*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

                  Red Tamales Filling (Pork Or Chicken)

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Mexican

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      kg            Pork or chicken -- cut in strips
   9      cl            Garlic
   5                    Sweet peppers
   1      tb            Cumin seed -- freshly ground
   4                    Dry chiles colorados
                        Salt
     1/4  c             Cider vinegar

Boil the pork in water with salt and keep the broth for to use when
prepare the "masa" for tamales.

Prepare a sauce with chiles, put in hot water for 1 hour or cool
water all the night, wash the chiles and discard the seeds, add the
chiles, and grind with the vinegar.

Mix and ground the garlic cloves, cummin seed, and sweet peppers, fry
them in a little amount of vegetable oil, add the salsa maded with
the chiles and vinegar, cook 20 minutes, add the pork meat and some
broth. Cook for 20 minutes more. Let cool and use for tamales.


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