Easy Cinco de Mayo recipes to spark inspiration and tantalize your tastebuds for your celebration. These flavorful recipes include everything from drinks, appetizers, dinner, to desserts. Throw a fiesta that everyone will love with these recipes!
These easy Mexican or Mexican-inspired recipes are great for your Cinco de Mayo celebration. This list includes fun and easy, authentic, and creative Mexican-inspired recipes for your family and guests to enjoy.
Even though these recipes are perfect for a party they're also great for any night of the week and especially great for Taco Tuesdays!
Put together a party plan or a meal plan using the list below to create a fantastic Mexican-inspired dinner or party! There's something on the list for all to enjoy.
Below, you will find recipes that are one skillet, no cooking required, oven, and Instant Pot recipes. All incredibly easy to make and full of flavor.
Grilled Chicken Fajitas are the most flavorful and delicious fajitas that you can make. Easy to feed a crowd or to meal prep for busy weeknights. A restaurant favorite that you can make even better in your own backyard.
These Instant Pot Refried Beans are a staple in our house. They are creamy and satisfying, yet incredibly affordable and freeze well.
Fajita seasoned chicken breasts stuffed into a cheesy quesadilla with crisp-tender peppers and onions.
Pork enchiladas made in the Instant Pot. Make these enchiladas gluten-free by using gluten-free tortillas.
Incredibly tasty and flavorful authentic restaurant-style ground beef tacos. These tacos are eaten with corn tortillas and freshly made red salsa.
Pull out your Instant Pot for this Instant Pot rice and beans recipe! With peppers and enchilada sauce, this Mexican flavor inspired combo makes a perfect gluten-free dip or filling for burritos
Incredibly easy Mexican sour cream dip is perfect to eat with tortilla chips and is great to serve on tacos.
Taco cups all around! Loaded with amazing flavor, everyone will be asking for another.
This is the best authentic Tres Leches Cake recipe! A light sponge cake soaked in three different types of milk making it sweet, ultra moist, and crazy delicious.
Authentic homemade red salsa made with fresh ingredients. This salsa is delicious topped on tacos or served with tortilla chips.
Tomatillo salsa, otherwise known as salsa verde is a fresh salsa that’s tart, slightly thickened, natural texture that is fresh and bright. Perfect for chips, burritos, tacos, or as a nice burst of flavor for your favorite soups!
This cheesy beef taco skillet is kid-approved and simple to make. This recipe uses pantry staples and comes together quickly.
Carne Asada Street Tacos are packed with the flavors of Mexico and so easy to make, you and your family will love them for quick weeknight dinners!
This Horchata Mexican drink recipe is a slightly creamy, non-alcoholic agua fresca flavor made with cinnamon and rice and is perfectly refreshing.
Beef Barbacoa made in the Instant Pot and cooked with delicious flavors. Control the heat of the barbacoa with the number of chipotle peppers added in. This recipe makes enough to feed a crowd and is perfect for parties.
Albondigas Soup with fresh vegetables and gluten-free turkey meatballs – a slight spin on the classic Mexican dish, perfect for sharing with friends on Cinco de Mayo. Paleo, keto, whole30, and gluten-free, this amazing soup recipe is sure to please.
Three-ingredient Shredded Chicken Flautas made simply using flour tortillas, shredded chicken, and blend of Mexican cheeses. And with a simple dollop of homemade avocado cream sauce, these are a great way to bring everyone together.
Made with creamy white sauce, these easy chicken enchiladas are made with shredded chicken, green chilies, and Monterey Jack cheese.
These Pressure Cooker Pork Carnitas are made with fresh corn salsa and cooked with delicious spices and seasonings.
This Cilantro Lime Chicken packs a deliciously fresh, tangy, and garlicky punch that will have your taste-buds singing! This quick and easy grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken is a versatile recipe that will have you coming back for more.
Delicious 6 layer dip made with black beans, guacamole, salsa, and Cojita cheeses.
Easy churro bites that are baked into fluffy moist balls, then dipped in cinnamon sugar.
Mexican Chocolate Crème Brûlée is a fabulous Cinco de Mayo dessert. Every rich, chocolatey bite is subtly spiced with cinnamon, and the creamy texture is over the top!
Mexican Chocolate Spice Cookies are little bites of melted chocolate, a subtle kick of heat, and a whole lot of sweetness. Delicious for Cinco de Mayo, or any day!
This recipe is my go-to whenever I am craving authentic restaurant-quality Mexican for dinner, with plenty of ways to use up the leftovers!
Have a pressure cooker? Check out this list of recipes that you can make in your Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker for Cinco de Mayo!