Tamale Soup Recipes

EASY TAMALE TACO SOUP

Steps:

• Remove paper wrappers on tamales and cut Beef Tamales up into quarters.
• Mix all ingredients in large pot. Bring to boil, simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve in bowls, add shredded cheddar cheese and fresh cilantro on top.

TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Mix everything except tamales and simmer 10 min. or so. Take paper off tamales and crumble into soup. Simmer until warm.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Begin by placing chicken broth, chicken, onion, enchilada sauce, corn and green chilis into your crockpot. Set to low.
• After 3 hours, cut up pre-cooked polenta into small chunks and add to the slow cooker. Cook for 1 more hour.
• Serve immediately and top with any desired toppings: cilantro, sour cream, avocado, tortilla chips, etc.

TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown beef, onion, and green pepper and drain fat.
• Add everything else EXCEPT tamales and simmer for at least an hour.
• Add tamales 10 minutes before serving.

TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except tamales and cheddar cheese in large crockpot. Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
• Meanwhile, allow tamales to thaw just enough to be able to cut them.
• About 30 minutes prior to serving, add still-mostly-frozen tamales to crockpot and cook on high for 30 minutes.
• Serve with cheese sprinkled on top.

HOT TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add first 4 ingredients and cook until beef is brown, breaking up meat with fork, about 4 minutes. Add chili powder, cumin, cayenne and cinnamon and cook 1 minute. Add broth and tomatoes with juices. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat tamales according to package instructions.
• Stir beans and corn into soup. Simmer until corn is just heated through, about 3 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Place 2 tamales into each of 6 bowls. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with cheese and serve.

TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• For the Soup: Gently sweat the celery, carrot and onion using the pan spray until the onion has softened, keeping a lid on the pot except when stirring. Add oregano, cumin and garlic. Sweat for a few more minutes. Add the stock and simmer 30 minutes. Add tomato products, zucchini, corn, garbanzo beans and adobo paste. Simmer 10 minutes. Unwrap the tamales, place 2 each in 6 large bottom soup bowls. Ladle soup over tamales. Garnish, if desired, with chopped cilantro, crumbled Queso Ranchero, and a squeeze of lime.
• Combine masa, salt and stock. In a large mixing bowl, whip softened light butter until fluffy, then incorporate into masa. Spread a 2 1/2 by 4-nch rectangle of masa mixture onto an 8 by 10 inch aluminum foil rectangle. Combine the chicken and salsa, then place 2 tablespoons lengthwise on the masa. Gently fold over the foil lengthwise. Crimp the masa together. Roll up and close first the long side and finally the ends to form a pocket. Steam, covered with toweling for 1 1/2 hours. Yield: 12 tamales