Ecuadorian Tamales

Name: Ecuadorian Tamales
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ecuadorian
Ingredients: 3 cups corn flour; 400g pork, cooked and shredded; 1/2 cup achiote oil; Achira or banana leaves, for wrapping

Tamales/tah-MAH-lehs/

About this dish

Corn dough filled with seasoned meat, wrapped in achira or banana leaves and steamed.

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Ingredients

🌽3 cups corn flour

🥩400g pork, cooked and shredded

🫒1/2 cup achiote oil

🍃Achira or banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

Serves 2

Mix corn flour with achiote oil and broth into a smooth dough.

Spread a portion of dough onto a leaf.

Add shredded pork and other fillings in the center.

Fold and wrap the leaf securely around the filling.

Steam the wrapped tamales until the dough is fully cooked.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ecuadorian tamales differ by region, often made with a drier corn dough and wrapped in achira leaves rather than corn husks.

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