Real Traditional Tamales Recipe

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Real Traditional Tamales
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. You have to beat the lard, (I use a machine), beat it until it gets soft, and fluffy.
  2. Add the flour, and keep beating it.
  3. Into a blender put the jalapenos, onion, tomatoes, salt, and the peregil. Add some water, you are making a salsa.
  4. In another pot, put some water and the chicken, and boil them.
  5. Take a big spoon of the mixture of the lard and spread it on the corn leaves, add a spoon of salsa, and a piece of chicken in it. Wrap the husk so the flour mixture seals around the meat and salsa
  6. Keep doing this until the mixture is gone
  7. Steam them in an oversized pot.
  8. In mexico we use special pots, you can use any but be sure to cook them in the vapor.
  9. Let it cook, you'll know when its ready when you touch the tamale and its not fluffy any more, it gets solid.
  10. When you eat it put the leaf into the trash can, you won't eat the leaf, in mexico people add some cream over it and thats good.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 632.96 Kcal (2650 kJ)
Calories from fat 458.93 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 50.99g 78%
Cholesterol 48.73mg 16%
Sodium 17.5mg 1%
Potassium 26.04mg 1%
Total Carbs 43.02g 14%
Sugars 0.26g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.23g 1%
Protein 1.05g 2%
Vitamin C 6.1mg 10%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 3.3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 572.81 Kcal (2398 kJ)
Calories from fat 415.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46.15g 78%
Cholesterol 44.1mg 16%
Sodium 15.83mg 1%
Potassium 23.57mg 1%
Total Carbs 38.93g 14%
Sugars 0.24g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.21g 1%
Protein 0.95g 2%
Vitamin C 5.5mg 10%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 3mg 0%

* 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

  • 16.9
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

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

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