5 traditional tamales Recipes

pork shoulder or 3 1/2 lbs pork butt, trimmed of fat and cut up, water, onion, quartered, garlic cloves, minced, salt, red chili sauce (see (to be used with traditional tamales) for ), shortening, masa harina, baking powder, dried corn husks (about 8 inches long)

rump roast, pork roast, masa harina flour, whole red chile (mild or hot ), lard or 2/3 cup crisco, garlic , cloves, cumin, flour, salt and pepper, baking powder, dried corn husk

lard, cornflour (white corn mexican), chicken breasts, jalapenos, onion, green tomatoes or 3 red tomatoes, corn husks, dry (if you cant find any dry youll have to get them in the market with the corn and let them dry), chopped parsley

boneless pork butt in 1 piece, trimmed of all but a thin layer of fat, whole head garlic , un-peeled, cut crosswise in 1/2, black peppercorns, bay leaves, salt, masa ( cornmeal flour), water, heaping tbsp baking powder, salt, vegetable shortening, boiled and cooled, whole dried california chiles, whole dried new mexico chiles, whole dried pasilla chiles, tomatoes, garlic, salt, cumin seeds, salt, water (stock saved from boiling chiles and tomatoes), vegetable shortening, all-purpose flour, dozen dried corn husks, green olives, potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces, carrot sticks, peeled and cut into small pieces