Easy recipe for shredded chicken tamales with savory flavor and less than 2 hour prep and cook time recipe - Mexican dinner made easy. The perfect meal for celebrating Christmas or the New Year. If you’ve ever wanted to make Mexican tamales but were a bit intimidated by the mystery behind tamales – the corn husk wrapper, the steaming process, and the spices and flavors, this is the right recipe. If you follow this recipe you’ll have delicious Shredded Chicken Tamales.