Recipes using masa harina

These masa harina recipes range from dinner and bread to dessert. It's the unsung hero of Mexican cuisine, responsible for tamales, tortillas, and more.

Tamale Pie features a zesty, flavorful ground beef filling with a delicious baked topping masa for an easy, savory dinner (that's also GF)!

These Gorditas Recipe with Maseca are made with two ingredients: Masa Harina, or Maseca, and hot water, blended and cooked on the griddle.

I used Masa Harina instead of cornmeal in this batch of cornbread and it was delicious! I also used chipotles in adobo for some kick 🙂

Without the miracle of masa harina, tortillas, tamales, and other Mexican dishes would not exist. Learn more about this corn dough flour.

After a bad restaurant experience last night, I was inspired to prepare some tasty Mexican food!! Today it was Tetelas filled with black beans, spicy salsa, crema and fresh garnishes!!

I’ve said before on the blog that one of my favorite things in the world to bake and eat are sugar cookies. While I do have my old faithful recipe that I always have to fall back on, I’…

This Tamale Pie recipe is pure comfort food bursting with the flavor of tamales without all of the work! This tamale pie recipe is gluten free, make ahead and freezer friendly!

An easy, step-by-step tutorial on how to make arepas! Just 3 ingredients and simple methods required. The perfect side or base for a sandwich!

These cookies are fragrant from the cinnamon and heady with the cocoa, crisp on the outside from the cinnamon sugar they’re rolled in before baking, and soft on the inside.

Masa Harina Cornbread is a delicious, light and fluffy side dish. Made with masa harina, cheddar cheese, green chiles and a variety of spices, it looks like cornbread but tastes like a tamale.

Molotes, or Oaxacan Masa Empanadas, are freezer-friendly and are a perfect make-ahead kind of meal for those busy days when you need something quick and easy for lunch or dinner. This molotes recipe starts with tender handheld corn pastry pockets filled with spicy, smoky shredded chicken. You can also use any meats, veggies, or cheeses you prefer to fill them. Make some this week for dinner and freeze some for another day!

I finally got around to experimenting with a recipe for Half and Half Tortillas! These are tortillas that use both masa harina and wheat flour in the dough, giving you a more hearty tortilla that still has plenty of corn flavor. They're becoming increasingly popular so you may have seen them in your local markets, but you'll get quite an upgrade in flavor if you make your own and they are surprisingly easy to make. mexicanplease.com

Step-by-step instructions for how to make easy homemade corn tortillas using masa harina. These are way better than store-bought tortillas. Also includes a recipe for grass-fed beef breakfast tacos.

Perfect Gluten Free Tamale Pie: Our tamale pie recipe feeds a crowd with big flavors, and is much easier to make than traditional tamales. Your family will love this gluten-free tamale-inspired pot-pie!

I had recently made pupusas, thanks to watching one of my favorite Bon Appetit food editors make them on their YouTube channel, but now I had a bunch of masa harina (corn flour) that I wanted to us…

Chef Alan Delgado wanted to incorporate masa into as many dishes as possible at restaurant Xilonen. The masa adds lovely floral notes to these pancakes. When shopping for gluten-free flour for this brunch recipe, make sure to buy one that lists xanthan gum as one of its ingredients. These are usually indicated as cup-for-cup or one-to-one type flours. The xanthan gum helps bind everything, creating structure so that the pancakes come out light and fluffy.

How to make Mexican empanadas from scratch. These are masa empanadas, corn dough, not flour. You can fill them with anything you like.

Discover What’s Sure To Be Your New Favorite Cornbread — Made with Masa Harina | Food Gal

The homemade Corn Tortilla recipe is made with just 4 ingredients!!! These soft tortillas are quick, easy to make, vegan and gluten-free. Come on over and check out my step-by-step tutorial on how to make authentic Mexican Corn Tortillas.