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substitute for lard in tamales
Just Mexican Food

Vegetarian Lard For Healthy Tamales

You can get pretty creative actually. You can use vegetable lard to substitute the pig-based kind, as well as coconut oil which has many wonderful properties that your body is sure to appreciate.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Full onion
  • 1 Apple
  • Coconut oil
  • Spices

Equipment

  • Grater
  • Frying pan
  • Stirring utensil
  • Ingredients

Method
 

  1. Cut the fresh ingredients. Cut up the onion into small pieces and peel and then grate the apple.
    1 Full onion, 1 Apple
  2. Heat the frying pan. Heat the frying pan and add a little bit of coconut oil.
    Coconut oil
  3. Cook the fresh ingredients. Once it´s hot, fry the onion until they´re golden brown, but make sure not to toast it, at which point you then add the grated apple pieces and the spices and fry it all together for about 5 min, making sure to stir it constantly.