Mexican · Chicken · Comfort food
Steamed Chicken And Corn Tamales
Ingredients
- Corn husks
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup cornmeal
- ¾ cup finely chopped chicken meat
- 1 onion, chopped fine
- 2 green peppers, chopped fine
- 6 olives, chopped fine
- 24 seeded raisins
Method
- 1 Soak corn husks in cold water for two hours.
- 2 Combine chicken stock, salt, and cornmeal in a saucepan; cook until thick mush forms.
- 3 Cool the mush, then mix in chopped chicken, onion, green peppers, olives, and raisins.
- 4 Drain husks, spread a layer of mush, add a tablespoon of filling, and cover with more mush.
- 5 Form into rolls slightly larger than a sausage, tie securely in husks, and steam for 1 hour 15 minutes.