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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Pulled Pork Tamales.... just 4 of em :)

I really wanted a pulled pork tamale...
and had a good supply of pulled pork on hand.

I made my filling of pulled pork and minced scallions...



soaked my corn husks...



made my masa....



combined enough water and lard to make the masa light enough to float...






then I looked at the stack of corn husks again and KNEW I didn't have time to make a normal batch of tamales..

I used two husks for the ends and cut a section of husk for the middle of the tamale... smooshed some masa out.....



placed the filling in the middle...



rolled and tied them...

I now had 4 foot-long pulled pork tamales. :)



I placed them onto a rack and decided to steam them in the Memphis Pro with some beer and wild onions. I used balls of foil to keep the rack above the beer.



I covered them to steam..



normal steaming takes about an hour. I checked these for firmness..



Next problem... I don't have plates that big! This was the longest one I could find.

The tamales were about the size of 4 normal ones. The middle section of corn husk didn't come out even with the end pieces but it worked.

I made a cactus rice salad to go with it...



It was very tasty! :)



These took less than half the time to make and I was able to get a few things accomplished while they steamed in the smoker.
I wrapped and placed the extras in the freezer for easy meals later.
I'll definately make them again. :)

12 comments:

Rabid Outdoorsman said...

You SERIOUSLY need your own cooking show! My stomach is GROWLING!

cowgirl said...

:) Thanks RO! That would cut into my fun time. I would love to have a combination outdoor fishing hunting ...THEN cooking show.
Thanks again Steve! :)

David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic Gardener said...

Beautiful as usual.

BTW - I made some pork belly confit, then fries it up for tacos - If you have any spare pork belly - I highly recommend it!

cowgirl said...

Thank you David! Your pork belly confit sounds wonderful.. I happen to have pork belly in on hand I might give it a try, Thanks!!

Old Smoke said...

Let me know when ya start to defrost the tamales, I'll bring the beer. :-)

I'm leaving for a fishing trip east of Yosemite on Monday. Maybe I can catch something besides a cold like last trip....(rained all 4 days)

Have a good weekend Jeanie.

cowgirl said...

haha... sounds great Rick!
Hope your trip goes well, it sounds like fun!! Good luck with the fish and the weather. :)
Thanks!

bighorse said...

I'm waiting for Cowgirl to publish a cookbook - and marry my bother.

cowgirl said...

lol Bighorse! The cookbook might be doable. So your Bother is still single? lol
Thanks for the laugh!!

BBQ Smoker Site said...

Amazing... just when I thought you'd shown us all pretty much everything under the sun... you break out with these bad boys! Very impressive!

cowgirl said...

Thank you BBQ Smoker! :)

@SDBBQ said...

I've never thought of extending the corn husk like that for a larger tamale! I love it!

As usual - looks really tasty.
Thanks for the new idea.

cowgirl said...

Thanks so much SDBBQ! The diameter of the tamales were the same as usual but the length made them the equivalent of about 4 tamales.
It worked out great. :)
Thanks for stopping by!