What is traditionally served with tamales?

Traditionally, tamales are typically served with beans and rice, or sometimes nothing at all because they are eaten on-the-go street food style.

What pairs well with tamales?

15 Simple Side Dishes for Tamales

  • Avocado Cucumber Salad.
  • Air Fryer Plantains.
  • Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) Salad.
  • Papas Con Rajas.
  • Refried Black Beans.
  • Gallo Pinto.
  • Roasted Chili Corn Salsa.
  • Arroz Borracho (Beer Steamed Yellow Rice)

What are the different types of Mexican tamales?

10 Best-Ever Tamales

  • Fried Pork Tamales.
  • Portobello and Polenta Tamales.
  • Steamed Pork Tamales.
  • Burnt Strawberry Tamales.
  • Little Pork Tamales with Red Chile Sauce.
  • Chicken Tamales with Tomatillo-Cilantro Salsa.
  • Crispy Baked Pork Tamale.
  • Quick Chicken-and-Cheese Tamales.

What sauce is good with tamales?

Mexican Red Sauce Mexican “Red Sauce” can mean many different sauces. You can use it for tamales, enchiladas, tacos, pozole and more. This tamale sauce recipe uses both chiles and tomatoes. It works really well for seasoning the tamale filling.

Do you eat the corn husk on tamales?

The dough, called “masa” is spread on the corn husk. The corn husks do not get eaten, they are just used to envelope the dough and filling of the tamale which gets cooked inside. The filling. You can fill the tamales with meat or beans and cheese.

Does enchilada sauce go on tamales?

What is this? Time to smother these Tamales! Cover them liberally with that amazing enchilada sauce.

Who puts ketchup on tamales?

Blame a childhood spent with one foot in Hispanic culture and the other in suburban bliss. Texans will always find time to get into verbal fisticuffs over beans in chili (negative), ketchup on tamales (apparently never) and sweet tea (keeping dentists busy daily).