Como preparar unos Nacatamales Nicaragüenses 🇳🇮😋 #recetas #recipes #nacatamales

masa harina

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cornmeal

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while cornmeal is often more affordable.

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: turkey

Chicken is leaner and turkey can be less expensive.

banana leaves

🥗Healthier: parchment paper

💰Cheaper: aluminum foil

Parchment paper is a healthier option while foil is more accessible.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made at home.

Wash the pork and bacon with lemon and vinegar.

Chop the pork and bacon into pieces.

Blend garlic, onion, green bell pepper, and sour orange together.

Marinate the pork with the blended mixture and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, prepare the masa by blending onion, garlic, green bell pepper, three potatoes, cumin, achiote, salt, and onion powder with six cups of water.

Strain the blended mixture and add three cups of masa, mixing until smooth.

Melt three ladles of lard and mix it into the masa, stirring for one hour and twenty minutes until the masa is not sticky.

Add sour orange to the masa to taste.

To assemble the nacatamal, lay out aluminum foil and a banana leaf.

Spread a ladle of masa on the leaf, add two pieces of pork, a piece of bacon, and two slices of potato.

Top with rice, a slice of onion, an olive, and a chili pepper.

Add green bell pepper, two slices of tomato, and herbabuena.

Fold the nacatamal and secure it tightly.

Repeat the process until all ingredients are used, yielding ten nacatamales.

Place the nacatamales in a steamer pot, cover with banana leaves, and steam for two and a half hours.

After steaming, serve with tortillas.

Cooking Techniques

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