70+ Cinco De Mayo Recipes For Your Parties

Fancy a Taco Tuesday in the comfort of your home? You'll love this quick, flavorful ground beef taco recipe. Perfect for a fast weeknight dinner. These delectable tacos are filled with juicy ground beef seasoned with a savory, lightly spicy homemade taco seasoning and served in warmed tortillas – garnished with your favorite tacos toppings, of course!

If you’re looking for a quick, easy midweek dinner that packs a punch of flavor, then these easy Chicken Tacos should be your go-to recipe! You can customize the chicken tacos according to your taste preference, and with marinated chicken breast, any veggies you add will taste amazing.

If you've been searching for a quick, tasty dinner for busy weeknights, look no further than this effortless Instant Pot chicken taco recipe. This easy Mexican recipe is even faster than the classic chicken taco recipe thanks to the Instant Pot. And although it's quicker, the results are the same – tender, moist chicken packed with flavor.

For those busy evenings when you're in the mood for a quick, hearty dinner but don't want to spend loads of time in the kitchen, it can be a hassle to find the ideal recipe. The solution? Try this mouthwatering easy taco salad recipe!

Just because you’re following a low-carb diet, doesn’t mean you have to forego Taco Tuesdays! With a few cups of cheese, you can make these crispy cheese taco shells and fill them with your favorite taco filling. Because they are low-carb (about 1g net carbs per shell) and gluten-free, they’ve been all the rage in the keto diet world lately.

Crispy shrimp tacos are a phenomenal easy dinner recipe you can make in very little time. This tasty, fresh Mexican dish takes less than 20 minutes from the time you start cooking to the moment you tuck in. Taco fillings can be made from just about anything, but the combination of mouthwatering crispy shrimp and the fresh, bright taste of the cilantro-lime coleslaw is phenomenal. Beautifully crispy with a hint of spice thanks to the taco seasoning, these crispy shrimp tacos are full of amazing flavor – they're sure to become a favorite for those busy weeknights!

Looking for a fast, easy Mexican dish to please a crowd? Try making these delicious chicken enchiladas. They're perfect for a fast yet flavorful weeknight dinner and double up as a fantastic dish to serve up on Cinco de Mayo or other celebrations.

This chicken enchilada casserole is super easy variation on the classic Mexican enchilada recipe, where you'll layer your tortillas instead of rolling them around the filling. It's a family-friendly dish that doubles as a wickedly good main for parties and potlucks. It's easy to make ahead, so you can whip up this mouthwatering casserole and enjoy it later in the week.

Enchiladas are an easy meal for when you’re in a rush! This recipe for beef enchiladas is rich, filling, but will leave you wanting more. Classic enchiladas are typically made with corn tortillas, but these are made with flour tortillas. They have a flavorful ground beef filling made with beans and green chiles and are topped with red enchilada sauce and cheese for the ultimate finish. These beef enchiladas take minimal time to prep and only require about 20 minutes in the oven to bake!

These tasty turkey enchiladas are made with cooked turkey, sour cream, cheese, chili peppers and tortillas. They are baked in the oven with a spicy tomato-based sauce, and make a great midweek dinner.

If you love enchiladas, but not the carbohydrates in them, why not try this ingenious way to use cabbage leaves to wrap around a tasty filling?

This easy refried bean recipe is just as tasty as the refried beans you'd get at your favorite Mexican restaurant, and the best part is you can make them whenever you want! In Spanish, refried beans are called frijoles refritos, which means well-fried beans. Made with slow-cooked beans, onions, oil, cheese, and chipotle powder, it's an amazingly flavorful dish that can be used in so many delicious ways.

Ground beef and cheese is a classic combination. Throw in crispy fried tortillas, and you’ve got an easy weeknight meal that will satisfy any fussy eater. Quesadillas are a popular Tex Mex or Mexican meal. It’s easy to eat on the go, and you can stuff it with any ingredients. And seriously, who doesn’t like a crispy tortilla stuffed with cheese and meat? It’s a quick option for a midweek meal. Ground beef is sauteed with onion and garlic and then stuffed in the tortilla with queso and grated cheese. Of course, you don’t need to stick with these ingredients, but you can customize it as you want.

Mexican food is widespread throughout the rest of the world, and we love to make its most famous dishes using the ingredients we have on hand. These Mexican ham and cheese quesadillas is an easy and quick recipe, perfect to serve for lunch or as a snack. The original quesadilla is made with cheese and different ingredients, so this recipe has been used to make a light and flavorful combination. If you feel like preparing a Mexican menu, nothing better than making this ham and cheese quesadillas. And if you dare, you can even add homemade guacamole dip inside the quesadilla itself, what a delight!

Sometimes you’re just looking for a dish that’s tasty and delicious, easy to make, and that can be made with a handful of ingredients. This Baked Chicken Quesadilla recipe is a variation of the Beef Quesadilla one. It’s perfect for a crowd, as it’s made in a one-dish manner. Crispy fried chicken, ham, and Emmental cheese are layered and baked to golden, crispy perfection. It’s easy to modify, so you can add whatever you have in the fridge. It’s perfect for a party or large crowd… no more frying quesadillas one by one! This will definitely be a big crowd-pleaser, so make sure you try it.

Packed with hearty, tasty vegetables, beans, and plenty of delicious gooey cheese, vegetarian quesadillas are a fantastic main meal you can whip up in no time. With loads of fiber, nutritious veggies, and healthy spices, easy veggie quesadillas are a great way to get your kids to eat more vegetables.

If you’ve ever been to Applebees, you know that one of their most popular items is the Quesadilla burger. Yes, you know we love fusion foods, and when two of our favorites come together  like quesadilla + burger = quesadilla burger, so we want to try it in our own kitchen! So if you wanted to try this in your home, then make sure you make this Applebee's copycat.

Elote is a favorite Mexican street corn recipe. Made with fresh sweet corn on the cob coated in a creamy and spicy sauce, this is the perfect recipe for warm weather or outdoor eating.

Spicy, smoky, and a little bit sweet (thanks to the fresh sweet corn), Mexican street corn salad, or esquites, is a fantastic summer side dish that's ready to eat in under 20 minutes. This ultra-flavorful Mexican street food recipe is the off the cob version of elote, Mexican grilled corn. You don't need a grill to make esquites, so it's effortless to prepare and cook – the perfect last-minute quick side dish that tastes amazing and goes with everything from tacos and enchiladas to your favorite barbecue dishes.

No party spread is complete without homemade guacamole and tortilla chips. Whether you're celebrating Cinco de Mayo, have friends over for game day, or are hosting a barbecue, guacamole is a must-have on the table. This classic Mexican avocado dip can also be smeared on burger buns, or spooned onto tacos, burritos, and even baked potatoes, as well as served with chips.

Pico de gallo is a healthy, low-calorie Mexican salsa that's a perfect appetizer, or side dish. It can also work as topping with so many dishes. It's made from onion, tomato, jalapeno, lime juice, cilantro, and salt.

Whether you're looking for a phenomenal party snack to serve your guests on game day or want a delicious, hearty something to snack on for movie night, nothing beats loaded nachos. It is made of perfectly crispy tortilla chips covered in savory ground beef and black beans, melted cheese, zesty cilantro, and more.

It couldn't be easier to make great-tasting tortilla chips from scratch. Deliciously crispy and lightly seasoned with salt, these homemade tortilla chips are just as tasty as the ones you'd get at your favorite Mexican restaurant, and far better than anything you'd pick up in the supermarket. The best part? All you need to make tortilla chips is tortillas, and salt.

The Mexican salad is a classic summer dish, based on tuna, corn and beans, very easy to make; perfect for when you are hungry but with few ideas. A recipe that everyone likes because it is nutritious and fresh at the same time, perfect for the warmer season, but above all useful to use and finish various canned food that perhaps has been lying in the pantry for a while. To make this salad a complete single dish you can accompany it with slices of toasted bread or with boiled or steamed rice; bring it to the sea or to work and you will not regret it. So let’s see how to make the Mexican salad.

For a hearty, flavorful, easy-to-make breakfast that will set you up with plenty of energy for the day, you'll love this mouthwatering chilaquiles recipe.

If you want a warming, tasty and satisfying evening meal, look no further than this Mexican-inspired chicken casserole.

You would certainly fall in love with this delicious dip! Seven layer dip is as appealing to the taste buds as to the eyes, a very pretty looking drool worthy preparation. The best thing about this quick preparation, you may prepare it in just no time…

This crockpot salsa chicken recipe is beautiful in its simplicity. It's similar to baked salsa chicken, but with even less work involved. You only need 4 ingredients: chicken, salsa, and taco seasoning, plus some fresh lime to garnish and add a zesty touch to the dish. It's a delicious, effortlessly easy Mexican recipe you can make in your crockpot and makes a perfect hearty, filling dinner you can throw together in 5 minutes then leave to cook away while you go about your day. Slow cooking the chicken makes it meltingly tender and infuses it with the flavor of the salsa and taco seasoning. Serve it with rice, beans, and tortillas, or as a filling for tacos or burritos. However you choose to eat it, you're sure to love slow cooker salsa chicken!

I am an admirer and lover of well-made broths, with tropical and well-defined flavors. The pozole, one of my favorites, is a broth of Mexican origin made from corn, it is added pork, chicken, etc, this will depend on the region of the country, is commonly accompanied with toast. It is of pre-Hispanic origin where it was a simpler broth but with the passage of time have been replaced or integrated new ingredients to enhance its flavor, each area has a different way of making it, thus originating variations of the basic preparation; this time I want you to enjoy creating a pork pozole, you will love its great flavor, it will fill you with energy and you will enjoy cooking this Mexican culinary art work, which in the end will conquer all your guests. You'll love it!

Tamales are a classic Mexican dish that's incredibly easy to make. This delicious recipe is incredibly versatile – you can make your tamales with any type of filling you like, whether you're in the mood for beef, chicken, pork or prefer vegetarian tamales. Bonus? They're naturally gluten-free!

Looking for an easy one-pot meal you can whip up in just over an hour? This simple, savory tamale pie recipe is the answer! Made from ground beef cooked with spices and enchilada sauce and topped with a savory masa topping, tamale pie tastes just like your favorite beef tamales. The masa (maize dough made from nixtamalized corn) gives this dish its authentic taste.

Whether you enjoy it in tacos, burritos, quesadillas, over nachos, or on its own, pork carnitas is sure to hit the spot. It's melt-in-your-mouth, ultra-tender and juicy on the inside, and browned and crispy on the outside, thanks to the way it's cooked.

Chicken fajitas are a fabulous fast dinner you can whip up on a busy weeknight. This classic Mexican and Tex-Mex dish is packed with juicy chicken, tender yet crisp peppers and onions coated in a spicy, tangy, savory marinade. Everything is perfectly seared, then served in soft, fluffy warm tortillas.

The Mexican sauce, also known as ranchera sauce, is a famous spicy sauce made with tomatoes, peppers and of course chilli pepper, very easy to prepare at home. Known throughout the world, accompanied by the ever-present nachos or a delicious tacos with meat and vegetables, Mexican salsa is a real concentrate of flavor! If you love chili peppers, adore the spicy taste and want to prepare a tasty aperitif for your friends, this hot sauce is definitely the one for you! A few ingredients and a few moves and you will have prepared a mouthwatering Mexican sauce: let's see how!

Totchos, or tater tot nachos, are a mouthwatering appetizer that's an amazing dish you can serve up on game day or any time you have a big crowd to feed. They are made from crispy browned tater tots sprinkled generously with cheese, meat, and spicy queso sauce.

Crunchy sensation of nachos with a really good food are a pleasant combination, special for snacks in meetings. If your guests love hot flavors this recipe is what you need to give them an amazing snack in that birthday party, or a special meeting for celebrate a special event. This recipe combines the sensations of soft beans and corn, crunchy nachos, and the hot flavors from peppers and characteristic flavor of the oregano. Make your celebration as special as the event you are celebrating with these pies.

Mexican food has become very popular outside its borders and its famous dishes are known all over the world, like for the tostadas. These chicken tinga tostadas are a typical Mexican recipe packed with flavor. Easy and delicious, tostadas are topped with chicken tinga. The secret of these chicken tinga tostadas lies in the spicy chipotle chiles. The chicken is juicy and smoky and there is nothing better than serving it on tostadas with fresh ingredients. Customize this wonderful recipe as you like and try different flavor combinations.

Nothing goes together quite as well as cheese and ham, and these tasty little empanada pockets are filled with melted cheese and savory pieces of cooked ham.

Beef Empanadas are a fun and tasty homemade snack to make with kids in the kitchen. Make your own yeasted dough, beef mince filling and fry them to perfection!

Whether you're a vegetarian or are an omnivore in the mood for a hearty meat-free dish, you'll love this amazing vegetarian chile rellenos. Chile rellenos are a classic Mexican dish made from roasted poblano peppers stuffed with cheese. The peppers are then battered and deep-fried and served with dollops of freshly made green or red salsa, which makes each bite irresistible.

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so why not start your morning right with homemade huevos rancheros? This easy-to-make Mexican dish is packed with flavor. Huevos rancheros gets its delicious flavor from the homemade spicy tomato salsa served with fried eggs and warm tortillas. It's a comforting, satisfying dish that will keep you full of energy for hours. There are loads of tasty ways to customize your huevos rancheros. Add beans, avocado, cheese, chorizo, or sour cream for the ultimate huevos rancheros experience.

Made from ground beef, potatoes, and veggies gently simmered in a deliciously seasoned tomato sauce, picadillo is a classic Latin American dish that's perfect when you're in the mood for a richly flavored, hearty dish. Also popular in the Philippines, picadillo is super easy to make and even easier to customize.

Cilantro Lime Rice is an aromatic and easy recipe to prepare, an ideal companion to serve a good fish, seafood, chicken, turkey, etc. Rice, because it is very versatile, healthy and accessible, has become the most consumed cereal in the world. With this recipe you will give a different touch to your traditional rice, the aroma that the cilantro brings to the preparation is delicious and the freshness that the lemon gives, makes this rice irresistible. Cilantro Lime Rice can be made with any type of rice; the important thing is the taste that is achieved with special ingredients (lemon and cilantro). This is one of those recipes that with a few ingredients and little effort you get a delicious result.

What a lovely and delicious rice preparation! Restaurant-Style Mexican rice preparation has all the typical Mexican ingredients…tomato, onion, lime, garlic, and a hell lot of cilantro!

Homemade beef burritos are an amazing, fast weeknight dinner you can make any time of year. This flavorful Mexican dish is incredibly versatile – you can add any number of ingredients to a burrito.

If you're looking for an easy, fast Mexican recipe that everyone will love, look no further than this authentic carne asada recipe. Carne asada is a fantastic dish to make for parties, barbecues, and other special occasions like Cinco de Mayo. Made with tender, succulent marinated steak grilled over a high heat, carne asada is packed with flavor and incredibly versatile.

Tex-Mex flavors are very appreciated all around the world. The delicious combination between hot, sweet, salty and bitter flavors in perfect proportions allows people who taste those dishes enjoy the explosion of flavors in their mouths. The recipe provided makes also an interesting combination between pork and chicken flavors that will make you and people who eat this dish ask for more. This chili can be serve for breakfast, lunch or dinner and with the combinations you prefer: bread, rice, tortillas and many others. If you really like hot and tomato flavors, and enjoy the pork as much as I do, this recipe is for you.

With its flavorful, tender meat cooked in a beautifully spiced, tomato marinade, it's no wonder that everyone is buzzing about birria tacos. Although traditionally made from goat or lamb, beef birria tacos are currently very popular thanks to social media.

The next time you're in the mood for a delicious Southwestern dish, why not try making chimichangas? This easy Tex-Mex recipe for deep-fried burritos is always a hit. With perfectly crispy flour tortillas packed with tender, juicy shredded chicken, refried beans, and plenty of melted cheese, each bite is pure bliss.

Shrimps are always delicious, you can eat them in any meal. They are easy to prepare and can be combined with many ingredients producing exotic variations that can be. Cook them always take a few minutes and they are very helpful when cooking time is so short. All this fact helps us to imagine that any snack can be prepare with them. The present recipe shows us an easy way to prepare a fast snack for a friends meeting, with the combination of crunchy and soft sensations, from potato chips and shrimps respectively, and light and hot flavors from avocado and chili. This dish makes your meeting special and try to have extra ingredients, because your friends cloud wants more and more.

Mole is a rich, flavorful sauce that's used as a marinade or spooned over chicken, meat, plantains, and more, or swirled into soups and stews. Also known as mole poblano, this delicious traditional Mexican sauce has a sweet, spicy, smoky flavor.

Perfect for holidays, birthday parties, potlucks, or any time you have a group of chocolate lovers in the same room, chocolate tres leches cake is an amazing, rich dessert that's sure to please a crowd. Made with luxurious layers of moist chocolate cake, sweet milky chocolate filling, and topped with chocolate whipped cream, chocolate tres leches cake is great for feeding a large group.

If you've been searching for a gorgeous, impressive cake to serve for birthday parties, engagement parties, and other special occasions, look no further than the piñata cake. Named after the popular Mexican piñata party game, where people bash a paper-mache figure filled with sweets, this amazing cake contains a candy surprise inside.

Can't get enough of the sweet milky flavor of tres leches cake? Get ready to fall in love with tres leches cupcakes. Tres leches cupcakes are the perfect dessert to make for your Cinco de Mayo party, but they're so delicious, you may find yourself looking for excuses to make them. With their rich, decadent, lightly spiced flavor, fluffy texture, and creamy topping, homemade tres leches cupcakes are virtually impossible to resist.

If you're in the mood for a light, easy-to-make dessert, try this simple tres leches cake recipe. This popular Mexican dessert is made with a light sponge cake base that's poked and soaked in a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and regular whole milk and topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.

The Condensed Milk Cake is the perfect combination of a soft sponge cake and a firm pound cake. It’s an easy cake to throw together, simply mix your wet and dry ingredients separately and then combine the two and bake.

If you’re looking for simple, decadent dessert, then look no further. With a handful of ingredients, you can make chocolate tacos, filled with whipped cream and chopped pistachios. It’s also easy to switch up ingredients and make it with whatever ingredients you have on hand. Don’t have whipped cream or pistachios? Don’t worry, fill it with ice cream and rainbow sprinkles!

Perfectly buttery, deliciously nutty, and ultra-soft Mexican wedding cakes are an absolute delight. Also known as Russian tea cakes, these tasty shortbread cookies are a staple treat that's served around the holidays (they're always a favorite at Christmas) and for other celebrations.

Alfajores are an easy cookie recipe which is very popular in South America, especially in Argentina and Peru. These elegant tiny cookies are made with a shortbread-style dough, filled with dulce de leche and then rolled in shredded coconut. They are so soft they melt in your mouth, perfectly combining the delicacy of the cookie with the caramel-like texture of the creamy dulce de leche.

This Flan Cake is known by many other names like Magic Cake, the Impossible Cake, Flancocho in Latin America, or Filipino chiffon cake. It’s the vanilla version of the Chocoflan. It’s quite an impressive-looking dessert, but not only that…it’s also delicious! The Flan Cake is a combination of two desserts, namely a classic cake and a flan. You get a moist cake layer, topped with a creamy, smooth caramel flan. To make it, you need a handful of staple baking ingredients (egg, sugar, flour, and so on) and you simply mix the two different batters, add them to the pan, and bake! This flan cake will have your guests coming back for more and more!

Rich, creamy, and incredibly easy to make, baked rice pudding is an ultra-comforting dessert that's perfect for winter. It's cozy and comforting, with lightly sweetened creamy rice and thick custard. Made with rice, milk, sugar, and butter and lightly seasoned with a dash of cinnamon, baked rice pudding is a wonderful, soothing dessert that will help keep cold nights at bay. It is even easier to make than regular rice pudding recipe.

Whether you're planning a Cinco de Mayo party or looking for a fun, delicious grown-up treat to serve at a barbecue, picnic, or potluck, nothing hits the spot quite like margarita cupcakes. These easy sweet treats are inspired by the popular classic Margarita cocktail, boasting a zesty, sweet lime base and incredible tangy tequila-lime buttercream frosting.

This churro bites recipe is super easy to make. Enjoy it as a dessert or snack, or even at breakfast to start the day in a sweet way. Crisp, golden brown on the outside and soft, fragrant on the inside, this churro bite recipe is also vegan-friendly.

If you're a fan of the irresistible cinnamon flavor of churros, get ready to fall in love with this easy-to-make churro cake. It's a beautiful dessert that's ideal for everything from birthday parties to anniversaries, and holidays.

If you're a fan of pillowy soft fried desserts like beignets and churros, get ready to fall in love with sopapillas. These phenomenal puffy desserts are made by making a quick dough, then cutting it up into squares or triangles, and deep-frying them, then serving them with a generous drizzle of honey.

There are many Mexican foods we love: tamales, empanadas, and chili hot chocolate. But many folks don’t know about bunuelos. Mexican bunuelos are sweet fried fritters that are light, airy, and crispy. Who doesn’t love a good fritter? It’s such an easy dessert to make too, something you can quickly whip up after dinner. Simply mix together all the ingredients for your batter like flour, sugar, eggs, and strain to remove lumps. Fry until golden brown and enjoy sprinkling of cinnamon sugar! The Mexican Bunuelos are usually served around Christmas and New Year’s Eve, but they’re so good, you’ll want to eat them all the time!

There's nothing like a perfectly chilled margarita on a hot summer's day to beat the heat. Tangy lime, sweet orange liqueur such as triple sec, and citrusy, strong bite of blanco tequila make the classic margarita oh-so refreshing.

The Michelada has it all. It's spicy, savory, with the perfect amount of tartness. Sipping on this delicious, incredibly refreshing Mexican beer cocktail is an amazing way to cool down on a hot day. It's a bit like a Bloody Mary and a bit like a chelada. Like the Bloody Mary, Micheladas are made with tomato or Clamato juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce, but the Michelada features crisp lager and lime juice like a chelada. The crisp, fizz from the beer is a real winner with heavier dishes. It's an excellent way to wash down barbecue, pretty much any Mexican dish, as well as other Latin fare.

Paloma cocktail is a fresh and fruity Mexican drink made of tequila, lime juice, grapefruit soda and a pinch of salt, in order to make it even more delicious. This is the classic aperitif cocktail, very popular in Mexico. You can enjoy it in every moment of the day: adjust the quantity of tequila in order to have a lighter and refreshing drink for the afternoon, or to increase its amount to have a more intense aperitif with a higher alcoholic content. About the origin of Paloma cocktail, it is said it was invented by Don Javier Delgado Corona, owner and bartender of La Capilla, in Tequila. Here is how to make it to perfection in no time.

If you're bored of the same old drinks but want something refreshing you can make at home to beat the heat this summer, you'll love this phenomenal agua de tamarindo recipe. Tamarind water is simple to make, non-alcoholic Mexican drink. It's a type of agua fresca made from tamarind fruit, sugar, and water.

Horchata, or orxata in Spanish, is a refreshing Mexican drink recipe perfect for summer parties or special occasions such as Cinco de Mayo. Creamy and slightly sweet, it's basically a cold cinnamon-flavored rice milk beverage. With its nutty flavor, it slightly resembles a rice pudding.

The spicy Paloma might be the most refreshing cocktail you can mix up this summer. Based on tequila and featuring freshly squeezed lime juice, grapefruit juice, and slices of spicy jalapeño peppers, the spicy Paloma is a sparkling Mexican cocktail that's perfect for when the weather is hot. It's a spicier drink than the classic Paloma to enjoy at picnics, barbecues, and summertime parties, especially because it's so easy to make. Just muddle the jalapeños and lime juice, pour in the tequila and grapefruit and top with soda. This fantastic cocktail can even be batched to serve a crowd. Spicy Paloma punch? Yes, please!