Every Mexican food enthusiast should know how to make tamales! This delicious recipe will not only help you learn how to make the best tamales ever, but it will also serve to pamper your family with some fluffy and tasty tamales stuffed with chicharron in green sauce, a classic Mexican stew prepared with pork rinds soaked in a spicy tomatillo sauce.
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Preparation
For the chicharron in green sauce: In a small pot over medium heat, heat oil. Fry tomatillos, serrano chiles, onion, and garlic. Add water and cilantro. Cook for 10 minutes.
Transfer previous preparation to a blender and blend until smooth. In a small pot over low heat, heat oil. Pour green sauce. Cook for 10 minutes or until thick. Add pork rinds. Cook for 5 more minutes. Let cool and set aside.
Soak corn husks in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
For the dough: Beat lard. Add masa mix for tamales, baking powder, water, and salt. Keep beating until it has a light consistency.
Place 2 tablespoons of tamal dough in each corn husk. Add chicharron in green sauce and wrap.
Arrange tamales in a steamer with water. Cook over medium heat for 1 hour or until cooked through. Serve chicharron in green sauce tamales hot.
Presentation
Serve chicharrón in green sauce tamales in a plate and pair with café de olla.
Tips
Do not add too much water to the green sauce since pork rinds absorb a lot of liquid.
Add pork carnitas to the stew if desired.
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Nutritional information
* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Carbohydrate, by difference
38.4
g
12.8%
Total lipid (fat)
17.9
g
27.54%
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