Mexican-Inspired Recipes

Full of flavor and variety, Mexican cuisine offers up much more than the ever-popular taco. Find great recipes for Mexican-style chicken, pork, and beef dishes, in addition to a varierty of soups, sauces, desserts, and more recipes to create the perfect Mexican menu.

Staff Picks

Chicken Tostada Salad

Rating: 3.71 stars
2
Dress these Chicken Tostada Salads with your favorite Mexican-inspired flavors. We like tomato, avocado, red onion, and cilantro, but you can also add salsa, sour cream, or taco sauce to the mix.

Lighter Chicken Enchiladas

Rating: 3.35 stars
46
Shredded chicken, corn tortillas, plus a smoky chipotle sauce -- a delicious dinner in three steps.

Mexican Corn

Rating: 3.18 stars
7
Once you try this zesty corn recipe from south of the border, you may never go back to basic salt and butter. Just spread one tablespoon of mayonnaise over corn kernels, then sprinkle queso fresco over mayonnaise.

Tomatillo Enchilada Sauce

Simple cheese enchiladas are the perfect vehicle to show off a mouthwatering sauce. Try this bright green sauce on our Cheese Enchilada Casserole.

Bean Burritos

Rating: 3.34 stars
18
Stock your freezer with these healthy single-serving dinners (or hearty lunches).

Ground Turkey Tacos

Rating: 3.38 stars
5
Ground turkey is sautéed with chopped onion, chili powder, tomato paste, and chicken broth in these easy, family-friendly tacos. Stuff them into hard taco shells and top with all the fixings—sour cream, pico de gallo, avocado, cheddar cheese, and shredded lettuce.

Ground Chicken Tacos

Fast and tasty on Tuesday or any night, these tacos are a perfect vehicle for ground chicken. The meat is amped up with spices and chipotle in adobe so it's flavorful and juicy, and topping the tacos with pico de gallo adds another level of deliciousness.

Slow-Cooker Chili Chicken Tacos

Rating: 3.61 stars
49
Hearty meats such as chicken thighs become fall-apart sumptuous after a long, gentle simmer in the slow cooker -- the results are ideal for shredding into tacos or sandwich fillings.

Guacamole Without Tomatoes

No tomatoes here! Just creamy avocados amped up with lime juice, onion, jalapeno, and cilantro.

Cilantro-Lime Rice

Rating: 3.35 stars
25
A stir-in of cilantro and lime juice transforms plain cooked rice into a lively side that's an ideal accompaniment for Mexican main dishes, such as Chicken Fajita Tostadas.

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Rating: 3.44 stars
3
Most chicken enchiladas are dripping with cheese, but just a scattering of robust cotija in this casserolke is enough to satisfy.

Beef-and-Potato Burritos

Rating: 4 stars
11
For less spicy burritos, remove the jalapeno ribs and seeds before chopping.
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Inspiration and Ideas

15 Quick Quesadilla Recipes Ideal for Snack or Dinner

15 Quick Quesadilla Recipes Ideal for Snack or Dinner
There's more to quesadillas than tortillas and cheese. Our creative recipes are ready in a flash (and make ideal Cinco de Mayo appetizers, game-day snacks, or kid-friendly weeknight dinners).
Classic Flan

Classic Flan
Use a 13-inch round serving plate with a rim to accommodate the caramel. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 711.
Tomatillo Chicken

Tomatillo Chicken
Rating: Unrated
16
Cheese Enchilada Casserole

Cheese Enchilada Casserole
Rating: Unrated
3
Quick Salsa Verde

Quick Salsa Verde
Rating: Unrated
1
Spicy Pineapple Slaw

Spicy Pineapple Slaw

Classic Guacamole

Rating: 3.3 stars
1

For many, cilantro is the key to making the best guacamole. Serve this with chips, crackers, or crudites.

All Mexican-Inspired Recipes

The Perfect Margarita

Rating: 3.5 stars
11
A good margarita depends on the qualityof its ingredients; always use the best tequilayou can find. You'll get excellent results usinga citrus reamer, a small, fluted cylindricalwooden tool, to extract every last drop of juicefrom the limes.

Arroz Con Pollo

Rating: 3.61 stars
13
This one-pot recipe for Arroz Con Pollo, which is great for a crowd, comes from Martha's book One Pot: 120+ Easy Meals from Your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot, and More. It's made with bone-in fatty chicken thighs, pimiento-stuffed green olives, chopped tomatoes, saffron threads, and bay leaves.

Slow-Cooker Carne Guisada

Rating: 3.62 stars
15
Beef simmered with garlic and peppers in a thick tomato sauce makes for a warm and satisfying dinner. A slow cooker turns a less expensive cut of meat into a flavorful stew. Serve it in flour tortillas or spoon over rice.

Seasoned Roasted-Corn Salad Cups

This is a fresher take on esquites, Mexican street corn cups. Individual cups work well for entertaining, but the corn salad can also be made in a large serving bowl.

Chicken Taco Salad

Flavorful chicken thighs are oven-poached in an ancho chili powder-seasoned mixture of citrus juices before being pulled and shredded for topping on this hearty taco salad perfect for lunch or dinner.

Slow-Cooker Chicken Mole

Rating: 3.65 stars
16
Dark chocolate and spices add richness to the Mexican chile sauce called mole (MOH-lay). Simmer it in a slow cooker along with chicken thighs for a warming weeknight dinner.

Arroz Con Pollo

Rating: 3.69 stars
9
The bold flavors of saffron, bay leaves, and garlic infuse Valencia rice, a Spanish variety perfect for slow-cooked dishes and the traditional base for paella. Here, the grains are cooked up with golden-brown chicken thighs and garnished with pimiento-stuffed olives. Saffron gives the rice its warm yellow hue.

Mango Wedges with Chili

Rating: 3.74 stars
2
The natural sugars in fresh mango or papaya taste brighter and more complex with a sprinkle of salt and chili powder.

Veracruz-Style Sauce

This sauce is an accompaniment to chef Zarela Martinez's Red Snapper Veracruz-style recipe.

New Mexico Green-Chile Pozole

Rating: 3.1 stars
3
Dried hominy (hulled and dried kernels of corn) adds an incomparable corn flavor to this soup, but canned hominy is commonly used as a substitute.

Grilled Fish Tacos

Light yet filling, flaky grilled halibut fillets are tucked into corn tortillas and topped with crunchy vegetables and fresh herbs.

Crisp Taco Shells

Use these super-simple taco shells for Sarah's Tacos.

Grilled Fish for Tacos

Rating: 3.7 stars
2
Rather than double-fry it as they do in Baja, we rubbed ours with 3 spices and grilled it.

Shrimp and Snapper Ceviche with Tomatillos

Rating: 5 stars
1
Transform the ceviche from a classic seafood appetizer into a fun finger food by serving it with tortilla chips.

Beef Tacos

Rating: 3.39 stars
2
Beef tacos are fun to put together and delicious to eat. Fill the tortillas with lettuce and beef, then each person can add his or her favorite toppings.

Tortilla Soup with Black Beans

Rating: 3.42 stars
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Beans, a good-quality pantry staple, make this meal healthy, delicious, and affordable.

Fish Tacos

Rating: 3.3 stars
16
With simple ingredients, fish tacos are a light and easy meal. The creamy red-cabbage slaw can also be served on sandwiches or as a side for any Mexican dish.

Biscochitos

Rating: 4.24 stars
3
Rendering your own lard is what really makes these anise-flavored Mexican sugar cookies stand out, but you can use vegetable shortening in a pinch. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 711.

Tequila and Tonic

This bracing cocktail is great at any Super Bowl party or before a home-cooked Mexican meal.

Fish Tacos with Cabbage and Lime

Rating: 3.26 stars
11
These healthy tacos are easy to prepare and filled with flavorful cilantro.

Crispy Baked Chicken Flautas

Take taco night to the next level with this weeknight spin on cheesy, crunchy flautas. After stuffing them with a smoky, spicy ground chicken-chipotle mixture, we skipped the traditional pan-frying route in favor of letting them crisp-up in the oven.
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Easy Chile Verde

If you order a bowl of authentic Mexican chile verde in the Southwest, you'll find hunks of juicy, tender pork shoulder that have been braised for hours in a tart tomatillo-chile sauce. While the original is worthy of a special weekend project, we wanted a recipe that we could make on any lazy Sunday and still be delicious. By using storebought ingredients that bring maximum flavor with the minimal amount of fuss, we created a hearty and warming chile verde that is practically hands-off. In a rush? Try the pressure-cooker version of this recipe, instead.

Mexican Seafood Salad

Plump shrimp and delicate red snapper adorn this summery corn-and-tomato salad. Serve atop tender lettuce leaves and sprinkle with corn nuts for a satisfying crunch.

Taco Bar

Rating: 3.07 stars
4
A taco bar lets guests select their favorite fillings and fixings, choosing from chicken, pork, lettuce, radishes, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, salsas, and a squeeze of lime.
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