World Flavors Cookbook

Belizean Tamales

Name: Belizean Tamales
Cook time: 90 min
Cuisine: Belize
Ingredients: corn masa, chicken or pork, red recado, plantain leaves, col (thick corn sauce)

Corn masa tamales wrapped in plantain leaves, filled with recado-spiced meat.

Cuisine: Belize

Ingredients

corn masa, chicken or pork, red recado, plantain leaves, col (thick corn sauce)

Instructions

Prepare masa and spiced meat
Place meat and a spoonful of "col" inside masa
Wrap tightly in plantain leaves
Steam for 1.5 hours