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Home › Holidays › Cinco de Mayo

Mexican Cinco de Mayo Recipes

We know that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day — but it’s still a fun excuse to celebrate Mexican culture, food, and flavor! Bring the fiesta to your kitchen with these Mexican Cinco de Mayo recipes that are easy, authentic, and perfect for sharing. Try Christmas Enchiladas, Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Beef Birria Tacos, or The Best Chicken Tinga — and don’t forget to toast with a refreshing Cinco de Mayo Margarita!

Crispy Cheese Carne Asada Tacos served on a clay plate with grilled cebollitas, salsa, and a cold chelada.

Crispy Cheese Carne Asada Tacos

Whole baked Puerto Rican flan on a serving plate topped with glossy caramel.

Puerto Rican Flan (Baked Custard)

action shot of a tortilla chip being dipped into a bowl of cheesy white refried bean dip topped with extra bacon bits; the cheese is stretching from the bowl to the chip.

Cheesy Refried Bean Dip

homemade orejas (Mexican palmiers) on a hand-painted servign tray.

Orejas Pan Dulce (Orejitas)

Crispy homemade chicken flautas served on a bed of shredded lettuce in a blue and white hand-painted dish, topped with red chile sauce, a drizzle of Mexican crema, and crumbled queso fresco – a delicious take on a classic chicken flautas recipe.

Crispy Chicken Flautas (Authentic Flautas de Pollo)

Dulce de leche brownie squares on a wooden pedestal with a brown background.

Dulce de Leche Brownies

two cheese tamales topped with salsa verde on a hand-painted terracotta plate.

Cheese Tamales With Roasted Green Chiles (Vegetarian & Gluten-Free!)

3 tacos de chicharron on a terracotta serving platter with sliced avocado, roasted jalapeños, and halved limes on a table next to a bottle of Mexican coke and a bowl of tortilla chips.

Tacos de Chicharrón (Pork Rind Tacos)

hero shot of a tall collins glass filled with strawberry horchata, strawberry slices, and ice.

Easy Strawberry Horchata (Agua de Horchata de Fresa)

stack of golden, crisp Mexican buñuelos on a wooden table with lace doilies.

Authentic Mexican Buñuelos (Buñuelos Mexicanos)

two tall clear collins glasses filled with agua de jamaica, garnished with fresh mint on a colorful outdoor table with a beehive jar in the background with the rest of the hibiscus tea and a ladle.

Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Tea)

three quesabirria tacos on a grey plate with a side of birria dipping sauce and fresh lime wedges.

Authentic Slow Cooker Birria (Birria de Res)

hand carved barro holding cafe de olla with a cinnamon stick stir stick.

Café de Olla (Mexican Spiced Coffee)

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars on teal plates with a vintage dessert fork on colorful textiles with a cup of coffee.

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars

serving platter of birria flautas with creamy avocado sauce and birria consomme for dipping.

Baked Beef Flautas with Birria

two margarita glasses filled with frozen mangonada margarita and garnished with tarugos straws.

Frozen Mangonada Margarita

45 degree angle shot of a rocks glass rimmed in tajin and filled with mangonada swirled with chamoy and garnished with a tamarind straw.

Frozen Mangonada (Chamoyada) – Mexican Mango and Chamoy Drink

two collins glasses filled with ranch water.

Classic Texas Ranch Water

overhead shot of a dark plate with 4 enchiladas divorciadas with the left half coated in red chile sauce and the right half coated in salsa verde.

Enchiladas Divorciadas (Christmas Enchiladas)

Overhead shot of papas con chorizo in a black skillet

Papas con Chorizo (Potatoes with Mexican Chorizo)

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