Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

Tried and True Tamales

Episode 7 | 25m 24s | Video has closed captioning.

There are seemingly as many styles of tamales as there are regions in Mexico, each steaming heap of fresh masa flavored in myriad ways. We'll see the iconic corn-husked versions at the casual Tamales Teresita, as well as the denser, banana-leaf-wrapped Chiapanecos style, sold by a family outside the historic San Juan Bautisa church.