Rajas con Queso Mini Tamales
Need a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian side dish? Rajas con Queso Mini Tamales could be an awesome recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 129 calories. This recipe serves 12 and costs 41 cents per serving. This recipe is liked by 100 foodies and cooks. Head to the store and pick up monterey jack cheese, mexican crema, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 40 minutes. It is a very budget friendly recipe for fans of Mexican food. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. With a spoonacular score of 34%, this dish is rather bad. Similar recipes are Cheese with Roasted Chile Tamales: Tamales de Queso con Rajas, Vegetarian Tamales de Rajas con Queso, and Rajas Con Queso.
Servings: 12
Preparation duration: 55 minutes
Cooking duration: 105 minutes
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups homemade chicken broth, hot
16 big unbroken dried corn husks
1 ear of corn, kernels removed
1 clove garlic, minced
2 1/4 cups masa harina (instant corn flour)
1/4 cup Mexican crema
1/4 cup shredded Oaxaca or monterey jack cheese
2 small poblano chile peppers
Salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup coarsely chopped white onion
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon lard
Equipment:
stand mixer
bowl
kitchen towels
pot
plastic wrap
frying pan
steamer basket
Cooking instruction summary:
Make the tamale dough: Place the lard in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the masa harina and beat 2 minutes. Add the baking powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; continue beating until incorporated, about 5 minutes. Add the hot broth and continue beating until the dough is soft and fluffy (it should pull away from the side of the bowl easily). Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let sit about 10 minutes. Place the corn husks in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer until softened, about 8 minutes. Drain. Make the filling: Roast the poblanos over the flame of a gas burner, turning, until charred, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool. Peel the poblanos with your fingers and discard the stems and seeds, then coarsely chop. Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, corn and poblanos and cook 2 more minutes. Add the crema; when it starts bubbling, reduce the heat to low and stir in the cheese until melted. Season with salt and set aside to cool. Tear 4 corn husks into 1/2-inch-thick strips to use as ties; set aside. Assemble the tamales: Hold an open corn husk in one hand; spread about 2 tablespoons dough on the husk, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border on all sides. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling down the center, then fold in the long sides of the husk to cover the filling and fold up the narrow short end (leave the wide end open). Tie a strip of corn husk around the tamale to hold the folded flaps in place. Repeat to make 12 tamales. Place the tamales, open-side up, in a steamer basket set in a large pot. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot by several inches, but not enough to touch the tamales. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low; cover the pot with a kitchen towel and a lid and steam until firm, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, adding more water to the pot if needed. The tamales should pull away from the husks without sticking; if they're still sticky, continue cooking. Let stand at least 10 minutes before serving. Photograph by Dave Lauridsen
Step by step:
Make the tamale dough
1. Place the lard in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
2. Add the masa harina and beat 2 minutes.
3. Add the baking powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; continue beating until incorporated, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the hot broth and continue beating until the dough is soft and fluffy (it should pull away from the side of the bowl easily). Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let sit about 10 minutes.
5. Place the corn husks in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer until softened, about 8 minutes.
6. Drain.
7. Make the filling: Roast the poblanos over the flame of a gas burner, turning, until charred, about 4 minutes.
8. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool. Peel the poblanos with your fingers and discard the stems and seeds, then coarsely chop. Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat.
9. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
10. Add the garlic, corn and poblanos and cook 2 more minutes.
11. Add the crema; when it starts bubbling, reduce the heat to low and stir in the cheese until melted. Season with salt and set aside to cool.
12. Tear 4 corn husks into 1/2-inch-thick strips to use as ties; set aside. Assemble the tamales: Hold an open corn husk in one hand; spread about 2 tablespoons dough on the husk, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border on all sides. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling down the center, then fold in the long sides of the husk to cover the filling and fold up the narrow short end (leave the wide end open). Tie a strip of corn husk around the tamale to hold the folded flaps in place. Repeat to make 12 tamales.
13. Place the tamales, open-side up, in a steamer basket set in a large pot.
14. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot by several inches, but not enough to touch the tamales. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low; cover the pot with a kitchen towel and a lid and steam until firm, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, adding more water to the pot if needed. The tamales should pull away from the husks without sticking; if they're still sticky, continue cooking.
15. Let stand at least 10 minutes before serving.
16. Photograph by Dave Lauridsen
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