Pork Tamal

Name: Pork Tamal
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 100 tamales
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 g chicken bouillon; enough kitchen twine for tying; 10 g celery; 5 g salt; 2 tablespoons pork lard (about 30 g); 1 teaspoon annatto (about 5 g); 3.5 oz pork shoulder or pork ribs, seasoned a day ahead (about 100 g); 2/3 cup green beans (about 20 g); 1/2 carrot; 2 tablespoons rice (about 30 g); 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (about 1 g); 2 large banana leaves; 1 teaspoon all-purpose seasoning (about 5 g); 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (about 1 g); 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves (about 1 g); 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley (about 10 g); 2 tablespoons culantro (about 10 g); 2 garlic cloves; 1/2 onion; 1 bell pepper; 1 boiled and peeled potato; 4 cups white corn masa (about 500 g); Lizano sauce

Angerith Calvo @dracalvocook

Grecia

Guanacaste-style tamales are a traditional Costa Rican treat made from corn dough, seasoned with local flavors and cooked in banana leaves. The result is a flavorful, aromatic, and hearty tamal, often larger than other versions and traditionally cooked over wood for a unique smoky taste. This recipe is from my mom.

Angerith Calvo @dracalvocook

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Ingredients

2 hours

100 tamales

5 gchicken bouillon
enough kitchen twine for tying
10 gcelery
5 gsalt
2 tablespoonspork lard (about 30 g)
1 teaspoonannatto (about 5 g)
3.5 ozpork shoulder or pork ribs, seasoned a day ahead (about 100 g)
2/3 cupgreen beans (about 20 g)
1/2carrot
2 tablespoonsrice (about 30 g)
1/4 teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper (about 1 g)
2large banana leaves
1 teaspoonall-purpose seasoning (about 5 g)
1/4 teaspoonground cumin (about 1 g)
1/4 teaspoondried oregano leaves (about 1 g)
2 tablespoonsflat-leaf parsley (about 10 g)
2 tablespoonsculantro (about 10 g)
2garlic cloves
1/2onion
1bell pepper
1boiled and peeled potato
4 cupswhite corn masa (about 500 g)
Lizano sauce

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Steps

2 hours

1

Thoroughly clean the banana leaves. Blend the bell pepper, onion, garlic, culantro, parsley, celery, and lard until smooth.
2

Mix the masa with the mashed potato, blended mixture, all-purpose seasoning, chicken bouillon, cumin, salt, pepper, oregano, and lard.
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4

Set aside a portion of the masa and mix it with annatto and lard to make red masa.
5

On the banana leaf, place white masa, then red masa, rice, pork, and vegetables.
6

Prepare the pork: season with garlic, oregano, and salt.
7

Wrap and tie the tamales with kitchen twine. Steam until fully cooked.