Recipe: Tasty Low-Carb Tamales

Low-Carb Tamales.

You can have Low-Carb Tamales using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Low-Carb Tamales

1. You need of Tamale dough.
2. It's 1-1/2 cup of almond flour.
3. Prepare 1-1/2 cup of coconut flour.
4. It's 1/4 cup of chicken broth.
5. It's 1 teaspoon of ground paprika.
6. It's 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of granulated onion powder.
9. You need 3 tablespoons of lard.
10. You need 1-2 tablespoons of water.
11. You need of Filling.
12. You need 1 pound of chicken breast.
13. Prepare 2 teaspoons of ground paprika.
14. Prepare 1 of large onion chopped.
15. You need 1 teaspoon of seasoned salt.
16. You need 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
17. Prepare 1/3 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
18. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cumin.
19. It's 2 tablespoons of peanut oil.
20. You need 1 cup of water.
21. Prepare 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.
22. It's of Wrapping.
23. Prepare As needed of Banana leaves.
24. Prepare As needed of butchers twine.

Low-Carb Tamales instructions

1. Boil the cup of water with the chicken in it. When done pull it apart. You can also use beef.
2. Heat the oil add the onions and spices. Sauté till onions are soft. Add the chicken..
3. Mix the flours and the other dough ingredients..
4. Add 2 tablespoons of dough to a piece of leaf..
5. Add some of the filling to the center of the dough on the leaf. Fold the leaf into a package. Make sure the dough covers the filling..
6. Fold again and tie the twine. Add to the steamer. Steam for 30 minutes..
7. Let rest 5 minutes then serve. Remove from leaf I hope you enjoy!! I served with salsa verde..
8. My leaves were tattered a bit it was hard to work with. Caused some of my Tamales to crack a bit one actually crumbled..