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This post is about some of the best and easy Cinco de Mayo recipes you can easily prepare at home and impress your family and friends. This includes Mexican recipes from tacos, guacamole, burritos and enchiladas to drinks like margaritas and desserts like churros, chocolate cake, flan, and more.

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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, it engaged Mexicans living in America. Hence this is popularly celebrated across many cities in the United States.

This celebration of Cinco de Mayo in America features parades and parties, including Mexican bands, folk music, Mexican American cuisine, cocktails, and more.

Did you know Cinco de Mayo beer sales are on par with the famous Super Bowl 🙂 All in all, it's a night of fun.

What is a good menu for Cinco de Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is a great opportunity to enjoy simple, best, and delicious Mexican-inspired cuisine with your friends and family. Here are some Mexican recipes you can add to your cinco de mayo party menu : guacamole, tacos, burritos, some fresh salsa with tomatoes and corn, shrimp ceviche, tostadas, empanadas, enchiladas, quesadilas, margaritas etc and some desserts like churros, sopapillas, flan, buñuelos chocolate cake, tres leches cake.

Meal Ideas

Enchilada burritos are a top-rated two-in-one recipe where the piping hot tortillas are stuffed with enchilada sauce, cheese, Mexican rice, and beans. This is a vegetarian version but feel free to add chicken, beef, and pork for all the meat eaters.

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Enchilada Burritos

Enchilada Style Burritos is an easy to make and delicious meal where piping hot tortillas are stuffed with cheese, enchilada sauce, beans and rice, and served with delectable sides. Be sure to try this out if you love Mexican food.
Check out this recipe.

Guacamole is a Mexican dip recipe made with avocados as the main ingredient. It's perfect for dipping tortilla chips or as a side with tacos, fajitas, and burritos, along with salsa Roja, pico de gallo, quesos.

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Guacamole (Avocado Dip)

Guacamole is simple and easy to make, fresh and flavorful, chunky and creamy dip or spread prepared using very basic ingredients in less than 5 minutes. This dip can be served with chips, fajitas, tacos, burritos, sandwiches, or even bread toast.
Check out this recipe.

Churros are sweet treats made from a dough that's fried until crispy, which is then coated in cinnamon sugar. Best when served with chocolate sauce or dulce de leche.

Best homemade churros recipe served with dulce de leche sauce. Mexican churros (Eggless, vegan).

Churros - Must Try!

Churros are the world's best and favorite desserts that are soft, tender, and moist at the center with a crispy and caramelized texture on the outside. These homemade churros are vegan and eggless, prepared with six ingredients and ready in less than 30 minutes. Churros are rolled in cinnamon sugar, which makes them even better than the ones you buy from the Mexican market.
Check out this recipe.

Mexican-style corn on the cob called elote - the best and classic way with amazing flavors.

delicious mexican style corn on the cob served with a drizzle of spicy mayo, along with a sprinkle of cojita cheese and finely chopped cilantro.

Mexican Elote (Corn on the Cob)

Mexican Corn on the Cob (Elote) is an easy to make, flavorful street snack with the most delicious topping ever. This is the best and classic way to serve corn on the cob!
Check out this recipe.

Classic vegetarian enchilada lasagna loaded with enchilada sauce, black beans, cheese, and vegetables.

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Vegetarian Mexican Lasagna Casserole

Mexican Lasagna is easy to make and delicious dish loaded with Mexican flavors (vegetables, enchilada sauce, cheese, and black beans), where an enchilada is layered like lasagna using tortillas instead of noodles.
Check out this recipe.

This burger is not a traditional Mexican recipe but is inspired by Mexican flavors. For patties, we have added black beans and used avocados and tomatoes to build them.

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Veggie Black Bean Burger

These are the best black bean burgers I have ever tried. The patties are thick and hearty, not mushy, and they come together in under 30 minutes. These burgers are a fantastic vegetarian alternative to traditional meat burgers.
Check out this recipe.

Mexican rice will surely add a delicious flair to the Cinco de Mayo spread. Sharing two of my favorite rice recipes that can be used in burrito bowls, with fajitas, enchiladas and more.

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Mexican Cilantro Lime Rice

Best Cilantro Lime Rice you will ever make. This rice recipe is easy to make and tastes even better than Chipotle's cilantro lime rice. Serve this with rice bowls, burritos, enchiladas, guacamole, chicken, etc.
Check out this recipe.
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Easy Black Bean Rice

Black Beans and Rice is one of the best vegetarian dishes you will make in less than 30 minutes. You can serve this rice as a main or side dish or in burritos, enchiladas, rice bowls, etc. Spanish rice with black beans is spicy and nutty, our family's favorite dinner recipe.
Check out this recipe.

Check out these loaded fries recipes if you want a Mexican party appetizer. Just substitute fries with nachos.

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Loaded Fries (Use Nachos)

Loaded cheese fries or Loaded French fries are easy to make, finger-licking good, and a total crowd-pleaser appetizer or snack where crispy French fries are loaded or topped with honey-chili or honey-sriracha mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, olives, and creamy cheese sauce. These are flavor-packed loaded cheese fries. The recipe is vegetarian, meatless version of loaded fries with cheese sauce made from scratch.
Check out this recipe.

Enjoy your Cinco de Mayo menu with these avocado flatbread and garlic shrimp. Use this to create shrimp tacos. It is going to be a unique and total crowd-pleaser.

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Avocado Flatbread (Tortillas)

Avocado Flatbread, also popular as Indian avocado paratha, is a soft and easy-to-make bread recipe with six ingredients in less than 30 minutes. This simple avocado recipe is vegan, with no yeast, and 100 % whole wheat.
Check out this recipe.
Best garlic butter shrimp recipe (garlic prawns) in a cast iron pan with lemon wedges.

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Garlic butter shrimp is a quick and easy-to-make shrimp recipe with an amazing flavor combination of garlic, butter, and a hint of lemon (lime). This garlic prawn is ready in less than 25 minutes.
Check out this recipe.

For a delicious and festive Cinco de Mayo meal, here are two easy and simple quesadilla recipes to serve with fresh guacamole, salsa, and sour cream.

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Vegetarian Quesadilla

Cheesy Potato Mushroom Quesadilla is an easy-to-make, delicious appetizer or snack where fresh homemade tortillas are topped with your favorite ingredients and toasted until crispy. These can be prepared in under 30 minutes.
Check out this recipe.
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Quesadilla with Garlic Butter

Cheese Quesadillas are quick and easy to make. They are crispy on the outside and contain gooey cheese. These quesadillas are prepared in a pan on the stovetop using only 4 ingredients and less than 20 minutes. Serve them for school lunch, quick snacks, finger food, or as party appetizers. 
Check out this recipe.

Salsa is a must for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. Experiment with different ingredients and flavors to create a unique salsa for Cinco de Mayo festivities. For example, add fruit like mango, peach, or pineapple for a sweet and tangy flavor. You can also use chili peppers, like jalapeño, serrano, or habanero, for heat. Serve your salsa with tortilla chips or grilled meats for a flavorful and festive Cinco de Mayo meal.

Spicy and easy fresh peach salsa in a serving glass bowl!

Peach Salsa

This fresh peach salsa is the best and easy-to-make homemade appetizer recipe that is sweet and spicy and can be prepared in less than 15 minutes.
Check out this recipe.
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Mango Salsa

Make this easy, refreshing, irresistibly delicious mango salsa recipe in less than 10 minutes. Bursting with flavors from fresh and sweet, juicy mangoes, zesty lime, and colorful ingredients makes this one of the best accompaniments for any meal.
Check out this recipe.

If you are looking for some creative ideas for your Cinco de mayo party, then check out jicama fries, pan-fried plantains, chocolate cake, tamales, and cajun spiced peanuts or potatoes.

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Jicama Fries

Jicama fries are easy to make, crispy, and addictive, healthy baked fries that are a good alternative to traditional french fries. These are gluten-free, vegan, keto-friendly, and low-carb fries.
Check out this recipe.
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Chocolate Cake

Eggless Chocolate cake is one of the best, soft, moist, amazingly delicious chocolate recipes you will ever make.
If you are looking for a chocolate cake recipe that requires no fancy equipment like a beater or mixer, then you are at the right place. I have just used a simple spatula and a whisk.
Check out this recipe.
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Sweet Pineapple Tamales

Make this Ganesh Chaturthi festival and Nagar Panchami festival extra special with a twist to a traditional sweet recipe – Pineapple patholi or Sweet Pineapple Tamales Indian style.
Pineapple Patholis are steamed cakes or dumplings where the rice batter is filled with pineapple coconut jaggery mixture and steamed in turmeric leaves.
Check out this recipe.
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Cajun Boiled Peanuts

Cajun Boiled Peanuts are protein-packed, spicy, and flavorful snacks with a unique taste that you will fall in love with again and again. This can be prepared in less than 30 mins!
Check out this recipe.
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Cajun Spiced Potatoes

Cajun potatoes are one of the best recipes you will add as a side dish or appetizer for your Diwali Party, Thanksgiving, or Christmas dinner menu. Can be prepared in under 30 minutes.
Cajun Potatoes are crispy on the outside, creamy, and melt in the mouth on the inside. These are finger licking and lip smacking good, and I bet you can’t stop by just eating one.
Check out this recipe.
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Pan Fried Plantains

These pan-fried plantains are easy to make side dish ready in less than 15 minutes, with a caramelized and crispy texture on the outside and a soft melt-in-mouth texture inside. Ripe and sweet yellow plantains taste the best with this recipe.
Check out this recipe.

Classic Margarita recipes served over ice and garnished with lemon wedges.

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Margarita

Virgin Mango Margarita is refreshing and delicious with a perfect combination of sweet and tangy flavors.
This is one of the best drinks to try or serve at summer parties or non-alcoholic mocktail parties.
Check out this recipe.
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Mojito or Classic Margarita

Virgin Mojito is a classic and refreshing non-alcoholic mocktail drink packed with lemon and mint flavors that adults and kids will love. This drink can be prepared in 5 minutes.
Check out this recipe.

FAQs

What food is eaten on Cinco de Mayo?

On a typical Cinco de Mayo celebration in America, people usually indulge in tacos and margaritas.

What are some traditional Mexican dishes for Cinco de Mayo?

Some traditional Mexican dishes for Cinco de Mayo include tacos, enchiladas, guacamole, chiles rellenos, and tamales.

Can I make Cinco de Mayo recipes in advance?

Yes. Recipes like guacamole, salsa, or desserts can be made ahead of time. Meals like enchiladas and tamales can be assembled and kept ready a day before. You have to bake it before serving.

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Easy Cinco De Mayo Recipes | Simple Mexican Food Recipes

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This post is about some of the best and easy Cinco de Mayo recipes you can easily prepare at home and impress your family and friends. This includes Mexican recipes from tacos, guacamole, burritos and enchiladas to drinks like margaritas and desserts like churros, chocolate cake, flan, and more.
5 from 93 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course appetizers, Desserts, Dinner
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 4
Calories 174 kcal

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Ingredients
  

Simple and best guacamole recipe

  • 2 Avocado, pitted and halved
  • ½ Onion, finely chopped
  • 1 Tomato, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoon Cilantro
  • ½ Jalapeno chopped for heat
  • ½ teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon Lime juice
  • Salt, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Remove pulp from avocados in a bowl and mash it lightly using a fork. Let there be a few chunks too. 
    2 Avocado, pitted and halved
  • Add all the remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Adjust to taste.
    ½ Onion, finely chopped, 1 Tomato, finely chopped, 2 tablespoon Cilantro, ½ Jalapeno chopped for heat, ½ teaspoon Garlic powder, 1 tablespoon Lime juice, Salt, to taste
  • You can serve this immediately or keep it in the refrigerator till ready to use.

Nutrition

Calories: 174kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 300mgPotassium: 590mgFiber: 7gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 419IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Merideth Myers

    5 stars
    I am so excited for my Cinco de Mayo party tomorrow, and these recipes are just what I needed. The churros are so yummy and perfect for my vegan party guests!

    Reply

  2. Fransic verso

    5 stars
    Wow, so yummy recipes, love to try making Mexican recipes at home since we don't really make them a lot. Thank you for these recommendations!

    Reply
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