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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. pour oil into a nice size pot then heat. | 2. then add chopped chicken breat and chopped hot links, saute until brown then. | 3. Add 1 chopped onion along with 1Tlb spoons of crushe garlic leaving the rest for the masa mixture. | 4. Once the chicken is cooked all the way through add the chopped fish along with the shrimp, 2 Tlb spoons of creole seasoning, 1 Tlb spoon of Gumbo file powder. Simmer on medium low until the shrimp and fish are cooked. | 5. Masa Mixture. | 6. In a big mixing bowl combine 3 pounds of masa mixture, 1 cup butter flavor shortening or 1 cup margarine, 2 Tlb spoons of crushe garlic, 1 Tlb spoon of Gumbo File, and 2Tlb spoons of Creole Seasoning. Add 2 cups of water or saltless chicken stock and mix all these ingredients together with your hands. | 7. Keep adding water until the mixture is fluffy and smooth. When the mixture is done you can take a small lump of masa and drop it into a class of hot water and it will float. | 8. Husk. | 9. Once the masa is complete spread some into a large husk then add your meat mixture add fold- watch on how to fold tamales- http://youtu.be/sRBZOpL-WXs Once you wrap your tamales you have to place them in a double boiler or a double racked over pan making sure you put water in the bottom. | 10. Most people double boil their tamales because it keeps them from being to dry. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
corn husk	18			-	-	-	-
butter flavor shortening	1	cup		-	-	-	-
masa harina mix	2	cups		-	-	-	-
creole seasoning	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
garlic	3	tablespoons	crushed	37.995	8.4303	1.6218	0.1275
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
file powder	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
fish	2	cups	diced	-	-	-	-
shrimp	2	cups		-	-	-	-
link sausage	2	cups		-	-	-	-
chicken breast	3	boneless	boneless	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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