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Tamales (Chicken and Green Chile)

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Tamales (Chicken and Green Chile)

Homemade masa tamales filled with tender chicken and roasted green chiles — a labour of love. Beating the lard until genuinely fluffy before mixing in the masa gives the tamale dough its light texture instead of a dense, greasy one.

Total time
135 min
Prep
60 min
Cook
75 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Mexican
comforttraditionalcelebration

Ingredients

3 cupsmasa harina
2 cupschicken broth
½ cuplard or shortening
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspsalt
2 cupsshredded chicken
1 cuproasted green chiles
dried corn huskssoaked in water

Instructions

1

Soak corn husks 30 minutes. Beat lard until fluffy; mix in masa, broth, baking powder, salt.

2

Mix chicken with green chiles and season.

3

Spread masa on husks; add filling; fold husks around and tie.

4

Steam upright in pot for 1 hour until masa separates from husk.

5

Serve with salsa verde and sour cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
542
Protein
45.8g
Fat
8g
Carbs
72.3g
Fiber
6g
Sodium
1136mg

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