This longtime bakery fared well in our taste test. Both Flores and Urquidi were impressed with the texture and flavor of the tamales. Flores said the key to juicy tamales is to make the pork filling a day ahead.
This allows the filling to have plenty of chile sauce without making a mess when being spread on the corn-dough-covered husk.
Pepe's Tamales are known for being meaty and chunky tamales. And they did not disappoint our reviewers in that department. After a few bites, however, Urquidi found the tamal to be dry and lacking moistness in the corn masa.
Still, if you're all about the meat, this is the one to go with. And our reviewers' taste buds perked up with their first bite of these tamales. The tamal slipped right out of the husk and was light and airy. But more notably, it was moist with great flavor and texture. Many of the elders who died from COVID were also the keepers of the family recipes and the impetus for Christmas gatherings. Those voices are the voices of our ancestors.
He lives in El Paso and has fond childhood memories growing up making tamales with his family just across the state line in rural New Mexico.
His brothers and sisters continued the tamale-making tradition after his mother died a few years ago. By limiting family gatherings, COVID has accelerated the modern-day trend of busy families buying tamales rather than making them at home. Stuffing all those corn husks with masa and fillings by hand is labor intensive. Tamales Lupita in Canutillo has been doing that work for 35 years. Tamale sales are a bright spot for struggling restaurants coping with the economic impact of COVID She used to make her own tamales when her kids were living at home.
Cover photo: People line up outside Tamales Lupita in Canutillo. The lines grow longer the closer it gets to Christmas. Angela Kocherga is multimedia editor for El Paso Matters. They are fresh tasty and authentic. Plus they are enormous. I have never seen any tamales that rival the size of these tamales. You need to taste them to believe how fabulous they are. Home Contact View Cart. Home Contact View Cart
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