Three Bean Portobello Mushroom Tamales

Three Bean Portobello Mushroom Tamales
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Recipe type: Vegan, Gluten-free
Serves: 25-50 tamales!
 
Ingredients
  • For the Dough
  • 2 ½ cups masa harina
  • 1 ½ cups hot water
  • 1 cup cold coconut oil
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • For the Chili Filling:
  • Olive oil
  • 2 large onions, (or 4 small onions)
  • 1 chopped yellow bell pepper
  • 1 chopped red bell pepper
  • 1 chopped jalapeño pepper
  • 1 chopped Serrano pepper
  • 3 portobello mushroom
  • 2 cups fire roasted corn (frozen pack)
  • 1 can fire roasted tomatoe with chile
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 can organic pinto beans
  • 1 can organic kidney beans
  • 1 can organic black beans
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • For the Sauce:
  • 1 small green bell pepper
  • 1 small yellow bell pepper
  • 1 chopped jalapeño
  • 1 chopped Serrano
  • 1 chopped Red onion
  • ½ cup cilantro
  • ¼ cup cacao nibs
  • ½ cup cherry tomatoes
  • salt to taste
  • 1 can Fire roasted tomatoes with chili
  • ⅓ cup of white wine
  • 1 Tb. garlic
  • Blend all sauce ingredients into blender, blend on high until smooth.
Instructions
  1. For the dough, in a large bowl, stir the masa harina with the hot water until moistened; let cool.
  2. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, using the paddle blade, mix the coconut oil with the baking powder and salt at medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  3. With the machine on, add the corn masa mix, in golf-ball-size lumps, then drizzle in the vegetable stock and beat the masa until completely smooth.
  4. Increase the speed to high and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes; the texture should resemble mashed potatoes.
  5. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and set aside until ready to use.
  6. For the filling, use a large heavy skillet (I use my cast iron pan) and sauté the onion in olive oil, until translucent.
  7. Add the peppers and garlic and continue cooking until soft.
  8. Add all of the spices, the Serrano peppers and the corn, and cook for 10 minutes, until all of the flavors come together.
  9. Add the beans and cilantro.
  10. Cook for 10 more minutes, allowing the flavors to meld. Adjust spices to your taste.
  11. To assemble the tamales, remove a corn husks from the water and pat dry.
  12. Working in batches of 4, lay the husks on a towel and spread about 2 tablespoons of the dough in an even layer across the wide end of the husk, creating a rectangle of dough.
  13. Leave about ½-inch border on the edges.
  14. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the chili filling in a line down the center of the dough. Roll the husk so the dough surrounds the chili filling, then fold the bottom under.
  15. Use 2 corn husks and rip them into thin strands, creating pieces of corn twine, to use to tie up the tamales. Tie the tamales, around the center, using the thin strips of a corn husk.
  16. Repeat until all husks, dough and filling are used (or keep extra filling for Chili!).
  17. To Cook the Tamales, use a deep stock pot, with a steamer in the bottom. Fill the pot with water, just coming up to the bottom of the steamer.
  18. Make balls of tin foil to fill in the side gaps. Cover the steamer and the tin foil balls with a thin layer of corn husks.
  19. Stand the tamales upright on their folded ends, tightly packed together, securing them with more tin foil balls on the sides to prop them up. Cover, place over high heat and bring to a boil. Steam for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat, partially remove the lid, and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
  20. To make the sauce, saute the ingredients and then blend together in blender on high until smooth.
  21. Serve the tamales warm with the sauce on the side! Enjoy!

Step-by-step Instructions:

Bring pot of water to boil and soak dried corn husks for 40 minutes.

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In a large bowl, stir the masa harina with the hot water until moistened; let cool.

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img_7860In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, using the paddle blade, mix the coconut oil with the baking powder and salt at medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes.

img_7868img_7871img_7872With the machine on, add the corn masa mix, in golf-ball-size lumps, then drizzle in the vegetable stock and beat the masa until completely smooth. img_7864img_7863

Increase the speed to high and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes; the texture should resemble mashed potatoes. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and set aside until ready to use.img_7876img_7878img_7893For the filling, use a large heavy skillet (I use my cast iron pan) and sauté the onion in olive oil, until translucent. img_7901

Add the peppers and garlic and continue cooking until soft. img_7897img_7898img_7900img_7902img_7906img_7908img_7911Add the Portobello mushrooms.img_7916

Add all of the spices and the corn, and cook for 10 minutes, until all of the flavors come together.

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Add the beans, the can of fire roasted tomatoes, and cilantro. Cook for 10 more minutes, allowing the flavors to meld. Adjust spices to your taste.

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Remove a corn husks from the water and pat dry.

img_7934Working in batches of 4, lay the husks on a towel and spread about 2 tablespoons of the dough in an even layer across the wide end of the husk, creating a rectangle of dough.

img_7939img_7951Leave about 1/2-inch border on the edges. Spoon about 1-2 tablespoon of the chili filling in a line down the center of the dough. Roll the husk so the dough surrounds the chili filling, then fold the bottom under. img_7958

img_7955Use 2 corn husks and rip them into thin strands, creating pieces of corn twine, to use to tie up the tamales. Tie the tamales, around the center, using the thin strips of a corn husk. img_7952img_7958

Repeat until all husks, dough and filling are used (or leave extra filling for Chili!).

Using a deep stock pot, with a steamer in the bottom, fill the pot with water, just coming up to the bottom of the steamer. Make balls of tin foil to fill in the side gaps.

img_7967Cover the steamer and the tin foil balls with a thin layer of corn husks. Stand the tamales upright on their folded ends, tightly packed together, securing them with more tin foil balls on the sides to prop them up.

Cover, place over high heat and bring to a boil. Steam for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat, partially remove the lid, and simmer for 1 ½ hours. Serve the tamales warm with the sauce on the side.

To make the sauce, saute the onions. Cook for a couple minutes then add the peppers and garlic.

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Add the cherry tomatoes and Serrano peppers.

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Add the can of fire roasted tomatoes, the white wine, and cacao nibs.

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Blend all ingredients into blender on high until smooth.

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Serve the tamales warm and with sauce on the side! Enjoy!img_7990