Tamales Verdes de Pollo

Name: Tamales Verdes de Pollo
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500g masa harina; 300g lard; 400ml warm chicken stock; 1 tsp baking powder; 600g chicken thighs, poached and shredded; 300ml salsa verde; 200g Oaxacan cheese, shredded; 16 corn husks, soaked

Green tomatillo chicken tamales, filled generously with tangy salsa verde and Oaxacan cheese, then wrapped and steamed gently inside corn husks.

Total time

150 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Mexican

gluten-free

Ingredients

500gmasa harina

300glard

400mlwarm chicken stock

1 tspbaking powder

600gchicken thighs, poached and shredded

300mlsalsa verde

200gOaxacan cheese, shredded

16corn husks, soaked

Instructions

Beat lard until fluffy, mix with masa harina, stock and baking powder into soft dough.

Mix shredded chicken with salsa verde.

Spread masa on softened husks, add chicken and cheese filling.

Fold and seal husks.

Steam upright for 1.5 hours.

Rest 10 minutes before serving.

Serve with extra salsa verde.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1405

Protein

59g

Fat

86g

Carbs

98.7g

Fiber

8.8g

Sodium

914mg

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