Tamales make for a quick, easy, and delicious meal, ... Steaming tamales is all about balance. When using a regular steamer ...

Once the tamales are done steaming in the large pot, she conducts a taste test to make sure they’ve come out perfect. “When you do your first batch, you steam them for about 45 minutes.

Reduce the heat to moderately low and steam the tamales for 1 1/2 hours. Using tongs, transfer one tamale to a work surface. Carefully open the husk.

Christmas Tamales by the Dozen, the Hundreds, the Tens of Thousands. For Mexican restaurants and supermarkets, ... and then folded into a fat envelope or cigar shape and steam-cooked.