How to make hatch chile sauce for chicken tamales

Make Hatch Chile Sauce for Chicken Tamales

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Pan roast tomatillos until browned and soft but not mushy

Pan roast tomatillos until browned and soft but not mushy

Add tomatillos, hatch chiles, chiles de arbol and garlic to blender with 1/4 chicken stock. Liquify.

Add tomatillos, hatch chiles, chiles de arbol and garlic to blender with 1/4 chicken stock. Liquify.

This is how your sauce should look.

This is how your sauce should look.

Add chicken to sauce in stock pot. Simmer 30 min. Cool. Use as you normally would for tamales. See my guide on how to make masa and prep your corn husks if you're new to tamales.

Add chicken to sauce in stock pot. Simmer 30 min. Cool. Use as you normally would for tamales. See my guide on how to make masa and prep your corn husks if you're new to tamales.

  • 1 lb diced Hatch Chiles (i use Trader Joes Frozen)
  • 1 lb tomatillo
  • 4 cooked chiles del arbol
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 1 T achiote paste
  • 5 lbs shredded cooked chicken
San Diego, CA
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