Perfect Pork Tamales Recipe

Pork Tamales -

Looking to mix up your weeknight dinner routine? Flavorful and inexpensive, pork is the underrated, jack-of-all-meats that works in all kinds of dishes — from stir-fries to salads, sandwiches and more. Here's Quick and Easy Pork Tamales Recipe.

You can have Pork Tamales using 17 ingredients and 15 steps.

Pork Tamales Ingredients

1. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seed.
2. You need 1/4 cup of chili powder.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of salt.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of paprika.
5. You need 1 tbsp of smoked paprika.
6. You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
7. You need 1 tbsp of onion powder.
8. You need 2 tsp of pepper.
9. You need 5 clove of garlic.
10. Prepare 1 medium of onion.
11. You need 4 cup of masa dough.
12. You need 2 cup of lard.
13. Prepare 30 bunch of corn husks.
14. You need 1 packages of string.
15. You need 1 1/2 lb of pork ribs.
16. Prepare 1 tbsp of oil.
17. Prepare 26 oz of swanson chicken stock.

Pork Tamales step by step

1. Preheat oven to 325..
2. Roast cumin seed in a small pan over low heat..stirring for a minute and a half..
3. Crush cumin seed and add to a bowl and add the other top seven ingredients..
4. Split ingredients in half and save one half for dough..
5. Rub pork ribs with half of the half split portion and save other split half for cooking meat in pan later..
6. Place ribs on a rack in a pan with at least an inch of gap under rack.pour 2 sodas or 2 beers in pan and cover tightly with foil.cook for three hours lowering the heat 50 degrees every hour starting at 325..
7. Place corn husks in hot water to soften for 30 minutes covered..
8. 30 minutes before ribs are done mix chicken stock with masa,then lard with mixer and half of saved ingredients ...cover bowl so mixture doesnt get dry..
9. When ribs are done...slide bones out and rid any smaller ones and shred with two forks.
10. Chop onion finely as well as garlic and cook for two minutes in oil over medium heat and add meat.cook for 8 to ten minutes stirring so as not to burn..
11. Cut 30...8 inch lengths of string..
12. A steamer pot is ideal...and only way i have cooked tamales..
13. Place corn husk on paper towel to dry and place a thin coat of masa on husk add a little meat and roll snuggly trying to keep husk on outside of masa...fold up bottom and tie...leaving top open..
14. Roll all tamales and place in pot (with water to steam holes) standing with open end up..
15. Steam for one hour and ten minutes....your done..

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