Achiote Pulled Pork Tamales

[Joshw]

Every time I make tamales, I remember why I don't make them very often. This is 3 days in the making, but finally got them done.
Started with injecting the butt with spanish paprika, black pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, worcestershire, and apple cider.
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Then I made an achiote paste, with annatto seeds, cumin, cloves, coriander, salt, oregano, allspice, garlic, bay leaf, black pepper, zest and juice from lemon, lime, and orange, and a shot of tequila.
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I used that as a binder for the dry rub consisting of ancho chile powder, chipotle chile powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, and red pepper flakes.
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cooked at 225 for 4 hours
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bumped temp to 250 and cooked another 10 hours.
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Finally time to make the tamales.
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Tamales, with roasted salsa verde, queso fresco, and lots of beer.
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It was worth the wait. I thought I might be going crazy with the spices, but the citrus really came through on this. I think I have my new tamale recipe.

[robert-r]

Killer.

[R2Egg2Q]

Looks like a lot of work... but well worth it! :clap2:

[KevinJ]

Nice cook, they look awesome.

[Garyclaw]

Awesome plate, Josh. A labor of love right there.

[ModelMaker]

We tend to forget that todays recreational cooking that "takes a long time, but was worth it" is how yesterdays familys had to put forth the same effort daily just to eat supper.
Give the woman and men of the past their due. They were a sturdy bunch.
Ed

[Joshw]

We tend to forget that todays recreational cooking that "takes a long time, but was worth it" is how yesterdays familys had to put forth the same effort daily just to eat supper.
Give the woman and men of the past their due. They were a sturdy bunch.
Ed

Absolutely, I don't think any of us could comprehend, the work that our ancestors did. They accomplished more than we ever will, without the modern day luxuries. My idea of hard work, involves going to the store and buying a bag of masa, theirs began with picking corn. I grew up, watching my grandma slave away in the kitchen, after she had already raised 13 kids. I have all kinds of modern day technology, and still can't make food as good as she did.

[BillN]

Nice work, homemade tamales are some of my favorite especially pork.

[aerotech11]

Those look amazing. I love tamales and it is very hard to find a really good one. I would take those any day.

[PatAttack]

Top notch work, there.