10 Best & Easy Mexican Food Recipes for Cinco De Mayo Party!!!!!!
What is Cinco De Mayo?
Cinco De Mayo is a celebration of Mexican heritage. It is observed on 5th May to celebrate the victory of the Mexican Army over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla. At the time of the war, Mexicans living in America were engaged. This is popularly celebrated across many cities in the United States.
This celebration of Cinco de Mayo in America features parades, parties including Mexican bands, folk music, Mexican American cuisine, cocktails, and more.
Did you know Cinco de Mayo beer sales are on par with popular Super Bowl 🙂 All in all, its a night of fun.
What food is eaten on Cinco de Mayo?
Cinco de Mayo is incomplete without simple and easy Guacamole, Burritos, Churros, some fresh salsa with tomatoes and corn, shrimp ceviche, tostadas, empanadas, tres leches cake, etc.
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Enchilada Style Burritos
Number one recipe on the blog. Try it and you will know why its a popular one 🙂 Here piping hot tortillas are stuffed with enchilada sauce, cheese, rice, and beans.
Non-vegetarians can use their favorite meat (chicken, beef, pork to make enchiladas).
Guacamole or Avocado Dip
Believe me, this recipe is going to be a super hit at your party. Chunky and creamy Guac that comes together in less than 5 minutes.
Mexican Street Style Corn on the Cob (Elote)
Are you a street food lover? Then check this out. Best and classic way to serve corn on the cob – topped with amazing flavors.
Black Bean Veggie Burger
Even meat-eaters are going to love this healthy and hearty burger recipe. This thick patty is prepared using black beans and some aromatic ingredients.
Churros
Best dessert – crispy on the outside, soft inside, served with dulce de leche. You cannot stop after eating one. Can you believe these churros are eggless and vegan? Are you missing Disney churros? Then check this recipe out.
Cilantro Lime Rice
This easy rice is perfect for your rice bowls, burritos, fajitas, tacos, etc., and can be prepared in less than 20 minutes. One of my favorite Chipotle restaurant-style copycat recipe.
Loaded Cheese Fries or Loaded Nachos
A very versatile recipe. Simply substitute French fries with store-bought tortilla chips and enjoy.
Quesadillas with Garlic Butter
Quesadillas with Garlic Butter is a 5 ingredient cheesy and delicious finger food prepared in less than 25 minutes. These can be served as appetizers with cocktails or side with dinner.
Peach Salsa
Peach Salsa is a sweet and spicy dish bursting with amazing flavors, and can be made in 15 minutes. Perfect for BBQ, summer parties, potlucks, picnics, cookouts. You can add anything and everything you love like corn, tomatoes, mangoes, and more. A versatile recipe.
Jicama Fries
One of the best and healthy alternatives to traditional French fries. These are vegan and baked.
Black Beans Rice
Nutty-flavored rice for your rice bowls, burritos, enchiladas, and a perfect side with fajitas. Another super hit recipe loved by many of my readers.
10 simple and easy Mexican food recipes for your Cinco de Mayo dinner party that includes enchiladas, burritos, guacamole or avocado dip, churros, elote or street style corn, cheesy quesadillas, peach salsa, black beans rice, cilantro lime rice, loaded nachos, churros, a best and healthy burger with black bean patty.
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Happy Cinco De Mayo 2021. Stay safe.
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This is sooo mouthwatering!!! Really love how simple the churros are but I’m sure they’re super delish!
Oh wow, so much amazing choice here. I can’t wait to try a few new recipes for Cinco de mayo.
I’m loving the idea of the peach salsa – can’t wait to make it!
What an amazing roundup of recipes! I will definitely be making a few of these for my cinco de mayo celebrations!
Ooooo! I’m excited to try the quesadilla with garlic butter recipe! YUM!
Churros get my vote! So crunchy, sweet, and delicious!
I cannot wait to give these delicious dishes a try! Enough recipes to have a celebration all week long.
Thanks. Would love to save all these yummy and delicious recipes in my best food collection. Everything looks amazing.
YUM! We make so many of these dishes year round. You’ve listed some of our family’s favorites!
I love Mexico as much as the culture of this country and the food and therefore I am happy to enrich my cookbook with these ideas!
There are some really great looking recipes here. My favorite part of Cinco de Mayo is the food, so I’m looking forward to trying several of these.
These all look so good! I think I’d start with the enchilada burritos. They look so yummy.
Yummm!! I almost forget that it’s nearly May already, with everything happening around! Really great options here — I am excited for than enchilada burrito! We’ll definitely be having a Mexican feast soon!
Excellent round-up; sure to be the highlight of any gathering. Great job.
Cinco de Mayo is a big deal here in the Houston area! We need to start thinking about what we plan to do, either go out to eat or prepare food at home. Your suggestions give me some good ideas
I love Mexican food! These are all great items! I love Guacamole, Nachos, and Quesadillas. But I have never tried the street style corn on a cob yet. And it made my mouth water.
These are all delicious, and will definitely try some of these recipes this weekend. Yum, yum, yum!
A perfect collection for Cinco de Mayo! All of these look so delicious, especially the Jigama fries! I can’t wait to make these recipes!
So many great recipes! We love cooking Mexican food!
Oh yeah! I forgot Cinco de Mayo was coming. Man, this year is flying by so fast!
Everything looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try Churros. I like it so much! So good!
I love Mexican food. We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo but there are a lot of concept restaurants here in my country. From your list, I do love churros and salsa.
All of these recipes look super tempting and I love the variety of different recipes you have included! I can’t pick one, they all look so good. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I cant wait to give some of these a go!
This looks so yummy! I love how that black bean burger looks!!!
We love Mexican food, it is so vibrant and full of flavour. I will have to try some of these ideas out with the family.
This is the best roundup!! I want to try it all! There seriously isn’t a Mexican dish that I’m not in love with!
I don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo because it feels like it’s not my holiday (I’m not Mexican). However I do love Mexican food and will totally try these out!
They all look amazing! But, I’m gonna start with peach salsa.
These dishes you shared for Cinco De mayo are all so mouthwatering. This will be perfect for our small gathering.
So many great ideas here! I’m so excited to try a lot of them. Thanks for rounding them up!
I need to take note of this because my husband is a Cinco de Mayo kind of person. He loves the festivities that surrounds it.
Mexican food is my favorite. I am bookmarking it.
so many tasty recipes 🙂 I love Mexican \i could eat tacos like everyday lol
Wow I can’t belive that it is almost Cinco De Mayo, Where has the time went! Anyway I will take one of each and everyone! Lol Thanks for sharing something so joyful!❤👍👌🥰😋
omg everything looks so so good! But that veggie burger is something else…I love cinco de mayo…
This is really nice. Lime Rice, Peach Salad and Elote sound really nice, I would love to try them.
Wow! This looks delicious. We have no plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo but I guess this year, we’re going to start. Thank you for sharing these food ideas. Churros is definitely on top of our list.