Skip to content

Order Muy Bueno: Fiestas today →

  • 4th of July
  • All Recipes
    • By Course
      • Appetizers
      • Breads
      • Breakfast
      • Drinks
      • Entrees
      • Salads
      • Sides
      • Soups
      • Snacks
      • Salsas
      • Desserts
    • By Type
      • Tacos
      • Tamales
      • Empanadas
      • Enchiladas
    • By Method
      • Instant Pot
      • Slow Cooker
      • Grill
    • By Ingredient
      • Beef
      • Chicken
      • Pork
      • Seafood
      • Lamb
      • Turkey
      • Chorizo
      • Pasta
    • By Holiday
      • 4th of July
      • Mexican Independence Day
      • Halloween
      • Dia de los Muertos
    • By Diet
      • Vegetarian
      • Healthy
  • Tacos
  • Tamales
  • Empanadas
  • Drinks
  • About
    • Work With Me
    • Contact
    • Press
  • Subscribe
  • Cookbooks
  • Shop
  • Videos

Home › All Mexican Recipes › Appetizers

Mexican Appetizer Recipes

Whether you are planning a family gathering, a tailgate party, or just dinner with friends — the perfect Mexican appetizer can make the event that much more memorable. These Mexican Appetizer Recipes are easy, delicious, and also traditional!

Favorites include Mexican Fruit Cups, Classic Guacamole, Mexican Shrimp Cocktail, Chorizo-Stuffed Mushrooms, and Brie Stuffed with Piloncillo-Caramelized Apples.

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

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)

homemade chamoy sauce in a glass jar with a wooden spoon.

Homemade Mexican Chamoy Sauce

closeup shot of a pile of carnitas fries—oven baked french fries topped with cheese, carnitas, guacamole, and sour cream.

Loaded Carnitas Fries

flat lay shot of three golden brown homemade tostada shells on a wooden surface.

Easy Homemade Tostada Shells (Fried or Baked!)

platter of homemade tortilla chips served with fresh salsa.

Homemade Tortilla Chips (Fried or Baked)

7 layer dip in a bowl on a Mexican textile with chips scattered.

7 Layer Dip

table set with a plate of two Mexican sopes topped with beans, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, and diced avocado next to a bottle of pineapple Jarritos and a bowl of roasted green chiles for garnish.

How to Make Sopes

pork green Chile smothered fries

The Ultimate List of Game Day Food, Snacks & Drinks

closeup shot of a hand holding a birria grilled cheese sandwich that has been dipped in the consomme.

Birria Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

flat lay closeup shot of a bowl of avocado lime crema on a brightly colored tablecloth.

Creamy Avocado Lime Crema

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

Baked Beef Flautas with Birria

Salsa Borracha (a.k.a. "Drunk Salsa") in a brown pottery bowl surrounded with homemade corn tortilla chips on a turquoise tablecloth with beers in glasses in the background.

Salsa Borracha (a.k.a. “Drunk Salsa”)

Spooky Halloween Cheese Board

Spooky Halloween Cheese Board

tajin rimmed cucumber shot glasses filled with tequila-spiked agua de pepino.

Cucumber Shots

closeup 45 degree angle shot of a tortilla chip being dipped in a yellow bowl filled with authentic Mexican salsa roja.

Authentic Mexican Salsa Roja

Mexican chicken salad (ensalada de pollo) on a tostada shell.

Ensalada de Pollo (Creamy Mexican Chicken Salad)

terracotta plate with a serving of tampiqueña steak topped with caramalized onions and roasted peppers

Carne a la Tampiqueña (Mexican Steak)

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.

Escabeche (Pickled Jalapeños)

Carne Asada nachos on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Easy Homemade Carne Asada Nachos

Posts navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 7
  • Go to Next Page
Back to top
Muy Bueno
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • My Books
  • Recipe Index
  • Work With Me

©2025 Muy Bueno. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy • Accessibility Statement • Powered by CultivateWP.