I was very excited for this month's Recipes to Rival Challenge. We made Tamales! Woo hoo! Growing up in Texas, I've had lots and lots of tamales. But I've bough them homemade from someone else's kitchen. They have always seemed like something that would be to complicated to make at home.
Boy was I wrong. While they weren't finger snapping easy, they weren't as difficult as I thought. It takes some time to get the rolling and filling down (I'm still working on that really) but in the end they look like they are supposed too. Mine were a little thick on the dough but that didn't hurt the taste.
I had some trouble finding corn husks to roll the tamales. You'd think they'd be everywhere in Texas. Everywhere but North Dallas that is. I went to 3 or 4 different grocery stores and no one had any! Finally I asked one of my co-workers who lived in South Dallas where there are Hispanic markets a plenty and he brought me a big bag for only $5. Perfect! Thanks Leo!
I went with the black bean filling. I love black beans and it seemed fairly simple for my first time out making tamales. They were very tasty!
My dough was very thick. Hope it was supposed to be like that! It wasn't like a paste at all. I used the lower fat version and it didn't mention anything about it being a thick paste so I guess that's good!
I also got to use my new fancy asian steamer. I don't have a normal steamer but when I went to the store to buy a bigger pot to steam the tamales in, I saw this and couldn't resist. I can also use it to steam other goodies! Nice!
Voila! Pretty, little tamales! I topped them with a red enchilada sauce and some cheese. Nice, simple, and very yummy. They also made a great lunch for work on Monday.
Our hosts for this month were Debyi of Healthy Vegan Kitchen and Lori of Lori's Lipsmacking Goodness.
For this month's recipe and the various fillings offered, check out the write up here.
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Your tamales look beautiful! I think a few of us had problem with our dough being a little thicker than it should be but really its all about the final taste right!
I had thicker dough than desired too, not that it was bad, but definitly something to change for next time. Your tamales look gorgeous though, And helpful coworkers do indeed rock (mine offered to eat all my leftovers)
I bet the black bean filling would be my favorite! They look so tasty!
Your tamales looks awesome! Can I have one :) I made the black bean filling too, yum. Great job! Why is it that the things we love to eat seem so hard to make, but turn out pretty easy? It makes me want to try some other recipes too.
They look great. Thank goodness your friend's got the hook up in South of the border goods! I love that your little canine friend is just waiting to eat one in that first picture. So cute! :)
Oh, your tamales look great! I sure wish I would have thought to put sauce and cheese on top...yum! Great pics! And cute pup. :)
your dog really wants some tamales. mine did, too.
Your tamales look and sound great!
Those are beautiful looking tamales!
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