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hot tamale bites

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Recipe by
Monique Radford
@Neeky
Rosharon, TX

I always have tamales left over and tried this recipe on my family and they gobbled them up quick. No one knew what they were eating until I told them. You can dress them with you own flavors, I choose green onion and cheese today in this picture

yield 6 to 8
prep time 15 Min
cook time 5 Min
method Deep Fry

Ingredients For hot tamale bites

  • One dozen
    tamales homemade or store bought
  • 2 cups
    panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 cup
    flour
  • 2
    eggs
  • 2 cup
    veg oil

How To Make hot tamale bites

  • Set up in order of process
    1
    Whisk eggs in a bowl
  • 2
    Cut unwrapped tamales into bite size pieces
  • 3
    Put flour in another bowl and dredge pieces in flour
  • 4
    Add bread crumbs in another bowl
  • 5
    Take flour coated pieces and dip into egg mix to wet
  • 6
    Then dip into breadcrumbs and set on wax paper or paper towel
  • 7
    Heat oil to a good frying temp about 350•
  • 8
    When hot drop in pieces, cook until golden brown about 3 to 4 mins in batches of 10. Don't crowd the pan
  • Crunch time!
    9
    Drain on paper towel. Serve. With Guacamole dip or salsa
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