Mexican · Chicken · Comfort food

Steamed Chicken And Corn Tamales

1 hr 45 min 4 serves 9 ingredients

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. 1 Soak corn husks in cold water for two hours.
  2. 2 Combine chicken stock, salt, and cornmeal in a saucepan; cook until thick mush forms.
  3. 3 Cool the mush, then mix in chopped chicken, onion, green peppers, olives, and raisins.
  4. 4 Drain husks, spread a layer of mush, add a tablespoon of filling, and cover with more mush.
  5. 5 Form into rolls slightly larger than a sausage, tie securely in husks, and steam for 1 hour 15 minutes.