# Red Pork Tamales

Red pork tamales are a popular type of tamale made with bone-in pork butt, a red chile sauce, and masa.

- Total time: 200 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- bone-in pork butt
- dried Chile
- dotillos
- garlic
- Chile and pork broth
- cumin
- salt
- chicken bullion
- Mona
- shredded pork
- Masa preparada
- baking powder
- brown rendered pork fat
- salsa and pork broth mixture

## Instructions

1. Simmer bone-in pork butt for 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours until it's tender and easily pulls apart.
2. Reserve some of the pork broth.
3. Boil dried chile and tomatillos for 10 minutes.
4. Blend the softened chile and tomatillos with garlic, some of the chile and pork broth, cumin, salt, and chicken bouillon.
5. Strain the blended salsa if you have a crappy blender.
6. Set some of the salsa aside and combine it with the reserved pork broth for the masa.
7. Fry the rest of the salsa in some Mona.
8. Add the shredded pork and cook for about 10 minutes.
9. Add salt to taste, then cover and let the pork cool.
10. Add salt, baking powder, and melted brown rendered pork fat to the masa preparada.
11. Slowly mix in the salsa and pork broth mixture into the masa.
12. Whip the masa on medium-high for 5 minutes.
13. Let the masa rest for 20 minutes.
14. Fold the tamales, making sure not to overfill them.
15. Steam the tamales vertically on medium-low heat for about 50 minutes after your water has come to a boil.
16. Let the tamales rest for 10 minutes for the masa to set after steaming.

## Equipment

- pot
- blender
- steamer

## Tips

- Use bone-in meat for better flavor.
- Reserve some pork broth before boiling dried chiles and tomatillos.
- Strain the blended salsa if you have a less powerful blender.
- Melt brown rendered pork fat to its smoke point before adding to masa.
- Whip the masa on medium-high for 5 minutes.
- Let the masa rest for 20 minutes before folding tamales.
- Do not overfill the tamales.
- Steam tamales vertically.
- Let tamales rest for 10 minutes after steaming for the masa to set.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/l-tvxF12Yzg?si=gI85O3obF1KPdiDh
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7294c6ef-7955-485c-8e28-76983c4437d6
- Extracted: 2025-12-22

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