Pork and/or Beef Tamales

Name: Pork and/or Beef Tamales
Ingredients: Ingredients (using 6 pounds of meat makes about 10 dozen tamales and will take over a large American freezer, so feel free to cut this recipe in half or more, but don’t decrease onions or garlic); 3 pounds pork roast; 3 pounds beef roast; 2 large onions; 4 cloves garlic; 1/3 to ½ cup chili powder or more (depends on heat of chili powder and spice tolerance of tamal eaters); salt; pepper; cumin; 8 cups masa harina; 2 cups shortening or lard; Corn husks (2-3 packages for full recipe)

Pork and/or Beef Tamales was pinched from <a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/archives/2007/03/27/grandma-salazars-tamales/" target="_blank">www.deliciousdays.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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Ingredients (using 6 pounds of meat makes about 10 dozen tamales and will take over a large American freezer, so feel free to cut this recipe in half or more, but don’t decrease onions or garlic)

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3 pounds pork roast

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3 pounds beef roast

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2 large onions

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4 cloves garlic

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1/3 to ½ cup chili powder or more (depends on heat of chili powder and spice tolerance of tamal eaters)

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salt

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pepper

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cumin

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8 cups masa harina

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2 cups shortening or lard

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Corn husks (2-3 packages for full recipe)

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