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Throw the ultimate fiesta with 18 Cinco de Mayo menu ideas. Featuring our #1 flour tortillas, fresh salsas, easy mains and more!
Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! And that sounds like a great reason to make some delicious Mexican food. Mexican cuisine feels perfect for a party or for a delicious dinner with family and friends. These recipes are full of flavor and can be made ahead for easy entertaining. With everything from fresh salsas to make-ahead mains, we've got you covered!
Don't miss our homemade flour tortillas! They are our most popular recipe on the site (and one of the most popular flour tortilla recipes on Google!) with over 800 5-star reviews.
We're also offering a free guide that includes more of our favorite Mexican recipes and hosting tips to help you pull off a fabulous dinner party. You can find that here. Let us know what you're planning on making in the comments and enjoy!
Best Ever Homemade Flour Tortillas
These homemade flour tortillas are soft, tender, and SO much better than store-bought! With just 5 basic ingredients, this easy flour tortilla recipe comes together quickly, by hand or with a mixer and makes perfect wraps, tacos, quesadillas, or even tortilla pizzas.
Best Ever Pico de Gallo (Salsa Mexicana)
This fabulous Pico de Gallo is wonderful with chips but also pairs perfectly with any Mexican entreé! It's so fresh and delicious you'll want to eat it with a spoon!
Fresh Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
One taste of this fresh, vibrant Tomatillo Avocado Salsa will have you craving it again and again. It's fabulous on tacos, enchiladas, burritos... any Mexican entree, but it also makes a wonderful sandwich spread, dipping sauce for chips and/or salad dressing.
Mexican Street Corn - Esquites
Mexican Street Corn - this stuff is CRAZY GOOD! It works double duty too, as a side or a scrumptious appetizer dip!
Mexican Cilantro Sauce
This Mexican Cilantro Sauce is the perfect way to add a little gourmet deliciousness to any Mexican entry! This vibrant fresh sauce is 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.
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!
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!
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
These Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas are fast, easy, and loaded with fabulous flavor! Ready in minutes with a smoky spice rub (and optional Chipotle Yum Yum Sauce), they're guaranteed to get rave reviews around the table.
Mexican Honey-Lime Grilled Chicken
Mexican Honey-Lime Grilled Chicken - don't worry about this chicken drying out, it stays moist, tender and full of fabulous Southwest-inspired flavor!
Mexican Sugar-Seared Salmon Salad
Mexican Sugar-Seared Salmon Salad - this is the easiest and most crazy delicious salmon salad we've ever had. Super versatile too!
Mexican Street Corn Chicken Soup (Sopa De Dlotes Con Pollo)
If you enjoy the iconic flavor of Mexican Street Corn, you're going to LOVE this unique, healthy, DELICIOUS Mexican Street Corn Chicken Soup! If you've never tried Mexican Street Corn, welcome to a fabulous new flavor experience!
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!
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!
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. They're easy enough for every day but elegant (and amazing) enough for entertaining!
Black Bean Nachos with Salsa Verde
These Black Bean Nachos with Salsa Verde are fresh and vibrant. This easy south-of-the-border appetizer will be the first thing to disappear at your next big gathering!
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. And the slow cooker does most of the work!
Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread
Crisp, buttery and super delish, this Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread is fabulous for snacking or dessert. It also pairs wonderfully with ice cream or flan and comes together with just one bowl and no mixer!
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