Hot Tamales (Louisiana Style) Recipe

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Hot Tamales (Louisiana Style)
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  1. Run onions, celery, garlic, and bell pepper through your food processor until they are finely minced.
  2. In a very large bowl, combine ground meat, minced veggies, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and salt. Mix together thoroughly using your hands. Add in the rotel, 1 cup of corn meal, and 1 can of tomato sauce; mix again. (You need to mix the wet ingredients in separately from the spices so that the spices don't all clump together in one spot.)
  3. Lay out your papers beside two baking sheets or trays. Add 1 cup of cornmeal to one baking sheet, to roll the tamales in (the other one is to stack completed tamales on.)
  4. Pinch off some of the meat mixture, and form into a ping pong sized ball. Roll it in the cornmeal, coating it as thick as you can. Place in the center of a tamale paper on one side, and roll. The ball should squish into a log, leaving an inch of the wrapper empty on either end. Press down the top of both empty ends, and fold the two sides of the ends in before folding them under the tamale.
  5. Repeat with the remainder of the meat mixture. After a few, you get the feel of how much meat it will take to fill the wrapper up enough. We got 75 tamales out of one batch, it depends on how big you make them.
  6. In a large dutch oven, pour in the 1/2 cup oil and 1 can tomato sauce. Cover with a layer of tamales, then a can of sauce, and a sprinkle of chili powder, repeating until you run out of tamales. Fill the pan with water until the tamales are just covered.
  7. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer 2 - 2 1/2 hours till done, adding water if necessary.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 835.02 Kcal (3496 kJ)
Calories from fat 546.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 60.69g 93%
Cholesterol 117mg 39%
Sodium 3426.2mg 143%
Potassium 933.03mg 20%
Total Carbs 40.46g 13%
Sugars 4.89g 20%
Dietary Fiber 5.89g 24%
Protein 34.44g 69%
Vitamin C 16.4mg 27%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 12%
Iron 10mg 55%
Calcium 64.5mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 250.71 Kcal (1050 kJ)
Calories from fat 164 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.22g 93%
Cholesterol 35.13mg 39%
Sodium 1028.71mg 143%
Potassium 280.14mg 20%
Total Carbs 12.15g 13%
Sugars 1.47g 20%
Dietary Fiber 1.77g 24%
Protein 10.34g 69%
Vitamin C 4.9mg 27%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 12%
Iron 3mg 55%
Calcium 19.4mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 21
    Points
  • 23
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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