Cinco De Mayo Recipes

Whether you’re planning a day of Cinco de Mayo festivities or you’re just looking for a few recipes to celebrate at home, here are some of our favorite Mexican and Mexican-inspired recipes for your table.

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Chicken Fajitas Recipe
Easy Chicken Fajitas
25 mins
Cheesy chicken enchilada casserole, with a serving being lifted from the dish
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole
70 mins
Beef Enchilada Casserole in a Casserole Dish Next to a Table Cloth, a Plate, and a Bowl with Side Salad
Beef Enchilada Casserole
65 mins
Authentic guacamole in a bowl with chips
How to Make the Best Guacamole
10 mins
Pulled Pork Enchiladas in a Casserole Dish
Pulled Pork Enchiladas
80 mins
Side view of a margarita and a jar of homemade margarita mix.
Homemade Margarita Mix
18 mins
Two blender margaritas in wide glasses garnished with strawberries.
Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
15 mins
Simple Green Chile Tomato Salsa
World's Easiest Salsa
10 mins
Cilantro Lime Rice
Cilantro Lime Rice
35 mins
Carnitas
Easy Carnitas
3 hrs
Finished Enchiladas Verdes Recipe Garnished with cheese, red onion, and fresh cilantro
Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
40 mins
Casserole dish filled with easy vegetarian enchiladas fillled iwth butternut squash and topped with cheese
Butternut Squash Enchiladas
70 mins
Mexican Street Corn topped with crema and cilantro on a plate
Grilled Mexican Street Corn (Elote)
20 mins
Green Chile Enchiladas
Green Chile Enchiladas
60 mins
chicken pozole soup
Chicken Pozole Blanco
2 hrs
Pulling a loaded chip away from a sheet pan of nachos
Loaded Sheet Pan Nachos
17 mins
Mexican Chicken Lime Soup
Mexican Chicken Lime Soup (Sopa de Lima)
85 mins
Watermelon margaritas for a crowd
Watermelon Pitcher Margaritas
15 mins
A large mason jar of easy homemade horchata with a cinnamon stick inside is in front of a similar glass and a pitcher of homemade horchata. A small bowl of rice and cinnamon sticks are to the left.
Horchata
20 mins
Spanish Rice
Spanish Rice
35 mins
A plate of mexican chips.
How to Make Homemade Tortilla Chips
25 mins
Pork and Poblano Stew
Pork and Poblano Stew
2 hrs
Easy chicken enchilada recipe
Easy Chicken Skillet Enchiladas
30 mins
Two Crockpot Chipotle Chicken Tacos on a plate with lime wedges
Slow Cooker Honey Chipotle Chicken Tacos
4 hrs
Freezing mexican hot chocolate recipe in a loaf pan for ice cream.
Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream
35 mins
tomato salsa in a bowl showing chopped tomatoes and onion
Pico de Gallo (Fresh Salsa)
15 mins
Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Tea) Served with Ice and a Lime Slice Next to a Small Plate of Sliced Oranges and Limes and a Pitcher with More Jamaica
Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Iced Tea)
35 mins
Black Eyed Pea Salsa
Black Eyed Pea Salsa with Cheese Quesadillas
45 mins
Baked burrito casserole with lettuce and tomatoes.
Easy Burrito Casserole
65 mins
Mexican Street Corn Nachos
Mexican Street Corn Nachos
30 mins
Homemade flour tortillas on a plate in-between a teal linen. A small bowl of pickled jalepanos, a box shredder, shredded sheese and a halved avocado are around the plate.
Homemade Flour Tortillas
35 mins
Meatless tortilla soup in a bowl topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and tortilla strips.
Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
35 mins
Two delicious grapefruit margaritas garnished with a grapefruit wedge.
Grapefruit Margarita
5 mins
Margarita Recipe with Blueberries serve
Blueberry Pitcher Margaritas
15 mins
Get ready for game day with a bowl of ceamy queso dip topped with pico de gallo and surrounded by tortilla chips
Queso Dip
40 mins
A bowl of crockpot Taco Soup topped with sour cream and chips
Slow Cooker Taco Soup
10 mins
Mexican Green Rice
Arroz Verde (Mexican Green Rice)
60 mins
Salsa Verde Carnitas
Salsa Verde Carnitas
3 hrs
Best Restaurant Guacamole like Chipotle
Copycat Chipotle Guacamole
15 mins
Grilled Chicken with Salsa Verde
Grilled Salsa Verde Chicken
35 mins
Many Mexican Tostadas for dinner
Mexican Tostada
40 mins
A rimmed plate of grilled eggplant, zucchini, corn, scallion, bell pepper, and tomato nachos.
Grilled Vegetable Nachos
55 mins
Mexican Beef Tongue Tacos
Beef Tacos de Lengua (Beef Tongue Tacos)
4 hrs
Cochinita Pibil
Cochinita Pibil
3 hrs
Blue Corn Chicken Nachos
Blue Corn Chicken Nachos
30 mins
Shrimp Fajitas Recipe
Skillet Shrimp Fajitas
25 mins
a row of Sweet Potato Black Bean Tacos topped with avocado, cotija cheese, and salsa verde
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
40 mins
Plated Creamy vegan queso recipe
Vegan Queso
30 mins
Queso Blanco
20 mins
Spicy Grilled Chicken Tacos
Spicy Grilled Chicken Tacos
35 mins
Classic Margarita
Classic Margarita
10 mins
Grilled peach margarita on a table with limes and peaches.
Grilled Peach Pitcher Margaritas
30 mins
Pressure Cooker Refried Beans in a white bowl with lime wedges and sliced jalepenos nearby. The instant pot is in the background.
Instant Pot Refried Beans
80 mins
Three recipes to celebrate Cinco de Mayo set side by side.
25 Recipes to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Plate with grilled steak foil packet opened up to reveal steak, peppers, onions inside. Avocado slices and sour cream are also in the packet and a flour tortilla is to the right.
Easy Grilled Steak Fajitas
20 mins
Easy Chicken Enchiladas in pan covered in red chili sauce and cheese
Red Chili Chicken Enchiladas
50 mins
Mexican Enfrijoladas topped with avocado and cotija.
Enfrijoladas with Black Beans, Avocado and Cotija
30 mins
Chipotle Chocolate Cake
Chipotle Flourless Chocolate Cake
Pozole Rojo (Pork and Hominy Stew)
Pozole Rojo (Mexican Pork and Hominy Stew)
3 hrs
Corn tortilla recipe with corn tortillas stacked on a blue striped linen.
How to Make Corn Tortillas
35 mins