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Paches de Papa

Name: Paches de Papa
Total time: 4h
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Guatemala
Ingredients: 2 kg potatoes, boiled and mashed; 250g rice flour; 250g lard; Chicken or pork pieces; Tomato, tomatillo; Guajillo, pasilla; Sesame, pumpkin seeds; Cinnamon; Banana leaves

Quetzaltenango Thursday tradition: potato-masa tamales in red recado with chicken or pork, steamed in banana leaves.

4h 10 servings Hard

Ingredients

• 2 kg potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 250g rice flour
• 250g lard
• Chicken or pork pieces
• Tomato, tomatillo
• Guajillo, pasilla
• Sesame, pumpkin seeds
• Cinnamon
• Banana leaves

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Beat mashed potato with rice flour, lard and stock.

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1
Beat mashed potato with rice flour, lard and stock.
2
Toast and blend chiles, tomato and seeds into red recado.
3
Spread masa on leaves; add meat and recado.
4
Fold and tie; steam 2 hr.