

Tamales Oaxaquenos - Choose Your Own 12 Pack
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Some restrictions applyThese traditional Oaxacan-style tamales are made with fluffy white corn masa, and the filling is seasoned with hoja santa before being wrapped in a banana leaf. Take your pick from pork in red sauce, chicken in green sauce, and mushroom!
Chef Arnaldo Richards is a third-generation chef who started learning his grandmother’s recipes at age 13 while growing up at his family’s restaurants in Monterey, Mexico. Many of those authentic Mexican dishes and sauces are still on the menu at his legendary restaurant, Picos, which opened in 1984 and remains one of Houston’s most beloved Mexican restaurants.
This package serves 12 people and includes 12 Oaxaquenos Tamales
- Each Tamale measures 2.5″ × 5″ and weighs 6oz.
Oaxaquenos Tamales Options Include
- Pork in Red Sauce – Banana Leaf wrapped tamales with pork in red chile sauce
- Chicken in Green Sauce – Banana Leaf wrapped tamales with chicken in green chile sauce
- Mushroom – Banana Leaf wrapped tamales with portabello in huitlacoche sauce
- Tamales ship frozen with ice packs, may thaw in trasit
- Arrives in cryovac Sous Vide bags that may be kept in the refrigerator, or freezer
- May be kept refrigerated for up to 2 weeks for frozen for up to 6 months
To Serve
- Allow tamales to thaw overnight in the refrigerator in their Sous Vide bags
- Boil a large pot of water for multiple bags or a pot that can be filled to cover the size of a single bag at a time when submerged
- Place Tamales, still their sealed bags, in the water
- Boil until tamales are heated all the way through
- Remove from the water, open the bags
- Enjoy!
- Pork in Red Sauce – Pulled Pork, Dried Guajillo Peppers, Dried de Arbol Peppers, Tomato, Onion, Garlic, Cumin, Corn Masa, Hoja Santa, Lard, Banana Leaves Wrapping
- Chicken in Green Sauce – Pulled Chicken, Tomatillo, Onion, Garlic, Serrano Peppers, Cilantro, Cumin, Corn Masa, Hoja Santa, Lard, Banana Leaves Wrapping
- Mushroom – Portobello Mushrooms, Crimini Mushrooms, Cuitlacoche, Red Paprika, Tomato, Onion, Garlic, Serrano Peppers, Corn Masa, Hoja Santa, Lard, Banana Leaves Wrapping
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Houston's Premier Award-Winning Mexican Restaurant
Houston's Premier Award-Winning Mexican Restaurant

Chef Arnaldo Richards was raised in Monterey, Mexico, where he began his career cooking at his family's restaurants. A third-generation chef, he started learning his grandmother’s recipes at age 13, and many of those authentic Mexican dishes and sauces are still on the menu at his legendary restaurant, Picos.
Opened in 1984, Picos is one of Houston’s most beloved and venerable Mexican restaurants. Richards blends innovative contemporary culinary concepts with the rich traditional cooking techniques of his past. His cuisine celebrates the diversity of Mexican regional cuisine, from Yucatecan cochinita pibil to Sinaloan chilorio to Oaxacan tamales and mole negro.
































