Description
These Instant Pot Tamales are made with Maseca, chicken broth, baking powder, crisco, dried corn husk, cooked chicken, and salsa verde.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups of Maseca or corn flour
- 3 & 1/4 cups of chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 1/4 cup of Crisco or lard
- 20 large pieces of dried corn husk plus 6 extra small husks to soak and use to tie
- 4 cups of shredded cooked chicken
- 1 cup of Salsa Verde
Instructions
- Start by boiling a large pot of water, remove and letting it rest for 10 minutes. Put all the corn husks in the water for 30 minutes. Cover for maximum moisture.
- Combined the shredded chicken and the salsa verde in a bowl. This is your filling.
- Time to make the dough. In one bowl, add the Crisco and 1/4 cup of chicken broth. Whisk together. The Crisco will stick inside to whisk and when it does, just remove and keep whisking for 4 minutes. You may use your hand but the Crisco will eventually soften up.
- In another bowl, add the 4 cups of Maseca, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, and mix. Throw into the bowl of Crisco and combine. Slowly add 3 cups of chicken broth and mix with your hands for 3 minutes until you get the consistency of peanut butter. If it is too dry, add more broth. It it’s too loose, add Maseca until you get that texture. When you make the dough, you can test it by putting a rolled up ball into water - if it floats it is ready.
- To make the tamale, place the corn husk glossy side up. The wide end must be on the top. Lay about 1/3 cup of masa dough onto the corn husk and flatten it out. I used a thick ziplock bag to be able to spread it evenly and thinly, but you can use whatever you want. The ziplock bag helped so the dough wouldn’t stick to my hands. Then add 2 tablespoons of filling on top of the dough. Grabbing the wide end of the husk, fold hot dog style and then fold again like a brochure. Fold the bottom of the husk up.
- I really recommend tying the tamales with smaller pieces of corn husk. I shredded a small moist corn husk and used them to tie the other tamales with. Repeat with the rest!
- I cooked my tamales on the instant pot on high pressure for 25 minutes, although you can steam on the stove top for 45 minutes. Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of the instant pot or 3 cups of water in the stovetop.
- Place the tamales upright with the open end up.
Notes
- For the dough, you need the consistency of peanut butter. If it is too dry, add more broth. It it’s too loose, add Maseca until you get that texture. When you make the dough, you can test it by putting a rolled up ball into water - if it floats it is ready.
- You can also use this Carnitas recipe for the filling instead!
- Prep Time: 1 Hour
- Cook Time: 25 minutes plus additional to come to pressure
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 249.3
- Sugar: 0.0 g
- Sodium: 156.1 mg
- Fat: 16.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.2 g
- Fiber: 2.0 g
- Protein: 12.9 g
- Cholesterol: 48.8 mg