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Tamale Boy Dekum

Regional Mexican
  • 1764 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211
  • 503-206-8022
  • Last verified: August 2026
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Menu

Appetizers

  • Chips and Guacamole$12

    Made with dried chile oil, roasted sunflower seeds, and pico de gallo, served with freshly fried tortilla chips

  • Guacamole, Salsa & Chips$14

    Made with dried chile oil, roasted sunflower seeds, and pico de gallo, served with freshly fried tortilla chips

  • Chips & Salsa$6

    Freshly fried chips and your choice of housemade salsas

  • Queso Fundido$12

    Melted queso Oaxaca, Jack cheese, and poblano sauce, topped with chorizo, grilled onions, poblano peppers, chile oil, and Mexican crema

  • Nachos$14

    Crispy tortilla chips topped with jack cheese cream sauce, black beans, choice of tinga de pollo or carnitas, guacamole, and sliced pickled jalapeños

Seasonal

  • Tostadas Aguachile$16

    Three crispy tostadas topped with shrimp mixed with aguachile sauce, cucumber, red onion, chipotle dressing and dried chile oil

  • Torta Faldilla$17

    Telera bread with pork beans, marinated carne asada, guacamole, onion, cilantro, Oaxaqueño cheese, and roasted tomato salsa

  • Enchiladas Verdes$16

    Corn tortillas stuffed with shrimp sautéed with butter and pico de gallo, smothered with creamy tomatillo sauce and chipotle dressing

  • Enchiladas Mineras$17

    Four corn tortillas filled with queso Oaxaca, smothered with guajillo sauce, topped with sautéed potato, chayote squash, carrots, chorizo, carne asada, queso fresco and crema

  • Tacos Zarandeados$15

    Three griddled corn tortilla tacos smothered in sauce, stuffed with shrimp sautéed with poblano peppers, Oaxaqueño cheese, and creamy chipotle sauce

  • Sopes de Puerco$14

    Two large thick masa discs with chorizo refried bean base, smothered with pork cooked in green chile sauce made with tomatillo, cilantro, and jalapeño

  • Tamalito de Rajas con Pollo$12

    Shredded chicken cooked in chunky tomato, onion, jalapeño, and garlic sauce stuffed tamal on salsa ranchera base, topped with sautéed sweet corn and poblano chiles

  • Empanadas de Biria$14

    Three corn masa empanadas stuffed with beef birria and jack cheese, topped with Mexican crema, avocado salsa, served with pickled red onion and consomé

Classics

  • Tacos$5

    Organic corn tortillas filled with your choice of filling; Carne Asada or Pork Al Pastor $5.99

  • Burrito$14

    Large flour tortilla filled with rice, black beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, pickled onions, and your choice of filling

  • Burrito Bowl - Encuerado$14

    A burrito without the tortilla; your choice of filling, served with rice, black beans, pico de gallo and pickled onions, topped with guacamole and cabbage slaw

  • Bruselas Fritas$14

    Crispy Brussels sprouts sautéed in olive oil, dried chiles, and chopped mixed olives, topped with chile oil, sliced grapefruit, and crunchy tortilla strips

  • Sikil Pak$14

    Fried cauliflower served atop sikil pak, a roasted sunflower seed, garlic, tomato and habanero dip, topped with pickled habanero, jicama, sliced radish, and sunflower seeds

  • Burrito del Mar$18

    Large flour tortilla wrapped and filled with shrimp, rice, black beans, and pico de gallo, topped with white wine cream sauce, cilantro, queso fresco, chile oil, and avocado slices

  • Quesadilla$13

    Large flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and your choice of filling, topped with avocado sauce, served with pickled onions

Tamales

  • Oaxaqueño Tamal, Cochinita Pibil$7.75

    Creamy, twice cooked white corn masa filled with slow roasted pork in citrus juices, achiote, and spices, steamed in a banana leaf

  • Oaxaqueño Tamal, Mole Negro$7.75

    Chicken cooked with traditional black mole, steamed in a banana leaf (contains peanuts)

  • Oaxaqueño Tamal, Vegetales$7.75

    Sautéed carrot, onion, spinach and zucchini, steamed in a banana leaf

  • Oaxaqueño Tamal, Amarillo$6.79

    Shredded beef in housemade mole amarillo, steamed in a banana leaf

  • Norteño Tamal, Chile Verde$7.75

    Pork in green tomatillo sauce, fluffy yellow corn masa steamed in a corn husk

  • Norteño Tamal, Tinga de Pollo$7.75

    Chicken with onion, garlic, and chipotle in adobo, fluffy yellow corn masa steamed in a corn husk

  • Norteño Tamal, Rajas$7.75

    Roasted pasilla peppers, onion, corn, and queso asadero, fluffy yellow corn masa steamed in a corn husk

  • Norteño Tamal Frito$14

    Choose one of three norteño tamales, served crispy with frijoles negros and topped with avocado salsa, queso fresco, pickled onions, Mexican crema, and cilantro, served with two over easy eggs

  • Dozen Oaxaqueño Tamales$81
  • Dozen Norteño Tamales$81

Sides

  • Arroz Mexicano$4

    Mexican rice cooked with onion, garlic, and tomato

  • Frijoles Negros$4
  • Frijol Puerco$4

    Native to Sinaloa, refried beans cooked with bacon, chorizo, onion, and chipotle

  • Esquites$4

    Corn roasted with chipotle, onion, and epazote

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

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