Salsa Verde Chicken Tamales

Salsa Verde Chicken Tamales takes approximately 45 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe makes 48 servings with 122 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat each. For 36 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 8 people have tried and liked this recipe. Only a few people really liked this Mexican dish. This recipe from Foodista requires salsa verde, tomatillos, olive oil, and water. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 23%. This score is rather bad. Tamales De Pollo Con Chile Verde- Green Chile Chicken Tamales, Chicken And Green Salsa Tamales, and Lightened Up Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas with Pineapple Avocado Salsa are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 48

 

Ingredients:

Roasted Chicken

4 to 5lb chicken (preferably free range grass feed)

10 cloves of garlic

1/2 large onion

Cumin

Sea salt

Olive oil

4 cup of water

Salsa Verde (Green Salsa)

10 tomatillos

1 Pablano chile

1 Jalepeno chile

2 Serano chiles

1/4 yellow onion

1/3 of a bunch of cilantro

1 tsp Sea salt

Tamale Dough (Masa)

I would have liked to use an organic version of masa but I couldn't find one at the time of making the tamales. I used Maseca brand. You can find an organic masa on amazon.

6 cups Masa (corn flour, NOT corn meal)

2 tsp Sea salt

6 Tbs Organic Palm Shortening

4 cups Chicken broth (reserved from roasting your chicken)

1 cup Salsa verde

Equipment:

roasting pan

dutch oven

frying pan

pot

blender

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Roasted Chicken 1. Place your chicken into a roasting pan or dutch oven. I left the organs and the neck for added flavor. 2. Put garlic cloves under the skin of the chicken 3. Chop the onion and scatter around the bottom of the pan. Pour in water. Salsa Verde 1. Remove the hulls from the tomatillos. They will be sticky, don't worry if you can't wash it all off. Remove the stems. 2. Place all the tomatillos and chiles into a sauce pot. Cover with water and boil until soft. 3. Remove the tomatillos and chiles from the water and place in a blender. Add all the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. 4. It's as simple as that. A yummy salsa perfect for tamales, eating with chip or putting on top of whatever you're eating! Tamale Dough (Masa) Mix all together to make a soft, sticky dough. Salsa Verde Tamales Tamale Dough Shreded chicken 2 cups Salsa Verde 10 to 40 green olives 4 medium potatoes 1. Remove the corn husks from the bag and place them in a pot of hot water. Continue to heat on low for at least 30 minutes. You want them to be pliable. 2. Add your shreded chicken to a skillet and cover with about two cups of salsa verde. 3. If you have large olives you will want to cut them in 1/2 or in 1/4. If they are small you might just want to leave them whole. I prefer to remove the pit but you don't have too, just watch out when you bit into the tamale. Place in small bowl and set aside. 4. Cut the potatoes into small, thick strips. You don't have to remove the peel. I used red potatoes because that is all I had. Normally I would use regular old potatoes. Place in a small bowl, cover with water to previent them from turning brown and set aside. 5. Now comes the fun part! Asembling the tamales! It is best to do this with a firend. My sister helped me since I am visiting her right now. Remove the soaked corn husks from the pot. 6. Pick out the husk you want to use. Normally one big one is enough. If the are small you may have to use two, overlapping a bit. 7. Spred about 2TBS of the dough across the bottom half of the husk, narrow end pointing away from you about 1/8 in thick. Going a little more than half way up, leaving a tiny bit of room on the sides. 8. Now place a small amount of chicken in the middle of the dough. I can't remember the exact amount I used. 9. Place a potatoe sclice in the middle of the chicken and an olive at the end. 10. Fold in one side and then the other. Fold up the bottom. If you want you can tie them closed with a small strip of husk. I don't. 11. In a large pot pour in a about two cups of water. Place as many tamales that will fit in the pot, open end facing up. Place the lid on the pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, turn down the heat and steam for 30 to 45 minutes. 12. Remove from the pot and enjoy!! You will know that they are done when the husk can be pulled away from the masa and not stick. I served mine with refried beans and rice. The rice recipe will soon to follow, hopefully! This recipe made almost 4 dozen tamales. They can be frozen to save for later. Simply let them defrost and steam until warm.

 

Step by step:


1. Roasted Chicken

2. Place your chicken into a roasting pan or dutch oven. I left the organs and the neck for added flavor.

3. Put garlic cloves under the skin of the chicken

4. Chop the onion and scatter around the bottom of the pan.

5. Pour in water.

6. Salsa Verde

7. Remove the hulls from the tomatillos. They will be sticky, don't worry if you can't wash it all off.

8. Remove the stems.

9. Place all the tomatillos and chiles into a sauce pot. Cover with water and boil until soft.

10. Remove the tomatillos and chiles from the water and place in a blender.

11. Add all the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

12. It's as simple as that. A yummy salsa perfect for tamales, eating with chip or putting on top of whatever you're eating!

13. Tamale Dough (Masa)

14. Mix all together to make a soft, sticky dough.

15. Salsa Verde Tamales

16. Tamale Dough

17. Shreded chicken

18. 2 cups Salsa Verde

19. 10 to 40 green olives

20. 4 medium potatoes

21. Remove the corn husks from the bag and place them in a pot of hot water. Continue to heat on low for at least 30 minutes. You want them to be pliable.

22. Add your shreded chicken to a skillet and cover with about two cups of salsa verde.

23. If you have large olives you will want to cut them in 1/2 or in 1/

24. If they are small you might just want to leave them whole. I prefer to remove the pit but you don't have too, just watch out when you bit into the tamale.

25. Place in small bowl and set aside.

26. Cut the potatoes into small, thick strips. You don't have to remove the peel. I used red potatoes because that is all I had. Normally I would use regular old potatoes.

27. Place in a small bowl, cover with water to previent them from turning brown and set aside.

28. Now comes the fun part! Asembling the tamales! It is best to do this with a firend. My sister helped me since I am visiting her right now.

29. Remove the soaked corn husks from the pot.

30. Pick out the husk you want to use. Normally one big one is enough. If the are small you may have to use two, overlapping a bit.

31. Spred about 2TBS of the dough across the bottom half of the husk, narrow end pointing away from you about 1/8 in thick. Going a little more than half way up, leaving a tiny bit of room on the sides.

32. Now place a small amount of chicken in the middle of the dough. I can't remember the exact amount I used.

33. Place a potatoe sclice in the middle of the chicken and an olive at the end.

34. Fold in one side and then the other. Fold up the bottom. If you want you can tie them closed with a small strip of husk. I don't.

35. In a large pot pour in a about two cups of water.

36. Place as many tamales that will fit in the pot, open end facing up.

37. Place the lid on the pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, turn down the heat and steam for 30 to 45 minutes.

38. Remove from the pot and enjoy!! You will know that they are done when the husk can be pulled away from the masa and not stick. I served mine with refried beans and rice. The rice recipe will soon to follow, hopefully! This recipe made almost 4 dozen tamales. They can be frozen to save for later. Simply let them defrost and steam until warm.


Nutrition Information:

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121k Calories
5g Protein
5g Total Fat
12g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
121k
6%

Fat
5g
9%

  Saturated Fat
1g
11%

Carbohydrates
12g
4%

  Sugar
0.91g
1%

Cholesterol
14mg
5%

Sodium
277mg
12%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
11%

Vitamin B1
0.23mg
16%

Vitamin B3
3mg
15%

Vitamin C
8mg
10%

Vitamin B2
0.15mg
9%

Vitamin B6
0.17mg
9%

Folate
33µg
8%

Iron
1mg
8%

Selenium
5µg
8%

Phosphorus
69mg
7%

Manganese
0.11mg
6%

Magnesium
20mg
5%

Fiber
1g
5%

Potassium
139mg
4%

Zinc
0.58mg
4%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin E
0.42mg
3%

Vitamin A
135IU
3%

Calcium
26mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.24mg
2%

Vitamin K
1µg
2%

Vitamin B12
0.07µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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