How To: Make Nicaraguan tamales

In order to prepare Nicaraguan Tamales, you will need the following ingredients: chicken, orange, green pepper, onions, celery, garlic, margarine or vegetable shortening, potato, plantain leaves, and cornmeal. Cut up the chicken. Pork may be substituted for chicken. Cut the chicken into pieces. The chicken should be cooked with oranges. In a blender, combine green peppers, onions, celery, garlic, and cornmeal. Pour it in a pot. Heat it and stir it, until it's done. Peel a potato. Place spoonfuls on the plantain leaves. Wrap it up. Tie it well. Then, cook the tamales. When they are cooked through, serve it on the plantain leaf.