Best 4 Abuelas Tamal En Cazuela Grandmas Tamale Casserole Recipes

TAMALE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Unwrap tamales and cut into thick chunks. Place a portion of the chopped tamales in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Then layer the onions, cheese, tortilla chips and chili without beans.
• Repeat this until all ingredients are used, topping off with cheese and chips. Then sprinkle with the water.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes.

ABUELA'S TAMAL EN CAZUELA - GRANDMA'S TAMALE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, sour orange and lime juices.
• Pour over pork and let it stand for 10 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large pot and add the pork, reserve the marinade. Brown the pork and then remove from the pan.
• In same pan, cook the onion and bell pepper until the onion is translucent (a couple of minutes).
• Stir in tomato sauce, wine, marinade, pork, corn meal and warm water.
• Reduce heat, cover the pan and let it simmer for about an hour. Stir occasionally.
• **If it's too thick you can add some more water while it simmers.**

CUBAN TAMALES

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork in hot oil until lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour 1/2 cup white wine into saucepan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.
• Stir 2 cups water, 5 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon tomato paste, 1 beef bouillon cube, bay leaves, cumin, oregano, and black pepper to pork mixture. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, partially cover the saucepan with a lid, and simmer until pork is very tender, 1 to 2 hours. Transfer pork to a bowl and reserve cooking liquid.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a deep pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chorizo and cooked pork in hot oil until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir onion, green pepper, and remaining minced garlic into chorizo mixture; saute until vegetables soften and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add remaining white wine, olives, 1 tablespoon tomato paste, and remaining bouillon cube; cook, stirring frequently, until flavors combine, about 5 minutes more.
• Pulse corn and 1 1/2 cups reserved pork broth together in a blender or food processor until mixture has a thick and chunky consistency. Stir corn mixture into pork-chorizo mixture.
• Reduce heat to medium and stir masa harina, sugar, vinegar, and salt into pork mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture has a hearty cornmeal porridge-consistency. Season with salt and remove from heat.
• Make a pocket out of one corn husk and fill 3/4 full with pork mixture, leaving a top flap. Wrap another husk around the filled pocket. Fold top flap over the pocket. Tie twine length- and width-wise around the tamale several times so that packet is secure, but has room for filling to expand during cooking. Repeat with remaining husks and filling.
• Fill a pot with 2-inches of water; bring to a simmer. Place tamales upright in simmering water, cover the pot, and cook, adding water as necessary, until filling is hot and set, about 40 minutes. Cool tamales until completely set, at least 3 hours.

TAMAL EN CASUELA: CUBAN TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Cut pork into cubes and marinate in lemon and garlic.
• Brown pork and add enough olive oil to simmer with onion, green pepper, tomato sauce, and wine.
• Mix cornmeal and water thoroughly, then strain.
• Add strained mixture to previous ingredients.
• Cook on stove for one hour stirring occasionally.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.