How to Make Nicaraguan Nacatamales | US American trying to cook Nicaraguan food

[@marthasandoval7970]

Thanks to you I made alot of Nicaraguan food...yes I'm American

[@DarzRojas]

Awesome! Do you like it?

[@2nyclover]

HI! I am Italian-American and my husband is Nicaraguan and I have been trying to teach myself how to cook Nicaraguan food for him and our children. Thank you for this video! I make mine using pork, banana leaves, lard, and achiote/annato. I love making nacatamales for Christmas morning. Gracias, mucho besos! xoxo

[@DarzRojas]

Aw so cool! You're welcome. Hopefully I can learn more Nica foods and share them as well.

[@josevarela7782]

😊soy nicaraguense y me gusta como describes a mi país, la comida nica es muy buena, gustosa, gracias por difundir nuestras costumbres

[@DarzRojas]

De nada ha sido un placer aprender y probar de las cosas Nicaraguense :) y lo que me falta...jaja

[@guskoa5575]

Con pan! Greetings from Poland, I'm showing my wife your videos, thank you so much for doing them awesome!

[@DarzRojas]

Aw thanks! Are you originally from Nicaragua?

[@jennymora808]

Your little daughter is beautiful! Viva Nicaragua and the USA!!!

[@DarzRojas]

Thank you :)

[@marthasandoval7970]

Love Nacatamalés..just learned to make them

[@DarzRojas]

Awesome!

[@anauskiquintero3252]

Nacatamales with bread and black coffee Yumm!

[@DarzRojas]

Haha yess

[@hazelcrts1316]

Hi I'm Nicaraguan. This is other way to cook Nacatamal.You can find banana leaves and achiote in Hispanic supermarket or Amazon Yes Nacatamales lo comemos con pan( we call pan frances)

[@DarzRojas]

Hi, thanks! When we made nacatamales for this video it was last minute so we didn't have time to order online and there was no hispanic supermarket anywhere nearby. Now we live in a bigger city and have access to those things :)

[@chefericksalvage]

And one last tip ,always add banana leaves before the foil when wrapping it ,it gives it a better more natural flavors

[@DarzRojas]

Sweet we will have to try that next time!

[@meylingfabiolabenavente2815]

Hola chicos se ven deli, yo vivo en italia mi esposo italiano y le encanta los nacatamales debo probar ha hacerlos

[@DarzRojas]

Sí! Solo recomiendo hacer poco masa xq se pone muy muy difícil mezclar jaja no pude mezclar la masa yo para cocinarla 😆

[@juanvallecillo8122]

Hi but for me is bread always my wife she's Puerto Rican n she knows how to cook nica food she love cooking nica food for my children they are Nicasricans but they love more nicas food them Ricans thank you guys for this video God bless y'all 🙏 viva Nicaragua jodido.....

[@DarzRojas]

Haha yes good stuff! :D

[@ejnava01]

Excellent vídeo! The Nacatamales looked great... understandably the banana leaves are ideal but one manages to make it work with what's available. FYI, Whole Foods has achiote ✌🏻🤠

[@DarzRojas]

Thanks! Yes. We don't have any Whole Foods nearby haha 😆

[@sarahzaremba]

Hi! You should be able to find lard in any grocery store. I use it in my pie crust. Also I have found frozen banana leaves at a local Asian market. I would love to see you guys do this again! ❤️

[@DarzRojas]

Oh really? I guess I've never actually looked but I just didn't think regular grocery stores sell lard.

[@sarahzaremba]

@@DarzRojas yes it is usually in the hispanic food section. The brand I usually buy comes in a green and white container and the brand is called Armour. ❤️

[@DarzRojas]

You're turn!

[@Nova_Nora5]

Looks delicious 🤤 great job 👏 ❤

[@DarzRojas]

Thanks! I think they turned out good :)

[@henrysteppel2031]

I will try making them here in Germany,thanks 👍

[@DarzRojas]

Awesome!

[@chefericksalvage]

And also bread goes well with nacatamal,not tortilla lol but your nacatamal looks great thanks for sharing

[@Nova_Nora5]

Yesss!!! Bread 🥖!!!! Never tortillas 🥰

[@DarzRojas]

Lol

[@jironk89]

Con pan! 🍞

[@DarzRojas]

Lol

[@arislopes1924]

I prefer nacatamales with tortillas I like grabbing some of the meat and masa with the tortilla while the bread you just take a bite out of it while you eat and coffee is also another must have for nacatamales

[@DarzRojas]

Makes sense, that's how I ate my first nacatamal. Yes can't forget the coffee haha

[@paperfood86]

My parents are from Managua and we eat nacatamale with bread. Achote is hard to find where I live too and we live in northern California.

[@DarzRojas]

1 point for the bread team lol :D one time we brought a big bag of achiote home with us from Nicaragua but we forgot last March!

[@elperron4100]

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[@DarzRojas]

@@elperron4100 jajaja muchas gracias hay que ver como hacer para el baile jaja no soy buena 🤣

[@jessieortega7888]

Tip: Achiote is usually in boxes in the foreign food isle where they put the Goya products. Walmart, Bravo Supermarkets, Giant, Whole Foods, Price Right- all sell Goya products in PA and that includes those boxes of achiote packets. Hope this helps.

[@ejnava01]

There's controversy as to whether Nacatamales are best paired with pan or tortilla... TRIGGER WARNING! I love my Nacatamal with ROSQUILLAS and café ✌🏻😎

[@99magaby]

Congratulations, it’s a hard work to make nacatamales. You did it well. Try to find pork lard instead of butter. I think you missed white bacon.

[@DarzRojas]

Thanks! Yes, we would've used lard but we decided kind of spur of the moment to make these and didn't really have a chance to figure out where to find it.

[@yancarlos9631]

Nice SOS beuatiful Nicaragua

[@edythguerrero5315]

Ok, I see you trying to compromise. “Midwest” Yikes! And I thought I lived in a white state. Oregon to be exact. Ok,so I’ve made them before. Did a few things different. 1st I use Manteca de puerco LARD”We have Mexican stores here and that’s usually where i pick it up. 2nd I add naranja agria to my masa. Other than that you pretty much almost nailed it !!! Aplausos 👏 one last thing pan is always a nacatamal best friend ❤️

[@DarzRojas]

Lol. Ooh I haven't heard of putting naranja agria in the masa! Seems like it would add a great flavor. We'll have to do that next time. We live in TX now so we have an awesome Mexican supermarket where we can get all the proper ingredients 😄

[@sandragomez9060]

Nacatamal con pan 🥖

[@DarzRojas]

Otro punto para pan jaja

[@eveluis43]

Nacatamales bread and coffee that is the way.

[@DarzRojas]

😁

[@cardan3227]

A mi me gusta comer nacatamal con pan o con tortilla :-). Cualquiera de los dos bastimentos

[@DarzRojas]

Que bien :D

[@superyooper8820]

I imagine masa probably is like making bread. Sometimes you need more water with bread depending on humidity and such. Maybe that's why you needed more butter? Also, how did you know to put more butter?

[@superyooper8820]

NM! Just finished the video. 😁

[@DarzRojas]

Hehe 👍😊

[@chefericksalvage]

Just a tip ,my mom orders her Nicaraguan provisions like achote and queso seco all those nica goodies ,from Miami I'll get you a link for the next time you are missing some ingredients ,you can order it online

[@chefericksalvage]

And your supposed to use pork lard instead of butter ,but butter works too

[@chefericksalvage]

Ans he's the link m.nacatamalnica.com/

[@DarzRojas]

@@chefericksalvage Thanks! And yes, I guess I forgot to mention it but we didn't have any lard. Well my sister had some uncured lard but we didn't have time to spend curing it in order to be able to use it lol

[@bennyv3663]

Yes I confirm pork lard is used the big farmer John white brick...thanks for that link I'll be using that

[@rjrodrig]

I eat them with both. Tortilla or pan. Both are carbs so... enjoy.

[@DarzRojas]

Hahaha carbs upon carbs

[@rjrodrig]

@@DarzRojas that is typical there. I like it with either.

[@bennyv3663]

Nacatamales are eaten best with sliced white bread 🍞🍞

[@DarzRojas]

Another point for Bread haha 😄

[@Imancabistan]

In the North they eat with tortilla and the south they eat with bread. (That’s what I learned. I eat it with bread).

[@DarzRojas]

Interesting!

[@marlonrodriguez1487]

Algo no se si lo an notado darz y tomas que el nacatamal se siente más rico comerlo al siguiente día que lo haces

[@DarzRojas]

De verdad no sabia

[@dfryer3330]

Bread !

[@assymcnasty1035]

Lol these Nicas dont measure 😁❤ Pan con nacatamal

[@DarzRojas]

Sounds like more pan than tortilla 😄

[@assymcnasty1035]

...lol my wife is like you and im from granada. We married this week. And we got a little nica on the way. Im the cook at home and she absolutely loves every meal. We enjoyed your video...you know i gotta say Nacatamales is my favorite. Much love to you and yours ✌

[@miresol61]

Bread 🥖

[@DarzRojas]

😄

[@blancaaly8465]

No vinagre se le pone naranja agria si no encuentras la fruta comprala envasada como viene el chile o el vinagre también hay naranja agria no vi que le echaras manteca o aceite. Para ser americana lo hicistes bien lastima que no le pusieras hoja de platano y achiote. Te felicito

[@DarzRojas]

Muchas gracias tal vez ahora viviendo en Texas podamos encontrar hoja de plátano y naranja agria y todo eso

[@davidcastillo7279]

well, in my case i like to eat it with bread and una gaseosa

[@DarzRojas]

Of course, don't forget the gaseosa jaja