Make It a Tamale Night
Looking for something new and exciting to eat for dinner? Pull out a tamale recipe for a twist on typical Mexican fare. Tamales are just slightly like enchiladas, but they represent a whole other type of Hispanic food. Your tamale recipe does not have to be overly complicated and it goes well with a number of other things like arroz con pollo, a traditional chicken and rice dish, and empanadas. At its core, your tamale recipe will include masa, a starchy dough wrapped around meat or other typical ingredients. There are steamed inside corn husks to cook. Traditionally, tamale recipes required a long and arduous process to grind the corn or hominy for the filling. Your tamale recipe might use a cornmeal mixture or prepared filling as an alternative. The…