Hot Tamales

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I love the recipe. I made one change and use the maza flour instead of corn meal, it seems to hold more of the flavor. Thank you for a great recipe.

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First time I have cooked any tamale recipe. Turned out great. Good spicy heat with nice underlying flavor.

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Time consuming but not overly complicated. It was delicious in the end though.

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I am making this recipe for the fifth time today. We love it. The only adjustment we made was cutting the salt in half.

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We really love this recipe. I tried to make tamales one year for Christams,and they were so good. Everyone really loved the flavor of the pork. So, I decided to try to make this same recipe, but use the meat for pulled pork tacos instead. It is so easy and has become one of those meals that everyone in the household agrees on!

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Turned out terrific! A lot of work but not too difficult or overly complicated...just time consuming. This is one of those recipes where all that time spent is well worth it. I did as another review suggested and used the filling from this recipe with the dough from the turkey tamales featured in the same episode. I ended up with slightly more filling than dough so I will probably make more dough next time I make these. As for the people that are saying that the dough is just too bland, I have seen some recipes that add chili powder or cayenne pepper to the dry ingredients when making the dough to spice it up a bit. This may work. Although I think the dough from the turkey tamales recipe complimented this spicy pork filling really well. All in all a great recipe to make over a weekend for a big Sunday dinner or to freeze and have great leftovers to take to work for your lunch (yum.

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No question you MUST use Masa Harina for the masa. This recipe is the closest I have ever seen to my own. A few differant spices, but all good. I always just wrap in the husks and fold. I can honestly say I have never bought a store bought tamale that I did not HATE! I also hate when resterants try to pass ground beef tamales Yuck.

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Did not have a good experience with this recipe! The masa was dry and very bland....but the meat was fantastic! So I think I'll try the suggested Masa Harina as some of the other reviewers did. But worth a second try....definitely!

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This is great, except I used masa harina instead of cornmeal, it's cheap and works out fine. I save my special ground cornmeal for cornbread and turkey dressing. Also, this is a BIG recipe, it made alot. I was wishing I had a group of Oaxacans to help me finish it. lol.

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I hadn't made tamales since I was a kid living on the South Texas border with Mexico. These are outstanding. I did use Masa Harina to make the dough and found the resulting tamales to be very authentic. Surprising easy. I enlisted the help of my neighbors and we had a good time putting together tamales and drinking beer. If you like tamales, double or triple the recipe, they freeze well.