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20 easy and delicious recipes to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Everyone will love these fun and festive dishes.
Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! And that sounds like a great reason to invite your friends and family and enjoy some of these delicious Mexican recipes. We've got tons of inspiration for you today, with all kinds of salsas, salads, entrees, and desserts.
These recipes are full of flavor and can be made ahead for easy entertaining. Don't miss our recipe for homemade flour tortillas, it's the most popular recipe on the site with over 700 five-star reviews. Enjoy!
Best Ever, Super Easy Salsa
This fresh, vibrant easy salsa is loaded with delicious South of the Border flavor and comes together in less than 10 minutes.
Fresh Tomatillo Avocado Salsa (Avocado Sauce and Salsa de Tomatillo Fresco con Aguacate)
One taste of this fresh, vibrant Tomatillo Avocado Salsa will have you craving it again and again.
Mexican Street Corn - Esquites
This corn is CRAZY GOOD, works as a side or a scrumptious dip! So unique and so full of flavor!
Mexican Cilantro Sauce
This Mexican Cilantro Sauce is the perfect way to add a little gourmet deliciousness to any Mexican entry! It's also fabulous drizzled on chili, eggs, soup and makes a great dipping sauce for wraps, sandwiches, tortilla chips...
Chopped Mexican Street Corn Salad
This Chopped Mexican Street Corn Salad is a healthy, super delicious rendition of the iconic street food antojito ("snack"), sold by roadside vendors all over Mexico City!
Mexican Chopped Salad
This Mexican Chopped Salad is perfect with any Mexican meal and always gets rave reviews! It's also delicious spooned over chicken, shrimp or pork or beef!
Cilantro Rice (Arroz Verde)
This beautiful-hued Cilantro Rice is a delicious alternative to plain rice. It will receive wow reviews every time you serve it!
Dulce's Delicious, Easy Mexican Rice
Bursting with fabulous flavor, this Easy Mexican Rice is the perfect side to any Mexican entree and is loved by young and old alike!
10-Minute Homemade Enchilada Sauce
Our 10-Minute Homemade Enchilada Sauce is loaded with fabulous South-of-the-Border flavor and can be used in lots of delicious ways!
Mexican Salmon Rice Bowls with Fresh Corn and Mango Salsa
These Mexican Salmon Rice Bowls are healthy, delicious, and bursting with South-of-the-Border flavor. Easy enough for everyday, elegant enough for entertaining!
Mexican Honey-Lime Grilled Chicken
No worries about dry chicken! This Mexican Honey-Lime Grilled Chicken stays moist, tender and full of fabulous Southwest-inspired flavor!
Best Ever Homemade Flour Tortillas
The BEST homemade flour tortillas, no one can believe how easy and delicious they are! They're perfect for enchiladas, soft tacos, burritos, quesadillas, wraps... over 700 5-star reviews!
Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup (Sopa De Tortilla De Pollo Y Frijoles Negros)
This Black Bean Chicken Tortilla Soup is bursting with lean chicken, healthy veggies and South-of-the-Border flavor.
Black Bean Nachos with Salsa Verde
This fresh, vibrant, easy Black Bean Nachos with Salsa Verde appetizer has lots of south-of-the-border flavor and will be the first thing to disappear at your next gathering!
Super Easy Chicken Enchiladas Verde
With a few easy shortcuts, you can have these delicious Easy Chicken Enchiladas Verde on your table in less than an hour!
Mexican Chicken Soup (Sopa de Pollo Mexicana)
This Mexican Chicken Soup comes together quickly with rotisserie or leftover chicken and is loaded with fabulous South-of-the-Border flavor!
One-Pot Mexican Chicken and Rice
This fabulous  Mexican Chicken and Rice comes together in one skillet in way less than an hour. It's loaded with fresh veggies, lean chicken and lots of south-of-border flavor!
Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Beef
This Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Beef is perfect for all sorts of south-of-the-border entrees - tacos, enchiladas, burritos, tamales, Mexican salads, etc.
Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread (Polvorones de Canela)
Crisp, buttery and super delish, this Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread is fabulous for snacking or dessert.
Ridiculously Easy Mexican Churro Cake
Crisp, buttery and super delish, this Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread is fabulous for snacking or dessert. ne bowl and no mixer!
Thought for the day:
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
Psalm 34:4-7
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