa flour
  • 1 cupPork shoulder meat, sliced in thin strips
  • 1/2 cuptomato puree
  • 2 Tbspickled sweet red peppers
  • 4 cupswater
  • 2dried corn husks, soaked overnight
  • 4thin strips of cornhusk to tie tamales shut
  • 4 stripscheese
  • 1Red dried arbol chilli
  • 2 Tbschopped fresh cilantro leaves
  • 2garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1/2 tspcumin
  • 2 TbsLard
  • Juice of fresh lime
  • Greek yoghurt on the side, or mexican sour cream
  • Green Salsa on the side
  • Chimichurra on the side
  • Equipment: deep pan with lid, 7” tall used liter size olive oil can or soup cup with aluminum wrap to hold two tamales, cast iron skillet, dough maker with whisk attachment
  • Cost: 2 tamale corn husks 10 cents, lard, 10 cents, pork 35 cents, chilli 10 cents, masa flour, other 25 cents, cheese 10 cents, per tamale 50 cents
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Overnight, prep 1/2 hour, steam 2 hours
  1. 1

    Submerge and soak 2 corn husks in warm water, steep overnight.

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  2. 2

    Slice 1 cup of shoulder pork thin, add arbol pepper, cumin and garlic, cover with 4 cups water, bring to boil, cook an hour, turn off, steep overnight to transfer chilli flavor from the pepper into the pork. Taste, if meat is too spicy, use smaller pepper next time. Save pork broth to steam tamales in.

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  3. 3

    Make the masa. Mix Tbs lard in doughmaker with 1/2 cup of masa, run in dough mixer with whisk attachment till fluffy. Destem and deseed, chop half the arbol pepper, add with Tbs pork broth, mix with masa. Do the droptest: float knife point of masa mix in water, if it sinks, fluff longer till it floats. Taste crumble of masa, add more arbol pepper and broth if desired, mix well.

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  4. 4

    Make chilli pulled pork in tamale sauce: fry remaining chopped, deseeded and destemmed arbol pepper in Tbs lard till fragrant, about two minutes, add cooked pork, shred with fork into pulled pork. Fry to brown, about 2 minutes. Add tamale sauce ingredients: tomato puree, pickled red sweet peppers. Sautee till thick. Taste.

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  5. 5

    Fill the tamales. Lay flattened cornhusk with widest part up. Slice masa ball in two, use half of masa mix in center, spead with spatula like mayonaise, dont press. Sprinkle chopped cilantro leaves on top. Lay 2 strips of cheese on top.

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  6. 6

    Cover with shredded pork in tamale sauce. Sprinkle with fresh lime juice. Fold sides of husk to close, fold bottom up, tie with string of 2 cornhusk strips knotted together. Top stays open.

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  7. 7

    Steam tamales. Pack 2 tamales upright in used olive oil can or heat resistant soup cup with aluminum foil wrap to stand up. Place in deep pan with lid, filled with 4 cups of pork broth. Simmer to steam till pork broth has evaporated, lid on, about 2 hours. When done, remove husks and serve. Enjoy!

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
on January 28, 2023 04:21
California, United States
I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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Corn Cilantro Masa Red Bell Pepper Lime Pork Greek Yogurt Meat Tomato Cheese Pickle Garlic

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