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MEXICAN  TAMALES
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MEXICAN TAMALES

10 ingredients 2 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

328
Calories
35g
Protein
19g
Fat
4g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Squab not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two slices of bacon cut in small dice browning in butter
  • two chickens
  • six squabs
  • one large glass of water
  • one clove
  • pepper
  • clove
  • thyme
  • parsley
  • salt

Directions

1

Cook one or two chickens, until tender. Remove all meat from bones, cut in small pieces, add the liquor in which the chicken has been cooked ; this is seasoned well ; add red pepper to suit taste, then thicken with corn meal. Roll out into rolls the size of link sausage, wrap in the inner husks of green corn tie the husks with string at each end to secure them. Boil for three hours. — Mrs. Geo. Barney, Williams, Ariz.

2

Take two or four or six squabs ; halve your birds ; place in a deep saucepan, about two slices of bacon cut in small dice browning in butter; brown your birds, turning often. When all is a golden color add one large glass of water, a small onion or two, one clove, garlic, a kitchen bouquet, thyme, parsley, celery. Let all simmer gently for one and one-half hours, then add a cup or two or tender green peas; cook half or three-quarters of an hour more, add a little water if neces- sary, salt and pepper. Place squabs on toasted bread and garnish with the peas, removing all garden bouquet, thicken with spoonful of flour dissolved in water before using. — Miss Florence Parker, Los Angeles, Calif.

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