Recipe Details
Tamales de Puerco (Pork Tamales)
Tender masa dough filled with slow-braised chile pork, wrapped in corn husks and steamed for two hours. A Christmas Eve tradition — the whole family gathers to spread masa and assemble tamales the night before.
Prep Time
6 hours
Category
Main
Ingredients
13
Steps
7
Recipe and Instructions
1 kgpork shoulder, cut into large chunks
5dried guajillo chiles, seeded
3dried ancho chiles, seeded
4garlic cloves
1white onion, quartered
1 tspdried Mexican oregano
1 tspground cumin
500 gdried corn husks, soaked in warm water 2 hours
750 gmasa harina (Maseca)
500 mlwarm pork broth (from cooking the pork)
200 glard or vegetable shortening
1 tspbaking powder
1.5 tspsalt (for masa)
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