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Food is an important part of Guatemalan customs and culture. Three meals a day is the norm with the largest meal being lunch. Staple foods throughout the country include corn tortillas and tamales, black beans, rice, wheat bread and pasta. Guatemala is also popular for it wide variety of vegetables and exotic fruit.
September is here, and just like last year, we wanted to share with you our typical Guatemalan dishes. This recipe is for Tamalitos de Chipilin. ChipilÃ­n a tamal is a Traditional Latin american dish made of (masa corn) dough which is wrapped in corn husks or plantain. Leaves this wrapping is discarded to enjoy the. tamalhis wrapping is discarded to enjoy the tamal. They can be filled with chicken or pork meat, loroco, chipilin, chipilÃ­n and they are seasoned with a delicious red sauce called. Recado this variation does not have any meat in, them you can prepare the plain kind which is just made out of, masa or mix in chipilin. chipilÃ­n leaves