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Rick Baylessgreen Chile Chicken Tamales
Ingredients
  • One 8-ounce package dried cornhusks
  • subheading: FOR THE FILLING:
  • 1 pound (10 to 12 medium) tomatillos, husked and rinsed
  • Fresh hot green chile to taste (roughly 4 to 6 serranos or 2 to 3 jalapeños), stemmed
  • 4 large garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 ½ tablesoons tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
  • 3 to 3 ½ cups chicken broth
  • Salt
  • 4 cups (about 1 pound) coarsely shredded, cooked chicken, preferably grilled, roasted or rotisserie chicken
  • ⅔ cups roughly chopped fresh cilantro
  • subheading: FOR THE BATTER:
  • 10 ounces (1 ⅓ cups) rich-tasting pork lard (or vegetable shortening if you wish), slightly softened but not at all runny
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 pounds (4 cups) fresh coarse-ground corn masa for tamales OR 3 ½ cups dried masa harina for tamales mixed with 2 ¼ cups hot water
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