Comments on: Pork Tamales Recipe

By: lane

lane — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:57 +0000

Thanks Jacquie! What are the instructions for reheating Central Market’s Tamales? Do they have you heat them in the oven? Are they in the husk or out of it. I’ve never purchased tamales to be reheated and was wondering what instructions to give for leftovers!

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:12:37 +0000

Yummy. Those look really good, but way too much for me to handle. I can barely reheat the tamales I pick up at Cental Market!

By: lane

lane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:05:25 +0000

No I just used the chimichanga style of braising meat. This is pork with different seasonings, but it’s browned, then braised, then shredded in a similar method.

By: lane

lane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:04:17 +0000

As far as fats go, the details are interesting. Lard and Palm Oil Shortening both have 13 g fat per tbsp. Both have 6 grams saturated fat. The difference lies in one comes from pork and the latter comes from Palm Oil. Palm Oil is technically cholesterol free, but as we know, all fat can be turned into cholesterol by your body, so is this really a valid claim? I guess another selling point for palm oil is that it’s higher in heart healthy monounsaturated fat, but I eat plenty of olive oil so for an occaional item, I’m not going to weigh this too heavily. For comparisons sake, Butter has 11 g fat – but 7 of those are saturated fat – so a higher saturated fat content than either. At the end of the day – Tamales are clearly not diet food. But for me it’s all about picking battles to continue eating foods I love. I love tamales, so on occasion I’m still going to eat them. For my splurge choices, this is one, and I’ll have to balance it out with several meals of cheerios with 1% milk, and a few more trips to the gym. But I recognize that lots of people choose a low-fat diet everyday, either by choice or necessity, and they may need to skip tamales. ; )

By: amelia

amelia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:21:47 +0000

my bad i thought you said you used the chimichanga meat recipe but it sounds like you changed your mind. Im sure they were still great!

By: amelia

amelia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:20:07 +0000

let me know when you work out a substitute for lard. 1 tbs per tamale still scares me off!
That said they sound delicious and i really love our chimichanga meat so im sure they were.