yields
4-6 servings
6 cups masa
1 ¼ cup lard
4 cups chicken stock or water
2 teaspoon baking powder
4 hearty pinches salt
2 ½ cups ketchup
½ cup Dijon mustard
1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar
2 limes, juiced
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
¾ cup whole grain mustard
½ cup water
1 jalapeño, split
Your favorite BBQ Rub
4 chicken thighs, reserve skins to finish dish
Hickory and Oak Chips,Your favorite BBQ sauce (we use house made at Hog & Hominy)
Fried kale, for garnish
Ingredients
Masa
Alabama White BBQ Sauce
steps
For the Masa
In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Using your hands, incorporate the lard, slowly add the water and knead until formed. Set aside.
For the Alabama White BBQ Sauce
- Mix all ingredients until well combined. Set aside.
- For the Filling
- Rub chicken with BBQ rub.
- Smoke chicken thighs for two hours at 200 degrees over hickory and oak chips to add flavor.
- Pull the leg meat and add BBQ sauce to your desired moistness.
- To assemble tamale, in a corn husk, flatten masa and fill with the smoked chicken thigh. Fold the masa over the nest and steam in large pot for 45 minutes.
- Top with the Alabama white BBQ sauce and fried kale and chicken skins and serve.
Date Published: 08.01.13
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- from Chefs Michael Hudman and Andrew Ticer of Hog & Hominy in Memphis
