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Southern Foodways' Mississippi Delta Hot Tamales
Among the more curious dishes in The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook are these Mississippi Delta Hot Tamales. There are many takes on the story, but they all have something to do with Mexican laborers migrating north from Texas to pick cotton.
Tamales With Green Chili and Pork
A green chili made of roasted poblanos, tomatillos, and cilantro provides a bright and fruity base for the rich pork carnitas in these light and tender tamales.
Tamal de Cazuela (Mexican Tamale Pie) With Black Bean Filling
Tamales are delicious, but forming them is a small pain in the culo. This baked tamale pie, know as a tamal de cazuela in Mexico, is the solution: all the joys of tamales with not nearly as much work.
Tamales With Red Chili and Chicken Filling
A combo of guajillo, ancho, and arbol chiles gives this red chili sauce its earthy, smoky, and spicy complexity. It's folded into an airy and flavorful tamale dough, then steamed in corn husks until light and tender.
Tamales de Queso (Cheese Tamales) From Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen
These tamales, from Martin Morales's cookbook, Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen, are much different from their Mexican brethren. Instead of using a dough made from masa and lard, they're made with pureed fresh corn, cooked down with butter, garlic, chili paste, and a touch of sugar.
Tamales With Rajas and Oaxacan Cheese
This insanely delicious tamale filling is also one of the easiest—fruity roasted poblano peppers paired with strands of melted mild Oaxacan cheese. It's a minimal combo that delivers a lot of flavor within a light and tender tamale dough.
Tomate Frito From 'Yucatán'
Use this spicy tomato sauce to top the brazo de reina and the papadzules from David Sterling's Yucatán.
Papadzules From 'Yucatán'
A dish of egg-filled tortillas smothered in a smooth, rich pumpkin seed and epazote broth, papadzules are fixtures of cantinas and restaurants throughout the region. Papadzules are not totally unlike enchiladas moles, but, lacking the cheese and chilies of the more recognizable sauce, the dish is far more delicate.
Sopa de Lima (Yucatán-Style Lime Soup)
My wife, Adri, and I just got back from a week spent eating our way around Mérida and the rest of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Sopa de lima, the Mayan poultry and lime soup that's popular up and down the Yucatán, is one of the simplest and most crowd-pleasingly delicious dishes we had.
Chard- or Collard-Wrapped Polenta-Chile Tamale Packages From 'Heart of the Plate'
Polenta and greens take a new form in Mollie Katzen's tamale-like polenta packages. These small bites from her new cookbook, The Heart of the Plate, are surprisingly simple: make a pot of thick polenta laced with Anaheim chiles and sautéed onions, blanch a dozen chard or collard leaves, scoop, roll, and sauté.

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Brazo de Reina From 'Yucatán'

Brazo de reina is a large tamal filled with hardboiled eggs and served in generous slices. The name translates to "Queen's arm," which does little to describe the delightful complexity of the dish. David Sterling's recipe may be time-consuming, but what emerges at the end of the process is a glorious representation of the flavors of the Yucatán.

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