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Easiest Tamales Ever. Great recipe for Easiest Tamales Ever. I love mexican food but tamales can be so time consuming! So I did what I could and cut down the time, and also just made it easier in general.

Every family that makes tamales thinks their mom's tamales recipe is the best.

But, my mom's tamales really are the best.

I am proud to share her Traditional Mexican Tamales Recipe with you.

You can cook Easiest Tamales Ever using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easiest Tamales Ever

1. It’s 2 cup of Maseca.

2. You need 2 cup of Water.

3. It’s 2/3 cup of Margarine.

4. Prepare 1/2 packages of Taco seasoning.

5. It’s 4 tbsp of Chicken seasoning.

6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder.

7. Prepare of Filling.

8. Prepare 2 of Potatoes.

9. It’s 1 cup of Shredded Cheese.

10. It’s 1 can of Sliced Olives.

11. It’s 2 slice of Onion.

12. Prepare 1 of Taco sauce.

One of the best things about Mom's tamales is the masa.

It is light and fluffy and full of corn flavor.

It's rare to find the words easy and tamales in the same sentence, but with a few simple tricks you can make a scrumptious batch of tamales without having to devote an entire day to them.

Making tamale dough AND making a tamale filling sounds like double duty to me, so I usually make a smaller batch of tamales when I have good filling options leftover in the fridge — things like Tinga.

Easiest Tamales Ever step by step

1. Mix together dough ingredients. You may have to add a tad bit more masa, you want it to be just stiff enough not much sticks to your finger if you touch it..

2. Set aside dough. Slice potatoes into long strips, and slice onion. Separate rings. Its easiest if you have all your filling in easily accessible dishes for quickness..

3. Spoon some dough onto a strip of foil and flatten..

4. Add raw potato slices, olives, onion, cheese and taco sauce..

5. Fold foil in half, and press edge to seal..

6. Roll and fold ends..

7. Steam for one hour. Remove tamales and let drain. Let them sit for about fifteen min to completely set, then try not to get fluffy from eating too many :).

Authentic Tamales are a lot of work but soooo worth it!

Use rubber gloves to remove stems and seeds from the chile pods.

This tamale recipe is about as traditional as you can get, although I use a roast instead of the whole pig head that many Mexican women use.

I have also used beef, but they just do not taste quite the same.

These take about all day to make and are a lot of work, but they are so worth the time and the effort.