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Mexican Grandmother's Tamales
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the Masa:
  • 4 cups masa harina (corn flour for tamales)
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ½ cups lard or vegetable shortening
  • 3 to 4 cups warm chicken or pork broth (from cooking the meat)
  • subheading: For the Pork Filling:
  • 2 lbs pork shoulder or pork butt, cut into chunks
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 dried guajillo chiles, seeds and stems removed
  • 2 dried ancho chiles, seeds and stems removed
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • Salt to taste
  • subheading: For the Corn Husks:
  • 25 to 30 dried corn husks, soaked in warm water for at least 30 minutes until pliable
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