Easy Mexican Recipes

Whip up your own easy Mexican recipes with a few simple ingredients. Mix and match your favorites, such as chicken, beef, beans, corn, cheese, tortillas, rice, vegetables, and salsa, to come up with a new family favorite.

Instead of slaving over a homemade sauce, make your favorite Mexican recipes fuss-free with a purchased sauce. Many authentic recipes, including mole sauce, guacamole, enchilada sauce, green chile sauce, salsa, and taco sauce, are readily available in supermarkets.

Some of the quickest Mexican recipes call for tortillas, including quesadillas, chimichangas, tacos, enchiladas, and burritos. Create your own tortilla recipes or look for great ideas on BetterRecipes.com.

If you’re looking for ideas to make cooking Mexican meals easier, try our Creamy Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas recipe. This dish calls for fabulous shortcuts to get a great Mexican meal on the table fast. Store-bought cooked chicken, a can of cream of chicken soup, and a jar of salsa do virtually all of the work for you.

Make your Mexican cooking a little healthier with simple substitutions. For example, swap out full-fat ingredients for low-fat or fat-free sour cream, cheese, condensed soup, and refried beans.

Our Favorite Easy Mexican Recipes

Tex-Mex Eggplant Melts Slices of eggplant are sprinkled with chili powder, baked, then topped with slices of red onion, tomato, avocado and pepper-jack cheese and broiled.

Stuffed Peppers This simple dessert or snack bread has the added flavor of pineapple to break up the monotony.

Mexican Cooking How-To's

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