50+ Mexican Recipes to Make at Home - The Schmidty Wife (2024)

Easy to make in under 15 minutes you will watch this Mexican Street Corn Dip disappear from the bowl! Made with fresh corn on the cob and five other simple ingredients this appetizer dip is truly a winner!

Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa made fresh at home with simple ingredients perfect for appetizers, snacks, and parties.

You’ll never buy green salsa from the store again after trying this easy Tomatillo Salsa recipe! It’s fresh and vibrant and includes just a few simple ingredients. There’s no cooking involved, so it comes together in just 10 minutes!

What’s better than guacamole? Totally customizable guacamole. Your guests can make their own customized guacamole when you wet up a DIY guacamole bar.

Warm spicy dip loaded cheese, chorizo sausage, black beans, corn, tomatoes and cilantro. See with tortilla chips - the ultimate Mexican appetizer

This quick & easy guacamole recipe is made with a handful of healthy ingredients and is ready in 5 minutes!

This easy pineapple salsa recipe has everything you look for in a party appetizer! It's fresh, super delicious, sweet, savory and spicy at the same time. It's also vegan and gluten free.

Taco Tuesday just got a lot more exciting with this Simple Homemade Taco Seasoning Blend! Taco seasoning at home is easy to make using spices you probably already have in your cabinet; Chili Powder, Cumin, Paprika, Salt, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, and Oregano.

How to make Homemade Fajita Seasoning! Easy to make at home this fajita seasoning leaves out all the preservatives found in store bought seasoning. Perfect for chicken, steak, and veggie fajitas!

This Mexican mole sauce is a rich, sweet, fragrant, and spicy combination of chilies, herbs, spices, and chocolate. It has a range of uses in the kitchen from eating on its own with some tortilla chips to cooking with enchiladas.

Once you try this homemade chipotle sauce recipe you’ll never go back to the store-bought one. Quick and easy to make, we love to serve this with any type of tacos or as a dipping sauce for burritos, chips, fries, or drizzle over the nachos, salads.

This Mexican Rice is an easy and quick dish made from pantry staples! The perfect side dish for any Mexican meal.

Better than a restaurant, these Homemade Pressure Cooker Refried Beans made in the instant pot are a healthy meatless meal made easy with only a few ingredients and no ‘re-frying’ required perfect for tacos, burritos, nachos, on their own, more!

This recipe for Pinto Beans is easy to make in just 30 minutes. It’s perfect as a dip or sauce for most Mexican dishes!

15 minutes to make juicy Mexican Street Corn (Elote) bursting with creamy, cheesy, zesty flavors.

This dump and go hands off refried beans are better than a restaurant and healthy! This vegetarian meal is made easy in the slow cooker with only a few ingredients and no 're-frying' required.

Easy Skillet Chicken Fajitas are an easy weeknight dinner! Juicy chicken and flavor packed peppers are ready to eat in just 20 minutes!

A refreshing appetizer or light lunch, shrimp ceviche is one Mexican dish I can’t get enough of! You will just love this Mexican shrimp ceviche recipe.

A simple recipe for delicious Crockpot Pork Carnitas! This Mexican classic comes together in no time using flavorful pork butt, spices, onion, oranges, and beer! With a special trick to get your carnitas tasting better than what you get at a restaurant! Perfect for filling tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and more!

Perfect for using up those leftover carnitas! Using only 4 ingredients this Carnitas Quesadillas Recipe comes together fast, perfect for lunch or busy weeknights!

Got leftover carnitas? Look no further, Carnitas Nachos are a fast and simple meal or appetizer that use up those leftover carnitas. Your family will love this recipe and you will love how it only takes 15 minutes to make!

Huevos Rancheros, or “Rancher’s Eggs,” is a popular Mexican breakfast. Eggs, refried beans, and salsa. Doesn’t that sound like a delicious way to start your day?

This earthy Mexican Red Pozole is made of tender pork cooked in a delicious chili broth with white hominy and topped with sliced veggies. A hearty comforting dinner for the entire family!

Here's a great vegan option for those that don't eat meat; portobello mushroom tacos with salsa, guacamole, and pink pickled onions.

Northern Style Bean Tamales (Tamales de Frijol Norteños) are perfect for vegetarians, vegans, and meat-eaters alike. Delicious, savory, and so yummy!

Birria de Res is a tasty beef stew slow cooked in a robust chile sauce. Serve as tacos or in a stew. There’s no wrong way to eat this deliciousness.

A twist on classic carnitas, chipotle peppers and pineapple makes these slow cooker pork carnitas extra juicy and flavorful!

Carne Asada is easy to make with a super tasty marinade to give it a lot of flavor. 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!

This easy Red Lentil Tacos Recipe is the perfect weeknight meatless meal that the whole family will love! An easy Vegetarian Taco Meat is ready to eat in under 30 minutes, making it a simple, quick, and healthy meal.

These are easy one-pan chicken flautas that are a delicious Mexican dish even kids love. They are filled with tender chicken and sauteed onion then pan-fried in a crispy flour tortilla. Top with your favorite toppings.

Caldo de Queso is a warm, comforting, and delicious Mexican soup that you should try today. Wonderful pillows of cheese balance the heat of poblano peppers in such an interesting dish. Potatoes, or papas in Spanish, bring it all together with a great international soup.

Learn how to make the best Easy Chicken Tacos. Make a simple and quick taco filling with chicken breasts and taco seasoning. Grab your favorite taco toppings fast because this meal is ready in under 10 minutes, perfect for family taco night!

These delicious Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas are on the table in just over 20 minutes! Super easy (with minimal cleanup). They’re so simple and so perfectly cooked … you’ll never bother with restaurant shrimp fajitas again!

These saucy, cheesy Ground Beef Enchiladas are made with a rich homemade enchilada sauce. They are savory, hearty, and supremely satisfying.

Easy arroz con pollo is a Mexican chicken and rice casserole, with flavorful spices and smoky chipotle. Even better that it simmers in the slow cooker while you do other things!

This Crockpot Beef Barbacoa recipe is easy and delicious! Blend up a quick flavorful sauce, dump it with the beef in the slow cooker, and you have a wonderful meal waiting for you at the end of the day! This easy slow cooker barbacoa is perfect in tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and so much more!

Looking for a delicious, filling, easy and healthy protein-rich lunch? Our homemade vegan bean burritos have become our go-to recipe for whenever we want some Mexican comfort food or have a couple of leftovers from the night before.

This Chicken Tinga Recipe, or tinga de pollo, is one of my favorite Mexican dishes to make. Shredded chicken is simmered in a smoky, spicy chipotle sauce adding so much flavor. You will love how quick and easy this is to make and it can be use in so many ways. We eat it over white rice, in tacos, burrito bowls, burritos, quesadillas, on salads or even added into soups. You can even freeze this and use it for future meals!

Five simple ingredients plus some leftover shredded chicken is all you need to make these simple Leftover Chicken Enchiladas.

The Classic Margarita, a mainstay co*cktail. Surprisingly easy to make with three ingredients lime juice, cointreau, and tequila.

A pink and tropical take on the classic margarita. This Hibiscus Margarita Recipe takes on a sweet floral yet also tart flavor! A perfect refreshing drink thanks to the popular herbal hibiscus tea!

Fruity Agua Fresca is a light and refreshing Mexican fruit drink made with simple everyday, all natural ingredients and perfect for summer, Cinco de Mayo, cookouts and more.

The perfect Tamarindo Margarita, sweet, tangy, and delicious! Learn how to make this tasty 3-ingredient tamarind margarita at home!

Escape to paradise with Frozen Mango Margaritas made with coconut milk. Both tequila and virgin margarita recipes included so anyone can enjoy.

This Horchata Mexican drink recipe is a slightly creamy, non-alcoholic agua fresca flavor made with cinnamon and rice and is perfectly refreshing.

Long before lime in beer was made trendy, Mexicans were creating refreshing light beer co*cktails for hot days. The chelada is a traditional Mexican recipe that will become a household favourite.

The weather is heating up here in Texas, and we are loving anything frozen, especially these Blackberry Peach Frozen Margaritas! Bring on the tequila and limes, because this party starts NOW!

Xocolatl is a spiced, slightly bitter chocolate drink that was popular with Aztecs and Mayans. It's a rich drink with chili, vanilla and cinnamon that can be enjoyed hot or cold. You're going to love it!

Hot Crispy Mexican Churros dipped in a luscious chocolate sauce, what’s not to love about this dessert. Make these at home using pantry staples and in under 30 minutes from scratch.

Fried Ice Cream has a warm, crunchy shell with cold vanilla ice cream inside. Yes, it really is deep fried and served with cinnamon chips.

Tres Leches Cake is a sweet, simple cake recipe soaked in three types of milk. It’s absolutely delicious and fun to make.