Mexican Recipes

Skip the takeout quesadillas and learn to make your own crispy and tender carnitas, chicken chile verde, and even tamales. Our Mexican recipes will be your guide.

Side view of a piece of Pastel de Atun on a festive pink plate

Pastel de Atún (Mexican Tuna Cake)

Esquites in a green ceramic bowl with a serving spoon

Mexican Street Corn Salad (Esquites) Recipe

Two bowls and a pot of frijoles charros, on a stone background.

Frijoles Charros (Mexican Pinto Beans With Bacon and Chiles) Recipe

elotes (grilled Mexican street corn) on a plate with limes and chili powder

Elotes (Grilled Mexican Street Corn) Recipe

Cochinita Pibil wrapped in banana leaves with pickled diced red onion and tortillas.

Cochinita Pibil (Yucatán-Style Barbecued Pork) Recipe

The Best Michelada Recipe

Overhead photograph showing sous vide pork carnitas on corn tortillas topped with salsa verde and cilantro, with lime wedges on the side.

Sous Vide Carnitas for Tacos (Crispy Mexican-Style Pulled Pork) Recipe

side view of tacos al pastor

Homemade Tacos Al Pastor Recipe

Mole Poblano Recipe

Perfect refried beans

Perfect Refried Beans (Frijoles Refritos) Recipe

Cajeta Casera (Homemade Goat's Milk "Caramel") Recipe

overhead view of three chorizo tacos flanked by plates of sliced avocado and charred corn tortillas

Easy Mexican Chorizo Tacos Recipe

A large silver bowl filled with tamale dough

Basic Mexican Tamale Dough Recipe

A pork stomach taco with tomatillo salsa

Tacos de Buche (Pork Stomach Tacos) Recipe

Everything You Can Do With a Can of Chipotles in Adobo

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Coctel de Camarones) Recipe

No-Waste Tacos de Carnitas With Salsa Verde

No-Waste Tacos de Carnitas With Salsa Verde Recipe

Tacos de Canasta (Basket Tacos for a Party or Potluck) Recipe

A bowl of menudo, or red chile tripe soup.

Menudo Rojo, or Red-Chile Tripe Soup Recipe

Tacos de Lengua Recipe

Classic Shrimp Aguachile With Lime, Cucumber, and Red Onion Recipe

An open barbacoa taco made with two corn tortillas on a plate with pickled onions, cilantro, and a lime wedge

Better Than Chipotle's Beef Barbacoa Recipe

Champurrado (Mexican Hot Chocolate and Corn Drink) Recipe

Bowl of guacamole set inside a platter of tortilla chips

The Best Basic Guacamole Recipe

Two street tacos topped with chicken tinga, diced onion, and cilantro. There are radishes and cut limes on the plate and a dish of chicken tinga nearby.

Easy One-Pot Chicken Tinga (Spicy Mexican Shredded Chicken) Recipe

A black platter of charred al pastor skewers and a pile of lime wedges for last-minute drizzling.

Charcoal-Grilled Al Pastor Skewers Recipe

20150225-vegan-chorizo-food-lab-recipe-tofu-tempeh-20.jpg

How to Make Vegan Chorizo That Even a Carnivore Will Relish

Fresh and Tart Chelada (Mexican Lime and Beer Cocktail) Recipe

Mole Verde Recipe

Sliced, grilled medium-rare carne asada fanned out on a wooden cutting board with corn tortillas, limes, and cilantro in the background.

The Best Carne Asada Recipe

Hot and Creamy Salsa Verde Recipe

Mexican Food You've Maybe Never Heard of: Mixiote

20190122-pressure-cooker-chili-vicky-wasik-12

Pressure Cooker Chunky Beef and Bean Chili Recipe

A bowl of charred salsa verde next to some tortilla chips.

Charred Salsa Verde Recipe

stack of thin flour tortilla next to a platter of steak fajita

Thin and Tender Flour Tortillas Recipe

How to Make Aguachile: The Chili-Spiked Mexican Ceviche

Tacos Árabes (Pita-Wrapped, Cumin-Marinated-Pork Tacos) Recipe

Homemade Nixtamalized Corn Tortillas

Easy Nixtamalized Corn Tortillas Recipe

22 Mexican Recipes for Pozole, Chile Verde, Tacos, and More

Roasted-Tomato Salsa Recipe

20150429-tamales-with-rajas-and-queso-joshua-bousel.jpg

Tamales With Rajas and Oaxacan Cheese Recipe

Mexican-style flour tortillas stacked on a blue-striped white kitchen towel

Mexican-Style Flour Tortillas Recipe

a bowl of pico de gallo with tortilla chips on the side

Classic Pico de Gallo Recipe

Crunchy Fried Fish Tacos Recipe

Spicy Chicken Quesadillas Recipe

Crispy potato and chorizo tacos

Crispy Potato and Chorizo Tacos Recipe

Overhead of a double-caramel flan with a slice on a plate

Double-Caramel Flan Recipe

Tamales With Green Chili and Pork Recipe

20111101-choriqueso-cincinnati-taqueria-mercado-primary.jpg

赵riqueso Recipe

A bowl of green pozole verde topped with avocado and radish

Pozole Verde de Pollo (Green Mexican Hominy and Chicken Soup) Recipe

Quick Masa Dough Recipe

20160420-sangrita-vicky-wasik-3

How to Make Sangrita, the Chaser Good Tequila Needs

Alfajores Con Cajeta (Vanilla Shortbread With Goat's-Milk Toffee) Recipe

20150416-pressure-cooke-chicken-enchiladas-recipe-28.jpg

Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

Open bottle of homemade mango syrup with fresh mangoes

Fresh Mango Syrup Recipe

Cemitas (Mexican Sesame Seed Sandwich Buns) Recipe

Chilaquiles Verdes With Fried Eggs Recipe

玉米和南瓜油炸玉米粉饼配方

20110811-127355-dinner-tonight-chiles-stuffed-corn-crema.jpg

Baked Chile Rellenos with Corn and Crema Recipe

20141204-chicken-enchilada-verde-food-lab-recipe-26.jpg

The Best Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

Extra-Hot Yucatán-Style Roasted-Habanero Salsa (Chile Tamulado) Recipe

Grilled Queso Panela With Roasted Tomatillo and Poblano Salsa Recipe

烟雾缭绕的鸡Tinga炸玉米饼配方

Spicy Chorizo and Pinto Bean Chili Recipe

More In North American

American Canadian Indigenous & Native American