# The best tamales of Mexico

Oaxacan tamales, corundas, zacahuil and mucbipollo: the most popular tamales of each Mexican region.

- 17 votes · 12 items
- Aug 23, 2023 · veggie.canalla
- https://even.best/en/l/2570/the-best-tamales-of-mexico

## Top 12

1. **Tamales oaxaqueños** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Wrapped in banana leaf, with mole.
2. **Tamales verdes y rojos** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mexico City's, with pork or chicken in salsa.
3. **Tamales de chipilín** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — With chipilín herb, from Chiapas.
4. **Tamales veracruzanos** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Made with ground corn and milk.
5. **Zacahuil** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Giant Huasteca tamal baked in a wood oven.
6. **Mucbipollo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Baked Mayan tamal from Yucatán for the Day of the Dead.
7. **Tamales chiapanecos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rectangular, in banana leaf.
8. **Tamales canarios** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sweet yellow rice-flour tamales from Michoacán.
9. **Tamales de dulce** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Pink and sweet, with raisins.
10. **Corundas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Triangular, from Michoacán, with salsa and cream.
11. **Tamales de chaya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — With chaya leaf, from the southeast.
12. **Uchepos** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Fresh-corn tamales from Pátzcuaro.

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