Cooking Class: Make Traditional Tamales From Scratch
Chef Karen explores the tamale-making traditions loved by families for generations in this exciting in-person cooking class. Discover the many uses of masa in fillings ranging from savory and spicy to smooth and sweet!
Start your lesson with a batch of homemade tortilla chips and guacamole made from scratch. Then, prepare your masa and vegetables to use in fragrant and smoky roasted chicken tamales featuring a kick from Aleppo peppers. And tamales can be a dessert dish too, as you'll learn when you create sweet tamales with creamy chocolate filling.
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Homemade Guacamole and Tortilla Chips
With avocados, red onions jalapeños, cilantro, lime and spices
Roasted Chicken Tamales
With masa, onions, aleppo pepper and spices
Vegetable Mexican Rice
With onions, peppers, tomato paste, butter and spices
Chocolate Tamales
With masa, cream and butter
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 15
- Event Duration 2.5 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsCouples, Group, Beginner, Mexican, Latin
Reviews Guests Left For This Experience
JoAnn
29 Dec 2023
Karen is an excellent teacher and chef. Our family enjoyed learning how to make tamales and eating the delicious food. (best chips ever!) Would highly recommend this class or any that Chef Karen teaches. Thank you!
Jenna
29 Mar 2023
Chef Karen is so personable and makes the experience fantastic!
Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences
Jessica
13 Nov 2024
Chef Karen was great, we loved her energy and she was so fun to be around! The pizzas turned out delicious! Definitely would recommend this experience.
Event location: Sacramento
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Meet your chef
With over 20 years of kitchen experience, Chef Karen has done it all, from earning culinary degrees in pastry and restaurant management to working with Michelin-star chefs. She began cooking Southern soul food at age seven and now owns and operates her own catering company. She's even prepared gourmet dishes for A-listers and celebrity clients! It's all part of Chef Karen's mission of, "Building a greater community one smile at a time."
