Guatemalan tamales

Photo courtesy of a great friend from Guatemala, tamales are everywhere at Christmas, for Baptisms, First Communions and other parties. Lots and lots of work, but eminently pleasing once done.

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Like the traditional Guatemalan tamales, the Guatemalan Christmas Tamales are an essential dish on the table for Christmas Dinner in Guatemala, a culinary gift to share with family and loved ones.

Chuchitos are a delicious tamale-style Guatemalan dish stuffed with pork or chicken, a tomato-based sauce (recado), and wrapped in corn husks.

This healthy chicken tamale recipe features a potato-based dough, tender chicken and recado, a richly flavored tomato sauce.

Guatemalan tamales colorados are one of my favorite traditional Guatemalan dishes. After lots of experimenting, I have come up with the best recipe for Guatemalan tamales including easy step-by-step instructions.

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Guatemalan tamale

Authentic Guatemalan tamal negro recipe

Chilaquilas are corn tortillas filled with queso fresco and veggies, fried, and then served with a simple tomato sauce. Its a family favorite!

Would you like to try an authentic Guatemalan dessert? You'll love these plantain "rellenitos"!

A delicious Guatemalan sweet tamal filled with raisins and almonds

Banana leaf tamales recipe. Tamale corn masa, stuffed with cheese, calabasitas squash, carrots, tomatoes, garlic, and chili sauce, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.

What is the world is coming to? What is this vegan tamales thing? Oh come on, if you take the meat and all the things that make tamales so flavourful, you end up with vegan tamales. To each its own…

Winter’s coming… Here’s a spicy stew that will warm you up! Pastor David Alvarez has been a family friend since we first started to do short-term missions in Guatemala 9 years ago. David has lots of friends around the USA, so when he said he was coming for a visit from Guatemala and that

Unlike their Mexican counterparts, Guatemalan tamales are larger and are wrapped in banana leaves. This recipe uses pork and roasted peppers.

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