Colombian Tamales (Tamales Antioqueños)

Name: Colombian Tamales (Tamales Antioqueños)
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1 pc onion; 4 pc garlic; 1 pc red pepper; 1 pc green pepper; 4 pc spring onions; 4 tbsp ground cumin; 3 tbsp sazon goya with saffron; ½ tsp salt; 2 cups water; 450 g pork belly; 680 g pork shoulder; 910 g pork ribs; 3 pc potatoes; 1 cup peas; 1 cup carrots; 450 g arepa corn flour (masarepa); 5 cups water; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup marinade; 2 tbsp sazon goya with saffron; 2 lb banana leaves; 1 pc butcher’s string; 1 pc salted water

Colombian tamales made with a pork filling, seasoned masa, and wrapped in banana leaves, then boiled until tender.

135 min 491 kcal/serving serves 12

491kcal35gprotein41gcarbs21gfat

Erica DinhoView the original on mycolombianrecipes.com More from Erica Dinho on Mello

🧅onion

🧄garlic

🫑red pepper

🫑green pepper

🧅spring onions

🫙ground cumin

🫙sazon goya with saffron

🧂salt

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About Erica Dinho

Colombian home cook and founder of My Colombian Recipes

Erica Dinho is the creator of My Colombian Recipes, a long-running blog dedicated to traditional Colombian home cooking. She has spent years documenting regional dishes and family recipes, helping introduce Colombian cuisine to a wider audience online.

Her recipes stay close to traditional Colombian home cooking, built around staples like plantains, corn, pork, and beans, with dishes ranging from hearty soups such as ajiaco and sancocho to fried snacks like patacones and buñuelos. She favors classic techniques and familiar regional flavor combinations over reinvention, aiming to make dishes like tamales antioqueños and bandeja paisa approachable for home kitchens.

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