Make homemade tamales verdes with roasted green chiles and melting cheese. A comforting, flavorful treat that’s perfect to share.
Prep Time
30minutes mins
Cook Time
1hour hr
Total Time
1hour hr 30minutes mins
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
For the Masa
½ batch of homemade tamale masa nixtamalized corn dough (see your masa recipe; use half the amount for ~35 tamales)
For the Tamales
1 bag dried corn husks soaked until pliable
For the Green Chile & Cheese Filling
1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
¼ medium white onion finely diced
1 small ripe tomato diced
1 garlic clove minced
10 roasted peeled, and chopped green chiles (Anaheim, Pueblo, or Hatch)
2 tbsp chicken broth ≈ ⅛ cup
1½ cups shredded Mexican melting cheese Asadero, Oaxaca, Chihuahua, or Mexican Muenster
¼ tsp kosher salt plus more to taste
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper plus more to taste
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