Pork or Pork Red Mexican Tamales
These pork tamales in red sauce are spongy, soft and with all the delicious flavor of good homemade tamales.
We tell you step by step how to prepare them so that it is easier for you to cook them, even if you live outside of Mexico!
Enjoy these delicious tamales with a warm oatmeal atole or an aromatic coffee pot.
Ingredients:
• 1 package of “La Paloma Corn Husks”
• 500 grams of flour for tamales
• 2 cups of chicken broth
• 200 grams of vegetable shortening or lard
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 50 grams of guajillo pepper
• 50 grams of ancho chile
• 15 grams of chile de árbol
• 1 tomato
• 1 piece of onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 clove
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 500 grams of shredded pork or chicken meat
• 1 teaspoon of oil
Instructions:
1. To make this red tamales recipe, you must first prepare the dough. To do this, in a container place the flour, the pinch of salt, the baking powder and the chicken broth, followed by mixing until integrated.
2. Add the vegetable shortening or lard and beat manually or by hand or with the help of an electric mixer for approximately 6-8 minutes, until the dough feels fluffy.
3. Take La Paloma Corn Husks out of the packaging and reserve, you can moisten a little if you consider it, the leaves are soft and clean.
4. For the filling, hydrate the guajillo, ancho and árbol chiles in hot water for at least 5 minutes. Clean the chiles beforehand, removing the seeds and veins. And, if you want it spicy, you can leave the guajillo chiles and add the chiles de árbol.
5. For the sauce, blend the chiles with the tomato, the piece of onion, the garlic cloves and a little water where you softened the chiles, the cloves and the bay leaves.
6. In a pot, heat a little oil and pour the chili sauce that you blended. Next, season with salt and pepper to taste and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Add the pork or chicken, mix, check for flavor and, if necessary, season with a little more salt to taste. Cook everything for 5 more minutes and reserve.
8. Now it’s time to assemble the tamales. To do this, take a sheet, place a tablespoon of dough, there are different techniques, you can spread it by hand or with a spoon and, immediately, add a bit of the red stew.
9. Close the tamale and repeat the process until you finish with your dough. Then, it takes to steam 40 minutes.
Ready enjoy with a delicious atole or pot coffee!