Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
Tamales made with smoked pulled pork and BBQ sauce, wrapped in a dill pickle masa, steamed and served with coleslaw. All the ingredients of a pulled pork sandwich, but it’s a tamale!
Some of the best tamales you’ll ever eat! Moist, spicy and packed with the flavor of New Mexico’s roasted green chile.
Surprise your family and guests with these sweet, chocolate tamales stuffed with pecans and port infused cherries. Masa never tasted so good!
Red Chile Cheese Tamales are a mix of spicy red chiles, onion, garlic, and cheese which yields a savory, sweet and spicy flavor, and makes a truly killer tamale.
Black Bean Chipotle Tamales are made with black beans, a little onion, sweet pepper, and a chipotle seasoned masa. They are so good, you can eat them right out of the steamer or fancy them up with a spicy mango sauce.
Red Chile Chicken Tamales made with canola oil instead of lard, cooked chicken, red chile sauce and cheese. All of the ingredients are mixed in with the masa batter then scooped into corn husks. A very easy method for making a delicious tamale.
It’s tamale season, so time to steam up an oldie but goodie tamale!
A vegetarian tamale that doesn’t take all day to make, but certainly tastes like it did! These tamales are made with New Mexico roasted red and green chile, corn and mushrooms.
A sweet and slightly spicy fall soup made with roasted tomatoes and roasted New Mexico red chile.
October was filled with celebration, travels and lots of delicious dishes. Take a trip to the Jemez Mountains and enjoy what we ate this month.
Celebrating ten years of MJ’s Kitchen with a giveaway and highlights of years past.
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