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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Tamale Dough: | 2. In a mixer add corn flour, water, baking powder, salt, butter and shortening. Mix at medium speed for about 3 minutes until mixture becomes light and fluffy. | 3. Spread 2 ounces of tamale dough on each corn husk and place 1 1/2 ounces of pork filling in the center of each. Fold corn husk and place into a steamer for 1 hour. Allow time to rest and serve warm. | 4. For the Roast Pork with Salsa Verde Filling: | 5. Heat medium-sized roasting pan, add vegetable oil, and add pork which has been cut into cubes about 2 inches by 2 inches and seasoned on all sides with salt and pepper. | 6. Sear pork to a golden brown on all sides. | 7. Add salsa Verde and chicken broth. Cover and place in a 300-degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is very tender. | 8. Remove pork from liquid and cool. | 9. Pull meat, shredding it into small pieces, then brown lightly in a sauté pan and add cooking liquid. Season to taste. | 10. For the Salsa Verde: | 11. In a medium pot bring 3 quarts of water to a boil, then add tomatillos, onions, jalapenos and garlic. Simmer for 5 minutes and drain. | 12. Place ingredients in a blender with cilantro, lime juice and salt; puree. | 13. Return pureed mixture to sauce pot and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Adjust seasoning as needed. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cornflour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
vegetable shortening	5 1/3	tablespoons		614.4	0.0	0.0	68.2667
butter	5 1/3	tablespoons		456.0	20.951999999999998	14.248	38.4
corn husk	12			-	-	-	-
pork	2		boneless	3411.072	0.0	126.1915	318.155
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
chicken broth	2	cups		156.24	3.78	22.2768	5.2416
tomatillo	10			1451.4973	264.8983	43.5449	46.2665
onion	1		peeled quartered	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	6			-	-	-	-
jalapeno serrano pepper	2			-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/2	cup	chopped	1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416
lime juice	2	tablespoons		7.5625	2.5469999999999997	0.127	0.0212
salt				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.