Tamales 101: Easy Homemade Recipe

Learn how to make authentic Mexican tamales from scratch with this easy, step-by-step recipe. These homemade tamales are soft, flavorful, and perfect for beginners or anyone wanting traditional tamales at home. In this video, I show you how to prepare tamales the traditional way, including the tamales masa recipe, filling options, and cooking tips for perfect results every time. This tamales recipe works great for chicken, pork, or even vegan tamales. Whether you're making tamales for the holidays, Christmas, or just a homemade Mexican meal, this guide will help you make the best tamales easily. Ingredients and steps are explained clearly so anyone can follow along. ✨ Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more Mexican food recipes! #tamales #tamalesrecipe #mexicanfood #howtomake #authenticmexican Pork Mix 2 lbs. pork butt cut into large cubes 1 onion chopped large pieces 2 bay leaves 4 garlic cloves. I leave them whole 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Put into the crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours. I do this overnight. Pull pork from juice and place in a bowl. Reserve the juice. We will need some for the next part and the rest is amazing in the masa instead of chicken broth. 4 California chili pods dried or guajillo peppers. remove stems and seeds 2 cups of pork broth 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon cumin 2 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon flour or masa 1/4 teaspoon salt boil pods in pork broth for 20 minutes to soften. Pour mix into a blender and add remaining ingredients. Pour over pork and serve in taco's or burritos. This will be the filling for the pork tamales. Elote or sweet corn tamale 2.5 lbs of corn. We use frozen that has been defrosted, but you can use fresh as well. I don't like canned since it has lots of water. 1/2 cup melted butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/4 cup dry masa or cornmeal 1/2 teaspoon basking powder Blend corn and butter in blender until mash. Pour into bowl and add remaining ingredients. Put 1/4 cup in soaked corn husk and roll. Steam for 90 minutes. Masa Dough 4 cups masa. We like the one from Azure Standard . We like yellow but white is amazing too. https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/pr... 3 cups broth. We like to use the leftover pork broth or chicken 2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cumin 1 1/3 cups lard mix lard and a splash of the broth in mixer and mix on low for 3 minutes until the texture changes to a white fluffy look. Add in the remaining ingredients and stir until incorporated. Spread thinly on corn husk and add desired filling. We love to use the pork, but also cheese or chicken work well. Roll and steam for 45 minutes. Serve! These also freeze really well for all year long. They can be microwaved from frozen by placing a wet paper towel over the top and microwave 3-4 minutes. To use an Instant Pot we add 1 1/2 cups water and use a trivet. Press steam and steam for 25 minutes. Allow to naturally release for 10 minutes. our craft channel    / @littlehillcraftco   Link to our etsy https://littlehillhomestead.etsy.com Amazon storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/littlehil... Azure share code. We get a small credit on our account if you use our link on your first purchase. https://www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=... use code littlehill15 for a discount on your first purchase if you use our link. Meat we love! ButcherBox affiliate link https://butcherbox.pxf.io/eKoyMr Thrive market https://shop.thrivemarket.com/littleh... Don't forget to see what we are up to on our other social media platforms. Facebook - / thelittlehillhomestead Instagram - / littlehillhomestead Our mailing address: Little Hill Homestead PO Box 119 Turin, GA 30289 Email us if you have questions. We are happy to help. [email protected] Thanks for watching, Shawn and Ali Little Hill Homestead ❤️ #butcherboxpartner #tamales #tamalesrecipe #mexicanfood #howtomake #homemade #authenticmexican #traditionalfood #latinfood #cookingathome #easyrecipes #foodie #recipe #foodvideo #youtubeshorts