Easy Chicken Tinga Tamales

Name: Easy Chicken Tinga Tamales
Prep time: 90 min
Yield: 12
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Quick and easy to prepare, these chicken tinga tamales are perfect for your next tamalada or to celebrate a special day. Stuffed with shredded chicken cooked in a mouthwatering tomato and chipotle chile sauce, these fluffy tamales will be a hit among your guests!

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 08-02-2017

Preparation

1h 30 mins

Low

Soak corn husks in hot water for 20 minutes. Mix masa dough, lard, baking powder, and salt. Add water while mixing until a fluffy tamal dough is formed. In a skillet, heat oil and cook chopped onion until translucent. Add chicken, tomato, and chipotle chile and stir for 5 minutes. Drain corn husks. Spread a bit of tamal dough on each corn husk leaving a bit of free space on top. Stuff tamales with a bit of chicken mixture. Fold the sides of the tamales and leave the stuffing at the center. In a tamales pot, place plenty of water. Place the steam and line the bottom of the tamalera with corn husks. Arrange tamales in the tamalera open-side up. Cover with remaining corn husks or with a wet kitchen towel. Cover tamalera and steam chicken tinga tamales over medium-low heat for 1 hour or until tamal dough comes off the husks once opened. If needed, add more hot water to cook chicken tinga tamales.