Peggy's Tamales Recipe

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Peggy's Tamales
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Ingredients:

  • 3 bag nm chile molido (1 oz)el guapo ground
  • 3 bag ajo granulado (2 1/2 oz) el guapo granulated garlic
  • 4 bag shelled corn husks el guapo shelled, dry
  • 16 lb unprepared masa from el toro mkt
  • 1 bag small bag of lard
  • 3 bag comino (1 oz) ground cumin
  • 1 box(es) salt as needed
  • 4 can pitted black olives medium

Directions:

  1. Prep fresh cihiles. Cut NM chiles in half, Clean seeds out.
  2. Prep shelled corn husks. Clean the stray corn silks out.
  3. Place the NM chiles in water to soak.
  4. Prep pork shoulder (picnic). Cut pork roasts into thirds. Add 8 gloves of garlic, lots of salt to season. Cook 3+ hours until pork falls apart (flakes off). Separate the pulled pork for use as tamale filling. Save the pork juice for later use.
  5. Rinse the NM chiles 3 times in Cold Water.
  6. Push the NM Chiles down into pan, then cover with cold water.
  7. Add 1/2 cup salt and 1 bag garlic powder (1 oz) to the chiles. Bring to rolling boil for 10? minutes.
  8. - Put pork juice into the pan with the chiles. Bring to boil.
  9. Preparation of Masa
  10. - Add 1 cup lard to the masa
  11. - Add 2 1/2 cups pork juice to the masa. Work the juice into the masa by hand.
  12. - Added another 1/4 cup salt to masa for flavoring. Continue working masa by hand.
  13. - Added another 1/2 cup pork juice to masa.
  14. - Add rest of 2 1/2 oz chile powder (use regular chile, not the NM chile) to the masa
  15. - Let the masa rest for a few minutes. Drape cheesecloth over the top of the masa.
  16. - Boil the chiles for 5 minutes.
  17. - Drain the liquid from the chiles.
  18. - Use the blender to mix 4 cups of chiles, 1 cup of pork juice, (1 oz) of Comino (cumin), (1/2 oz) of garlic powder
  19. - Pour the blended chile sauce over the shredded pork and mix together by hand.
  20. NOTE: Do not do this masa prep on a hot day - the masa will go bad.
  21. Prep Corn Husks
  22. - Soak the corn husks in hot water (from the faucet) for about 10 minutes.
  23. - Put the masa mix on a table in preparation for spreading. Need butter knives and small towels.
  24. - Select corn husks. You want the smooth side up.
  25. - With knife, spread a small mound of masa mix down to the corner of the husk. Spread the masa in a thin layer on the lower half of the husk.
  26. - Place the husks to the side for later use. You can stack them to save space.
  27. - Take a large corn husk (spread with masa mix) , place pork filling inside the large husk. Vary filling amount to make large or small tamales. Add olives as desired.
  28. - Roll it up.
  29. - Place a small corn husk on the outside to cover the seam (edge) of the large inner husk.
  30. - Fold the ends up & place vertically (open end up) inside parge pot.
  31. - When pot is filled, place the pot of tamales onto stove burner.
  32. - Pour hot water from faucet along the side of pot (not directly onto the tamales). Requires about 10 cups of water. About 2-3 inches depth is desired.
  33. - Cover the pot.
  34. - Cook with burners on High for about 15 minutes.
  35. - Reduce heat to medium, then continue to corn another 45 minutes.
  36. - Take a tamale from the center of the pot to taste test.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 5390.7 Kcal (22570 kJ)
Calories from fat 2300.72 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 255.64g 393%
Cholesterol 2431.3mg 810%
Sodium 2982.64mg 124%
Potassium 12378.74mg 263%
Total Carbs 6.53g 2%
Sugars 0.39g 2%
Dietary Fiber 3.91g 16%
Protein 725.87g 1452%
Vitamin C 37.1mg 62%
Iron 36.3mg 202%
Calcium 513.6mg 51%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 120.9 Kcal (506 kJ)
Calories from fat 51.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.73g 393%
Cholesterol 54.53mg 810%
Sodium 66.89mg 124%
Potassium 277.62mg 263%
Total Carbs 0.15g 2%
Sugars 0.01g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.09g 16%
Protein 16.28g 1452%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 62%
Iron 0.8mg 202%
Calcium 11.5mg 51%

* 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

  • 128.3
    Points
  • 132
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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