Easy Authentic Tamales That Anyone Can Make 

Smh you didn’t even grow your own chili’s, very unprofessional, your really starting to slack josh

Easiest way: go to your abuelas house and say you're hungry.

For those who are seriously consider making these, a few more tips. *Go ahead & make the filling a day before, it makes the assembling easier. Even more important if you won't have multiple hands to help you. *You can use also use turkey, beef and chicken if that's what you have. *For maximum flavor in the filling, throw the filling & sauce back into a skillet & cook together. It just doesn't taste as good if you simply toss them together. *Also, add some chili sauce into the mass for added flavor 😋. Josh's is pretty blonde but ours come out nice & red. *It is important to have air bubble in your Masa. To check if you've mixed enough, have a glass of water & drop a spoonful to see if it floats. Once it does, you're good to go. *Yes the ties are extra work but it's worth it when you're putting them in the pot. It's a pain to be hassling with the tips getting in the way. *when cooking if you have a vegetable steaming tray, use it! If you don't you can use the extra bits of leaves, balled up foil paper, a trivet, or a combination to keep the tamales off the bottom of the pan or you'll burn them or make them soggy from the water. (Yes, I speak from experience.😳)

“Don’t you want a cute little tamale” Me: No, I want them thick and obese

Everyone has their own way of making tamales and i can say you did not disappoint🇲🇽. I’ma give these tamales a try cuz they look 🔥

As a Mexican I was afraid to watch this but I’m glad I did !! You did awesome ! !! Thanks for going authentic with the recipe ❤️

The bottom of Josh's dutch oven looks like it was last cleaned during World War I.

Josh: “from papa” Me: “Ah, yes... potato.”

Those look good but I would easily need a dozen for myself because they TINY

"Not as hard as you think ", should be new series joshua should make

I can't stress this enough: nothing you make is ever easy.

I love how this man can cook all types of food from different cultures without switching up the recipe and keeping the authenticity of the origin of the food.

josh: “stop complaining it’s not that hard” my honduran grandma: “why did he make so hard?”

Petition for Josh to do the curly girl method on his hair to see how curly it can get 😂

It's all fun in games until abuela ask us to come over for breakfast on the 23rth, and then your trapped in making tamales the whole day with ur cousins.

No matter the color of your skin everyone love tamales.

A hungry turtle approved these tamales.

Dude, I'm mexican and this recipe is even better than my grandma's this is an actual AUTHENTIC recipe for tamales. We really appreciate that your mexican recipes so far are that accurate and thank you for sharing this with the world. Papa loves you, you rock

I made these tamales today for my family for Christmas Eve. Everyone was really impressed and loved them! I steamed them in the InstantPot for 20 minutes instead of using a steamer pot. The masa was so moist you didn’t even need to add sauce to them. Thanks so much for this recipe!

4:18 You mean you didn’t make your own corn husks Josh?! You’re slacking man...

His intros in the cabinet will never get old

Josh: say 40 husks me, a Chicano: that's not enough. why are you making tamales if not enough to feed a village.

Josh: "Assembly is easy" Me, a programmer: "pretty sure it isn't"

Josh: makes tamales Me a Mexican: you alright white boy

My white boi “abuelita” slamming these classics right.

Me looking to see if his fingers have red grease on them. Sign of perfection.

I'm a Mexican and I approve this recipe, some how you mimic the look of an authentic tamal with different a methods and ingredients, good job!! I like it

I’m Mexican and I appreciate you sharing your recipe. Keep it up my brother from another mother.

"Not to flex but..." Yes, we know... it's still beyond our capabilities.

I can’t believe it, Josh didn’t grown his own corn and harvest it to get his own corn husks. Even I did this step, the flavor from your own husks . . . It’s too good.

Just for everyone to know plural: Tamales Singular: Tamal

I think a huge part of the reason josh is successful (besides his awesome cooking skills) is his personality. If i'm ever in a bad mood this guy cheers me right back up!!!! I'm a Huge fan keep it up!!

Mexican here! I recommend mixing some of your pork sauce in the dough. It’ll add more dimension to the finished product.

Im saving this as if ill be making it, along with the hundred of other saved food videos

Thanks Joshua! Ordered it all and ready to try something I never thought I would. You always make it look so doable!!

Tamales is my family's Christmas food and this year I'm looking for different wrapping methods so thanks for this :D

The more I watch your videos the more I respect you. My grandma used to prepare her own nixtamal and take it to the local mill for her masa. A lot of people are not familiar with this process, and there is nothing wrong with it. I respect the fact that you not only cook, create, and add your own touch but also educate yourself about the cultures and the ingredients. Thank you.

This is really close to how my mother taught me to make them, I love it. She just spreads the masa onto the husks with a spoon like a pro, but I still suck at it, your plastic wrap method looks like a godsend!

I am SO GLAD you did this one! I am making tamales for the first time this week and the timing could not have been better!!!!

Great job. Anyone can make with your instructions. You did alit of work and descriptive so there should be no complaining comments from anyone. Appreciate the time and effort you put in vedios trying to help others so they can enjoy a good tasting tamale.

Europeans who cannot find the ingredients watching like : 👁-----👁

I'm struggling a lot with depression and I have been on your channel. So glad I did.

Hey Josh! Appreciate all your content! Made your Tres Leches and Shepard's Pie in the last few months and they turned out fantastic. Will be giving this one a spin soon! Hope you and yours the best.

I was actually entertained by how Joshua made this tamale with the right ratio of corn masa and filling. Maybe if I had time, I would make this. Joshua and crew always make the greatest flavors on the foods they share on RU-vid. Thank you.

I want you to know that we, the mexican community, approve of the way you've made this! Definitely did it justice brotherrr🇲🇽🇲🇽🔥

Currently curing egg yolks because of this man! He is incredible! If you ever decide to have a class via zoom lmk! 😍

This guy is amazing! Now I’m hyped to make this.

Josh I love literally everything about you videos. Would absolutely love a video about all the different equipment you use and whats the best and stuff. Always looking to copy the people I look up to!

0:01 I love this part

Instructions unclear: I made a enchilada.

That looks so delicious! Your ideas always look and are perfect! Well done with this one, it really looks delicious and I'm sure the taste is FANTASTIC!

Wow, this was in my suggestions and I'm glad I clicked. These luk perfect!

My mexican wife would be proud of this tamales❤

There is this tamale shop that ALWAYS has a line that goes deep in the road like everyday. People LOVE Tamales.

I learn so much from your videos! Thank you and I pray you don’t stop anytime soon 😄

I'm so glad I just found your channel, thank you for all your amazing content ❤️🤤🤤

My Mexican mom would approve.

As Mexican and fan of your work I can’t wait to try this and hopefully get amazed by your insights into how to make tamales easier!

One of the finest dishes ever says this G, can’t wait to try my own

Just spent hours making this. Sooo good! The flavor of the meat alone! Lol Thanks josh 🤍

As mexican I feel really proud of you ❤

Day 14 of asking Josh to make a series where he shows us everything that can go wrong wen we make his recipes, especially for the complicated ones

Thanks Josh! Mitch from Sweetbelly here and today we begin tamales production. I have bbq pulled pork with chipotle, Barbacoa plain, habanero brisket and chicken or Turkey sous-vide. Every Thanksgiving we make stuffing-flavored masa and fill.with Turkey dinner. Served with chestnut and cranberry gravy! Boulliat!

My husband really wanted this so I’m making this today. I’m excited

You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for this.

I LOVE tamales!!!! Will definitely be using this recipe in the future!!! ❤️

Josh. I am truly happy and thankful you did a popular minority dish. It bad we don't enough representation in major cooking shows and channels but this really make me and others feel include in the cooking community. Thank you again!

Your videos are absolutely superb!!! I love your advice and guidance. Keep doing you!! 💞💜

Love the video! You should do “pasteles” it’s a similar thing but at the same time VEEEEERYYYY different. This dish is from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and theirs a lot a fans here that are from Puerto Rico I wish you make some puertorican food but specially “pasteles” and you will not be disappointed my man. Thanks for your video and thanks to you to give me motivation to start my small business and I heavily got influence by you ❤️

It's currently 1 a.m... thank u for this

This made it really simple for me, thank youuu💕

Thank you! Love how you used the plastic wrap! Spreading the masa always seemed like a major pain. You are my tamale Guru.

This guy knows how to cook. Maybe he should have a RU-vid channel or something.

Se ven increíbles! Saludos de México! Well done Joshua! 💕

I love a good tamale and your recipe looks so yummy! I loved watching this video!

I enjoy your videos and preparations. I think I love you man!

“Tamales - from Papa - to you.” 😂😂 Made me laugh.

ok now that you made tamales, you gotta make their venezuelan cousin hallacas!!! they're so good and I'd love to see your take on them, especially since it's xmas soon and they're a holiday food 😊

I showed my abuelita this video. She approves of your recepe, but now she wants me to buy her a vaporera like yours.

Best time of the year for tamales!!

Poppy made Tamales are always the best!

Being from Germany, getting all the ingredients but the pork sounds like a mission where u have to go to the moon xD

I made these today, and OMG these were amazing!

Great technique, easy to follow.

My grandma taught me to make these, out of hers my favorite are the jalapeño and cheese ones.

Hey Josh love your channel man it's been awesome trying your recipes. I'm currently in the Air Force and I've been practicing my cooking here and the fettuccine Alfredo was bomb asf ... just an idea it would be pretty cool to see you go head to head with wingstop or Buffalo ... I prefer mango habanero but you can go with the more popular flavors but yeah a "but better" on wings would be freaken cool ... I will comment this every time you post something till you notice

that’s an interesting way to do it! instead of mixing the pork with the sauce, i usually mix the sauce into the dough itself. this makes for a nice base that you can also use for chicken or refried beans!

Made them today! Amazing!!

"Melts in your mouth, not in your hand" M&M

Bonus tip for those who make a bunch for leftovers you can fry these and they’ll taste amazing just use a salsa or sauce on the side cause they can get dry sometimes

Thanks Papa for another great recipe! Small request, could we get a playlist? Need something to listen to while I swaddle those lil bundles of joy.

I truly adore your videos man

4:19 would get me smacked by my mom, yelled at by my tias, and my abuela shaking her head in shame as I’m thrown out of the assembly line 😭

"why do you want this random white dude make tamales" haha my thought exactly

Hey man I tried your recipe and I must say very well done! I'm Mexican and defiantly have similar methods as my families traditional recipe. Well done very tasty. ☺️👍 Will use ur recipe for these holidays. Thanks

Made it. Best thing I've ever eaten.

"It'll melt in your mouth, not in your hand" "that's a rap lyric" Dude, I'm glad someone else recognizes the original M&M jingle as a rap anthem.

Joshua: this one is easy guys I swear trust me Also Joshua: so for step #53 you wanna thoroughly combine the ingredients into your 7th bowl

So I used this recipe for myself, just tweaked a little. I did the meat in the crock pot with garlic, shallots, onion, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Let it go for about a day and a half (like I do with my bbq pulled pork) and did everything else about the same as you in the video. I had just over 3lbs, and it was loin instead of butt, so I used 2 really small cinnamon sticks and 4 bay leaves. One thing you never mentioned though is how long it takes to assemble these things lol. Anyway, thanks for the recipe! These things are delicious!

I ate that in a small village in the north of Argentina. It was SO good wow