🇲🇽 Mexico cuisine · #6

Tamales

Tamales
Time180 min
Serves20
Ingredients7

Corn masa dough filled with meat in green or red salsa, wrapped in corn husks and steamed.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Soak the husks in hot water for an hour.
  2. Beat the fat until fluffy, then add masa, baking powder, salt and stock until a piece floats in water.
  3. Spread on a husk, add filling and fold.
  4. Stand upright in a steamer and steam 1½ hours.