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Pork Filling for Tamales - Cowboy Kent Rollins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • ½ cup chopped white onion
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ pounds pork butt chopped into 2 inch pieces
  • Red River Ranch Mesquite seasoning or other all-purpose seasoning
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 16 oz. bag of corn husks

Instructions

  • Pour the chicken broth into a crockpot and turn it on high. Stir in the garlic, onion, cumin, black pepper and salt.
  • Cut the pork meat into about 2-inch chunks. Season both sides well with the mesquite and then add to the Crock Pot. Top with the bay leaves and cover. Let cook for about 4 ½ to 5 hours, or until tender.
  • When meat is tender, strain it from the broth and put into a bowl and let cool to enough to handle. Be sure to reserve the broth, for later. Shred the meat with 2 forks. Set aside.
  • 2 hours before the meat is done, submerge the corn husks in hot water (in a sink or bowl). Put a plate on top to weight the husks down and let soak for 2 hours. Drain well before using.