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Thanksgiving Tamales Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Go through the dried cornhusks, separate them and discard the silk, be careful since the husks are fragile when dry.
  • Take the first 4 ingredients of the filling in a skillet cook on medium stiring
  • until sauce and jelly have melted and coated turkey. add salt, pepper and chili powder to taste.
  • Soak husk in warm water 30 minutes. pour of water cover.
  • In a large bowl, beat the lard with a tablespoon of the broth until fluffy. Combine the masa with all dry ingredients stir in the lard mixture, adding broth as necessary to form a spongy dough.
  • Spread the dough out over the corn husks to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Place one tablespoon of the meat filling into the center. Fold the sides of the husks in toward the center and place in a steamer. Steam for 1 hour.

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    " It was excellent "
    diannehocut ate it and said...
    Love these and love tamales! 5UP

    Dianne
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  • shandy 14 years ago
    I LOVE this! What a great idea...thank you for sharing this recipe =D
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  • hot_it_up 14 years ago
    I just got to thinking one day, why not make a Tamale that taste like Turkey and dressing with a
    sweet and hot cranberry taste.
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    " It was excellent "
    mjcmcook ate it and said...
    ~HELLO~
    I have always wanted to find a recipe
    like this! Thank-You so much for posting this
    "5"FORK!!!!!
    I will try it soon~ with the help of my
    Granddaughters!
    ~*~mjcmcook~*~
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