Using tongs, briefly toast the guajillo chiles over an open flame or in a cast-iron skillet until fragrant, about 5 seconds per side. Transfer the chiles to a blender. Add 2 cups of the hot water and ...

1. For the picadillo filling: In a large frying pan over medium heat, heat the oil and add the ground beef, onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until the beef is brown and the onion is tender. Add ...

I've written about her recipe before, and I'm including a variation of it here, but hers is not the only recipe I use. Oma Lena always used pork in her filling, and she always made her tamales with ...

Inspiring Idea To make his tamales, Guillermo Pernot of Cuba Libre in Philadelphia mashes masa dough and a slow-braised pork filling together in a saucepan instead of assembling the tamales one by one ...

If there’s one Christmas tradition we can’t live without in the Southwest, it’s tamales at Christmas (being of Hispanic origin is not a prerequisite). A great cool-weather recipe, these tamales will ...

It took me a while to shuck off my fear of making tamales. In my four years of Vittling, I’ve tackled a lot of foods Texans love to eat (if not necessarily cook), from corn dogs and barbecued crabs to ...

This multi-component recipe for pork tamales can seem daunting, but as cookbook author and former BA food editor Rick Martinez explains, “If you can spread peanut butter…you can make tamales.” He ...