[Barbiescraps]

HI,
I know there was talk of making the Guatamalan tamales... Can someone please share it with me.
I want to try making them this weekend for New Years.
Thanks...oh and if you have the chicken stew recipe too, I would be much appreciative...

[DPline]

Here is the Chicken Stew receipe I have from the Favorite Receipes from Guatemala cookbook

Chicken stew from Coban, Alta Verapaz

4 lbs chicken
11 small tomatoes
1 whole garlic bulb
2 onions
6 cups water
1 cup tomatillos
1 tablespoon and 1/4 teaspoon salt
cloves (The receipe doesn't specify how much. I think we used about a 1/4 teaspoon.)
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon red chile powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped mint
1/4 cup fresh cilantro

Wash chicken and place in pot with 6 cups water, onion, 5 tomatoes, and garlic bulb and boil for 25 minutes. Cool and reserve the broth and onion. Peel garlic and tomatoes. Bone chicken and chop meat into 1/2 inch pieces.
Toast in skillet 10 minutes 6 tomatoes, tomatillos, and quartered onion. Cool and peel tomatoes.
Place the boiled onion, tomatoes, and garlic with the toasted tomates, tomatillos, and onion in a blender with the salt and blend.
Combine the sauce from the blender, chicken broth, chicken meat, remaining spices and herbs in a large pot and cook for 25 minutes. Accompany with rice.
Makes 8 servings.

There is also a tamale receipe in it, but it is 4 1/2 pages long. I would be happy to scan and email it to you, but am not up for retyping it!

[walnutmeg]

I am bumping as I would like to see the tamales recipe too!

[DPline]

If there is anyone else who would like the tamale receipe from the Favorite Receipes from Guatemala cookbook, if you would like to PM me with your email, I can send it to you. It is so long (4 1/2 pages) that I didn't really want to retype it, so I scanned it into a Word file that I can send as an attachement.

[Barbiescraps]

thanks for the copy.... now to find the items on the list.. lol lol
many thanks!!