Tamale Soup

Submitted by mamabear22

"My husband gets delicious homemade tamales every Thursday at the school where he works. I always freeze whatever we can't eat and eventually we get a backlog, so I made up this recipe last night and it turned out great. Most of the measurements (other than the canned goods) are just estimates and can be adjusted according to preference."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon cumin, ground
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 10 -12 frozen tamales (chicken, pork, or beef)
• 1 cup colby-monterey jack cheese, shredded

directions

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

Reviews

[dawnie2u]

I made this soup yesterday to go with a family taco bar, and it was a big hit. I had some tamales in the freezer that weren't up to our usual standard, not bad, but not great. I used them and it was delicious. I only had about six tamales, but that was fine. The only change I made was to use Rotel instead of canned tomatoes. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[pe06171819]

Market Street Market makes an amazing Tamale Soup. Will try this but adding whole kernel corn as well as rotel tomatoes.

 

[RancherRon]

I was cleaning out my freezer and came across some old tamales that needed to be eaten. I found this recipe and decided to try it....it is awesome!

 

[Debi9400]

First off - I have to admit that I couldn't find tamales anywhere in this town! We did find tosquito's though so decided to forge ahead with those and hope it turned out. Well it sure did! It was an excellent, very easy to prepare, end of a cold day, fill you up/warm you up meal. This is for spicy lovers.