Mexican Tamales Recipes

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	Beef Tamales	Beef shoulder roasted is simmered with garlic, onions, ancho, pasilla, and New Mexico chiles.
	Chorizo Tamales	Tamales with a simple filling of chorizo sausage and onion.
	Chocolate Tamales	This is a sample recipe from Tamales 101 by by Alice Guadalupe Tapp. The tamales are flavored with Mexican chocolate OR semisweet chocolate chips
	Cup Tamales	Tamales made in ramekins. This type of tamale was made famous by Johnson's Tamale Parlor in San Francisco, CA back in the 1920's.
	Jesus's 30 minute chicken tamales	This recipe is so simple. Use Maseca masa flour, a purchased rotisserie chicken and salsa. These are very good!
	Learn All About Tamales	Complete article about tamales including types of tamales, history, wrappers, masa, recipes and more.
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	Masa, Fresh	Illustrated instructions for how to make fresh masa (corn dough) from scratch.
	Nacatamales	A Nicaraguan tamale. Tamales are found in throughout Latin America. A version found in Nicaragua, and El Salvador combines an interesting variety of ingredients including, raisins, capers, and green olives. The meat used in the recipe may be pork or chicken and sometimes a combination of both.
	Oaxacan Pumpkin Tamales	A savory pumpkin tamale recipe with a filling of black beans flavored with pasilla de oaxaca chiles, anise and garlic. You would traditionally wrap these in banana leaves but corn husks can be substituted
	Pumpkin Tamales	This is a simple recipe for sweet pumpkin tamales flavored with vanilla, mace and cinnamon. Sweet tamales are not served as a dessert in Mexico but along with savory tamales or other savory dishes
	Raspberry Tamales	Raspberry puree is incorporated into the tamale dough then tamales are filled with raisins, almonds and (optional) candied lemon peel
	Sweet Tamales	Rick Bayless brings us this recipe for sweet tamales with fresh pineapple
	Sweet Tamales With Raisins and Pineapple	Complete article about tamales including types of tamales, history, wrappers, masa, recipes and more.
	Tamales With Cheese and Chiles	A Rick Bayless recipe for tamales filled with roasted poblano chiles and Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese.
	Uchepos (Green Corn Tamales)	Green corn tamales incorporate fresh corn into the dough then wrapped in fresh green corn husks.
	Vegetarian 5 Spice Tamales	This a non-traditional vegetarian tamale made with tofu, onion, bell pepper, soy sauce and mustard.

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