Red Chile Tamales

Name: Red Chile Tamales
Yield: 10 pieces
Ingredients: 1 1/8 lbs pork (about 500 grams); 10 dried guajillo chiles; 2 1/4 lbs masa harina dough (about 1 kilogram); 1 1/3 cups lard (about 300 grams); 1 tablespoon baking powder (about 12 grams); Salt to taste; 10 corn husks for tamales

Diana E. @Dianaen26

Texas, EE. UU.

For Candlemas, I want to share my mom and grandma's tamale recipe. I hope you enjoy it!

Diana E. @Dianaen26

Texas, EE. UU.

For Candlemas, I want to share my mom and grandma's tamale recipe. I hope you enjoy it!

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Ingredients

2 and a half hours

10 pieces

1 1/8 lbspork (about 500 grams)
10dried guajillo chiles
2 1/4 lbsmasa harina dough (about 1 kilogram)
1 1/3 cupslard (about 300 grams)
1 tablespoonbaking powder (about 12 grams)
Salt to taste
10corn husks for tamales

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Steps

2 and a half hours

1

Cook the chiles, then blend them and add to the previously cooked pork.
2

Soften the lard, then add the masa, baking powder, and salt to taste. Knead with the pork broth until the dough is spreadable.
3

Spread the soaked and cleaned corn husks with the masa and fill with the chile mixture.
4

Fold the husks and steam for 2 hours.