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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 that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate it with Mexican Cinco de Mayo Recipes.

Celebrate with these favorites: Christmas Enchiladas, Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Beef Birria Tacos, The Best Chicken Tinga, and Cinco de Mayo Margaritas.

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 Mexicana (a.k.a. Chamoyada)

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)

mexican fruit salad in a colorful serving bowl garnished with tajin.

Mexican Fruit Salad with Tajin

two stemless wine glasses rimmed with tajin and filled with frozen pineapple margaritas.

Spicy Frozen Pineapple Margaritas

dessert tacos filled with avocado yogurt cheesecake filling and sliced fruits and berries on a white platter.

Strawberry “Cheesecake” Tacos with Avocado Yogurt

overhead shot of a breakfast table with yellow, blue and white hand-painted plates filled with black bean and chorizo huevos rancheros, cafe de olla, and a molcajete of pico de gallo.

Black Bean Huevos Rancheros with Chorizo

multiple mason jars filled with Mexican escabeche on a wooden cutting board with the closest one with a spoon in it fishing out a serving.

Mexican Escabeche (Pickled Jalapeños & Carrots)

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