What began as a husband-and-wife team making tamales out of their house has since grown to become a trusted restaurant serving San Antonio-style eats on Jones Road. Get beef, pork, chicken, or bean and cheese tamales by the dozen and half-dozen. Missed the deadline to pre-order? Tamales are available at the restaurant through Christmas Eve.

This Tex-Mex and barbecue pop-up has been on the move this year, but just in time for holiday season, it’s staying still enough for you to order some tamales. Try the brisket tamales or the spicy red pork tamales — both $24 a dozen.

Parked at Northside brewery Astral Brewing, this food truck brings comforting and exciting street food straight from Oaxaca. Try its best-selling tlayudas, street tacos, flautas, and its deep-fried chicken tamales. A rarity in Houston but a common Oaxacan, the two tamales are steamed in their corn husks, then deep-fried and covered in sour cream, pico de gallo, and queso fresco for a decadent snack. If seeking tamales by the dozen, you’re in luck. The food truck, which also offers catering, sells chicken or rajas tamales — the latter a combination of tomatoes, onions, peppers, and cheese — by the dozen for $15. Call the truck to place your order ahead of time.

If you weren’t able to make it to one of chef Sylvia Casares’ tamale-making classes this season, both locations of her restaurant Sylvia’s Enchiladas will offer chicken, pork, and a combination of the tamales for $22 a dozen through December 31. For those ordering in bulk, buy five dozen and get an additional 12 tamales for free. Orders can be made by phone or online.

This Mexican restaurant, which prides itself on its many corn offerings, should be an obvious choice for tamales, which come stuffed with pork in green tomatillo sauce, chicken in red mole, or rajas. Order tamales to-go by the dozen for $24 or in a package of six through December 23 either online, over the phone, or in person.

Houston restaurant empire Goode Company will sell pork tamales daily by the dozen for $25 at its Kitchen & Cantina and Goode Co. Taqueria, with chili gravy and cheese available for ordering on the side. Be sure to order 24 hours ahead.

This iconic Mexican bakery is known for its plentiful baked goods, pastries, and famed whole tres leches cakes, but it’s also a reliable destination for tamales. Have a fierce masa craving in January? Find tamales sold here year-round.

Monkey’s Tail’s tamales have made a comeback for the holidays and are available daily during the winter season. Red chile pork and green chile chicken varieties are $16 for a full dozen and $9 for a half, and come with salsa verde and roja.

Picos tamale stand is back for the holidays, making it easy for Houstonians to stock up on the go. The outdoor kiosk, located onsite at the Upper Kirby restaurant, features Norteno-style and Oaxacan-style tamales, wrapped in banana leaf, alongside Picos’ moles, queso, and salsas.

James Beard Award-winning chef Hugo Ortega continues the tamale tradition at each of his restaurants. Order tamales stuffed with chicken mole poblano, mushroom pipian, pork cochinita, or chile muya from Hugo’s; mushroom tamales, chicken with salsa costeña, or pork with mole coloradito at Caracol; or pork with adobo or pecho de res tamales at Urbe — all for $24 a dozen.

Tacos A Go Go is offering jumbo tamales in spicy pork and vegan varieties, available by the half-dozen. Find the Texas-sized tamales at any one of the restaurant’s five locations. Get them while you can — these babies make an appearance only during the holiday season.

Cochinita & Co. is offering tamales in vegetarian, non-vegetarian, and vegan varieties. Pork, chicken, roasted vegetables, and cheese with poblano peppers are $13.75 for a half-pound and can be pre-ordered conveniently by text. Submit your request, and receive an invoice texted back immediately to complete the order.

This Rosenberg restaurant has earned a reputation for its carne asada, barbacoa, and some of the best pork and chicken tamales in Fort Bend County, which are available daily for $22 a dozen or $12 for a half-dozen, be sure to get its gravy or salsas on the side for some added spice.