Making your own tamales at home can be a fun family project. Of course, the first step is making the masa dough. This is our recipe for the tamale dough we use in our Instant Pot Tamale Project.
This dough is easy to make. That being said, making tamales is a time-consuming process. You not only need to make the tamale dough, but you also need to make fillings. We like to make several types of fillings, so this becomes a big project.
Tamales are one of those Mexican dishes you don’t find in many restaurants. This is because they are labor intensive. However, with proper planning, you can make your own tamales that are better than most any you can buy commercially. This is our guide to Instant Pot Tamales. Overview The good news is that by […]
The good news is you can freeze both the dough and fillings for later use. If you plan ahead it can be fairly easy to whip up a batch of homemade tamales.
Being in Southern California, most grocery stores carry the masa specifically used for tamales. If not you can always order it in bulk from Amazon.
Most people will note that homemade tamale dough is pretty heavy on lard. Tamales are not exactly a low-fat dish. For those afraid of lard, I think you can substitute vegetable shortening, but we have never tried this option.
We have had problems with our stand mixer (it keeps breaking) so this dough was mixed by hand. It is messy but really not that much work.
Each batch of dough will make about 30 to 36 tamales. You can make this dough ahead of time and freeze it for later use.
Tamales are one of those Mexican dishes you don’t find in many restaurants. This is because they are labor intensive. However, with proper planning, you can make your own tamales that are better than most any you can buy commercially. This is our guide to Instant Pot Tamales. Overview The good news is that by […]
Mexican Shredded Beef is a staple filling for tacos and burritos. The restaurant chain Chipotle took this style of beef to the masses under the name Barbacoa. This is our recipe for Instant Pot Mexican Shredded Beef. Go To Recipe We first came across the term Barbacoa in our Sunset Mexican Cookbook dated 1991. This […]
Cole Cooks: Instant Pot Chicken Tinga
Chicken Tinga is a common filling in Mexican cooking. It is savory shredded chicken that has been cooked in a smoky chipotle sauce. I have developed my own version of Instant Pot Chicken Tinga that can be prepared in an hour. Go To Recipe Chicken Tinga is surprisingly easy to make. The Instant Pot can […]
Cole Cooks: Authentic Pork Carnitas
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Cole Cooks: Vegetarian Tamales
Making your own homemade tamales can be a great deal of fun. When our children were young, they loved vegetable tamales with a corn/cheese and pepper filling. This is our home version of Vegetarian Tamales. Go To Recipe My first note is that our tamale dough is not vegetarian because it uses lard. If you […]
Homemade Tamale Dough
Dave Cole
This is a dough recipe for making tamales at home.
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What is the salsa on top of them?
I’d there a recipe for it?
We used a local farmers market salsa in that case. We do have plenty of salsa recipes and will publish some soon.