NEW ORLEANS HOT TAMALES

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Categories     Beef     Appetizer     Steam

Yield 6 dz.

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 lbs. meat ground or shredded
2 cups corn bread mix
1 ex-large onion finely chopped
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 pack two alarm chili mix
1 16oz can peeled dice tomatoes
Chili powder to taste
1+ tsp cumin
3 cups broth or water
salt and cayenne to tast

Steps:

  • Saute ground meat and onion unitl browned and rain or cook meat in the rest of sauce drain, shred and return to mixture. Combine everything but cornmeal and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until tender. Strain meat reserving sauce. Put meat back in pot and add cornbread mixture. Adjust seasonings. Add lard or fat drippings from meat approx. one cup. Mixture should be moist and pasty but not wet. Place approx a tbsp of the mixture in a tamale wrapper and roll tucking in bottom.Place in steamer pot and steam with sauce for at least 45 minutes.

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