Tamale Boy

Tamale Boy Menu

(503) 206-8022
1764 Northeast Dekum Street, Portland, OR 97211

Seasonal


Mole de Olla
$13.00
This traditional stew is often prepared and served during family gatherings. Beef stock base simmered with tomatoes, pasilla and ancho chiles. Served with cubed beef, masa dumplings, potatoes, zucchini, corn on the cob, green beans, carrots, and epazote. Accompanied with warm corn tortillas.
Tacos de Camarones
$13.00
Trio of flour tortillas with salsa roja-sautéed shrimp, onions and green peppers. Topped with melted oaxaca cheese. Served with shredded cabbage, caper aioli, avocado salsa, and lime.
Carne en su Jugo
$13.00
Gluten-free, vegan. This dish is famous in the state of jalisco and means meat cooked in its own juice. Carne asada served with pinto beans, green tomatillo sauce and bacon. Topped with radishes, green onions, and cilantro. Accompanied with warm corn tortillas.
Pozole Verde
$14.00
Gluten-free. The base of this beloved Mexican stew is made of chicken stock, poblano chiles, jalapeños, tomatillos and cilantro. Served with shredded chicken and tri-colored hominy. Topped with radishes, shredded cabbage, avocado, cilantro, onions, and Chile oil and lime wedges. Vegetarian option available. Pozole base made with vegetable stock and served with sautéed mushrooms in addition to toppings listed above.
Torta de Cochito
$13.00
This dish hails from the state of chiapas. Pork shoulder braised in a mixture of guajillo and ancho chiles, tomatillos and a variety of spices. Served on a French roll with black beans and topped with avocado and arugula. Pickled onions and escabeche on the side.
Enchiladas San Luis
$13.00
Gluten-free. With the use of almonds. Four corn tortillas filled with your choice of tinga de pollo, tinga de res, carnitas, or mushroom y epazote. Served with sauce made of chicken stock, almonds, tomatoes, red peppers, and onions. Garnished with red onion, edamame, radish, queso fresco, and crema.
Tacos de Arrachera
$12.00
Gluten freearrachera is the cousin of carne asada and is found throughout Mexico. Trio of 3 sisters blue corn tortillas filled with marinated skirt steak, roasted rosemary potatoes and sauteed green onion. Topped with avocado, radishand lime.
Molotes
10.00

$Seasonal Tamales

Our tamales are made with non GMO whole corn masa flour processed without preservatives additives.
Amarillo
6.75
Gluten-free. Shredded beef cooked in our housemade mole amarillo. Steamed in a banana leaf.

$Classics


Guacamole Molcajete
$12.00
Gluten-free, vegan. A tamale boy favorite. Made tableside in a traditional molcajete with dried Chile oil and roasted sunflower seeds. Served with freshly fried tortilla chips.
Bruselas Fritas
$10.00
Gluten-free, vegan. Crispy brussels sprouts sauteed in olive oil, dried chilesand olives. Topped with Chile oil and sliced grapefruit.
Burrito
$9.00
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, black beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, and your choice of one of the following: tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas.
Burrito Del Mar
$14.00
Sikil Pak
$10.00
Gluten-free, vegan. Fried cauliflower served atop sikil pak, a pumpkin seed dip that's a specialty of the state of yucatan. Topped with marinated jicama.
Burrito Encuerado
$11.00
Gluten-free. All the components of our burritos, but without the tortilla. Your choice of tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, or hongo y epazote. Served with rice, black beans, pico de gallo. Topped with guacamole and kale mix.
Quesadilla
$9.00
large flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and your choice of tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, or hongo y epazote.
Tacos
3.25
Gluten-free. Four-inch three sisters organic corn tortillas filled with your choice of tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, or hongo y epazote.

$Tamales

Our tamales are made with non GMO whole corn masa flour processed without preservatives additives. Corn masa with your favorite filling, steamed in cornhusks, or banana leaves, served with pickled onion, green tomatillo and roasted tomato salsas.
Oaxaqueno (Traditional)
$6.00
Gluten-free. Traditional oaxacan preparation. Creamy, twice cooked white corn masa filled with freshly prepared meats and vegetables. Steamed in a banana leaf.
Oaxaqueno (Cochinita Pibil)
$6.00
Specialty of the state of yucatán. Slow roasted pork in citrus juices, achiote and a variety of spices.
Oaxaqueno (Mole Negro)
$6.00
Chicken cooked with traditional black mole.
Oaxaqueno (Vegetales)
$6.00
Sauteed carrot, onion, spinach, and zucchini.
Norteno Tamal Frito
$12.00
Gluten-free. Crispy norteno tamale served with frijoles negros and topped with salsa de aguacate, queso fresco, pickled onions, crema, and cilantro. Served with 2 over easy eggs.
Norteno (Traditional)
$5.00
Gluten-free. Traditional Northern Mexican preparation. Made with fluffy yellow corn masa and filled with freshly prepared meats and vegetables. Steamed in a corn husk.
Norteno (Rajas)
$5.00
Roasted pasilla peppers, onion, corn, and queso asadero.
Norteno (Tinga de Pollo)
$5.00
Chicken cooked with onion, garlic, and chipotle in adobo.
Norteno (Chile Verde)
$5.00
Pork cooked in a green tomatillo sauce.
Oaxaqueno Tamales (Dozen)
$60.00
Norteno Tamales (Dozen)
48.00

$Brunch


Chilaquiles
$9.00
Gluten-free. Crispy tortillas sautéed with your choice of mole sauce, salsa roja or salsa verde. Served with two over easy eggs. Topped with pickled and chopped onions, queso fresco, crema, and cilantro.
Huarache de Tamal
$10.00
Gluten-free. Mexico meets portland with a huarache­-shaped tamal filled with frijoles puercos and queso. Topped with your choice of chorizo, came asada or al pastor as well as crema salsa de aguacate.
Enchiladas Suiza
$11.00
Gluten-free. Originating in Mexico city, the name "swiss enchiladas" is attributed to the amount of cheese and cream that resembles the swiss alps. Four enchiladas served with shredded chicken and jack cheese. Topped with a tomatillo cream sauce, queso fresco, chopped cilantro, and onions.
Problano Corn Chowder
$7.00
This hearty soup will warm you to your bones. Creamy corn chowder with roasted poblano peppers, topped with Chile oil and served with toasted baguette.
Uchepos
$9.00
From the state of michoacan, uchepos are sweet corn tamales served atop a crispy flour tortilla dredged in sugar, and cinnamon, our version includes a topping of crema, queso cotija, and fruit compote.
Sopa de Huevo
$9.00
Gluten-free. Popular in the state of oaxaca, this dish is hearty and comforting. Scrambled eggs covered with queso oaxaca and ranchero sauce. Topped with housemade chorizo and salsa de aguacate. Served with four corn tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
$10.00
Gluten-free. Corn tortilla layered with three over easy eggs and covered with housemade ranchero sauce, carne asada, and chorizo. Topped with pickled and chopped onions, queso fresco, crema, and cilantro.
Pastel Azteca
$8.00
Gluten-free. Popular all over Mexico, this dish is the country's answer to lasagna. Three layers of com tortillas with refried beans and your choice of tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, or hongo y epazote. Topped with an egg and covered with a tomato-­based sauce, crema, pico de gallo and queso fresco.
Norteno Tamal Frito
$10.00
Gluten-free. Crispy norteño tamale served with frijoles negros and topped with salsa de aguacate, queso fresco, pickled onions, crema, and cilantro. Served with two over easy eggs.
Breakfast Burrito
8.00
Large flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, potatoes, your choice of bacon or housemade chorizo, pico de gallo, and jack cheese.

$Tamales Brunch


Oaxaqueno (Traditional)
$5.50
Gluten-free. Traditional oaxacan preparation. Creamy, twice cooked white corn masa filled with freshly prepared meats and vegetables. Steamed in a banana leaf.
Oaxaqueno (Cochinita Pibil)
$5.50
Specialty of the state of yucatán. Slow roasted pork in citrus juices, achiote, and a variety of spices.
Oaxaqueño (Mole Negro)
$5.50
Chicken cooked with traditional black mole.
Oaxaqueño (Vegetales)
$5.50
Sautéed carrot, onion, spinach, and zucchini.
Norteno (Traditional)
$4.50
Gluten-free. Traditional Northern Mexican preparation. Made with fluffy yellow corn masa and filled with freshly prepared meats and vegetables. Steamed in a corn husk.
Norteno (Chile Verde)
$4.50
Pork cooked in a green tomatillo sauce.
Norteno (Tinga de Pollo)
$4.50
Chicken cooked with onion, garlic, and chipotle in adobo.
Norteno (Rajas)
$4.50
Roasted pasilla peppers, onion, corn, and queso asadero.
Norteño Tamal Frito
12.00
Crispy norteño tamale served with frijoles negros and topped with salsa de aguacate, queso fresco, pickled onions, crema, and cilantro. Served with two over easy eggs.

$Bebidas Brunch


Water Avenue Coffee
$3.00
Chocolate Donaji
$3.00
Named after donaji, a zapotec princess, ourhot chocolate is made with milk and abuelitachocolate. Thickened with ground maize, rice. And cacao seeds. Topped with whipped cream. Cafedeolla coffee brewed with orange zest. Cloves. Cinnamon and brown sugar. Served hot or cold. Aguas frescas rotating selection of horchata, Jamaica. Tamarindo. Mexican Coke Diet Coke.
Cafe de Olla
$4.00
Coffee brewed with orange zest. Cloves. Cinnamon and brown sugar. Served hot or cold.
Aguas Frescas
$3.00
Rotating selection of horchata, Jamaica. Tamarindo.
Mexican Coke
$2.75
Diet Coke
1.50

$Burritio


Burritio
9.00
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, blackbeans, pico de gallo, and your choice of one of the following: tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, orhongo y epazote.

$Quesadilla


Quesadilla
9.00
Large flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and your choice of tinga de res, tinga de pollo, carnitas, or hongo y epazote.

$Ninos


Bean & Cheese Burrito
$5.00
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, jack cheese, black beans.
Flour & Corn Quesadilla
4.00
Three corn or one flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese.

$Sides


Arroz Mexicano
$2.50
Gluten-free, vegan. Mexican rice cooked with onion, garlic, and tomato.
Esquites
$2.50
Gluten-free, vegan. Corn roasted with chipotle, onion, and epazote herb.
Frijoles Puercos
$2.50
Gluten-free. Native to sinaloa, these refried beans are cooked with bacon, chorizo, onion, and chipotle.
Frijoles Negros
2.50
Gluten-free, vegan. Whole black beans simmered with garlic and epazote.

$Drinks


Aguas Frescas
$3.00
Horchata, Jamaica or tamarindo.
Mexican Coke
$2.75
Diet Coke
$1.50
Cafe de Olla
$4.00
Kiosko coffee brewed with orange zest, cloves, cinnamon, anise, and brown sugar. Served hot or cold.

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