Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Beef tamales

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Beef tamales. Pork is the traditional filling for tamales in New Mexico, but since we use pork in Carne Adovada, we chose beef. Beef tamales recipe from Grandma's Cookbook of kitchen-tested recipes. Tamales consist of a tube of dough with a meat filling.

Beef tamales Making fresh tamales is a rewarding experience. This is the perfect project to enjoy with the children. Make a mini assembly line and get the whole family involved. You can have Beef tamales using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef tamales

  1. Prepare of ListE.
  2. You need of beef butt roast.
  3. You need of dried husks.
  4. You need of garlic.
  5. It's of fresh thyme.
  6. Prepare of small onion.
  7. Prepare of dried california peppers.
  8. Prepare of dried pasilla peppers.
  9. You need of dried ancho peppers.
  10. You need of cumin(plus seasoning).
  11. It's of salt(plus seasoning).
  12. It's of black pepper for seasoning.
  13. Prepare of fresh jalapeno (optional).
  14. Prepare of olive or any oil.
  15. You need of baking powder.
  16. It's of string.
  17. It's of lard.

Hey Everyone, Hope you guys give this traditional family recipe a try! We learned to make our tamales from my great grandmother and the tradition continues. Home » Recipes » Beef » Beef Tamales, or Tamales de Res + VIDEO. Beef tamales are amazingly delicious with just the right amount of spicy flavors.

Beef tamales step by step

  1. Season beef roast with cumin,salt,pepper and brown on all sides in a pan hot with oil...or in the pot you will boil it in..
  2. Place roast in pot with 8 cloves of garlic smashed,1 onion cut in 8ths,thyme,and jalapeno if you want spice.pour enough water to cover the roast cover and boil for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.drop heat to less than medium after a boil starts..
  3. Place husks in a pan with hot water and cover.
  4. Boil water remove heat and soak all 6 dried peppers( after seeding and removing stems)untill meat is ready..
  5. Since i dont like stringy meat in my tamales i cut the meat in small peices and 3 or 4 peices at a time place in a ninja blender and chop fine.you can skip this step if you dont mind it..
  6. When meat is done save broth and discard everything else,rip apart roast and place in a pan or see step 5..
  7. In a blender place now soft seedless peppers,1 1/2 cups of roast broth,2 cloves of garlic,2 tsp of salt,1tsp cumin and 1/2 to small onion...blend well and add to meat..
  8. Simmer on the lowest heat stirring often for ten or so minutes.cut heat and leave covered.sprinkle more cumin and salt to taste if you like..
  9. In a big bowl add 4 cups masa, 2 tsp salt, 1 tblsp of baking powder.start to mix in about 3 cups of the beef broth( you want it wet but not soupy..
  10. Now mix in 1 cup of lard...use an electric beater if available....cover so as not to dry out..
  11. Take a now soft husk,rough side down and spread a thin coat of masa from end to end sidways about a little past half way down.place in meat and roll...flipping end up to be tied....repeat.
  12. Place water in steamer,add tamales open end up, cover and steam for 1 1/2 hours..

Tamales consist of a tube of dough with a meat filling. In Mexico different kinds of tamales including desert tamales are made at Christmas and shared with neighbors. A: HORMEL Tamales comes in beef, hot n' spicy beef, and chicken. A: Different HORMEL Tamales products contain different ingredients. Please consult the product labels and nutrition information.