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Home › All Mexican Recipes › Sides

Mexican Side Recipes

Every great Mexican entrée deserves the perfect side! These Mexican Side Recipes are the classics that complete any meal — simple, flavorful, and made with love. From Frijoles de la Olla and Refried Beans to Arroz Rojo (Mexican Rice), Cilantro Lime Rice, Frijoles, Charros, and Cebollitas Asadas (Grilled Green Onions), these authentic Mexican side dishes pair perfectly with tacos, enchiladas, or grilled meats for a true taste of Mexico.

A clay plate with piles of ground spices including garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and chile powder.

Homemade Taco Seasoning

Conserva de Calabaza (Mexican Pumpkin Puree Recipe)

holiday table runner on a wooden table with a large silver oval serving platter filled with savory mashed chipotle sweet potatoes.

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle

closeup overhead shot of garlic butter rice topped with golden garlic chips and green onions.

Garlic Butter Rice

spicy poblano, hatch green chile, and bacon mac and cheese on a black and white dinner plate with a silver fork.

Spicy Green Chile Bacon Mac and Cheese

Ensalada de Coditos (Macaroni Salad) in a Mexican brown barro bowl with wooden spoon and striped napkin.

Ensalada de Coditos (Mexican Macaroni Salad)

overhead shot of a hand thrown brown serving bowl filled with dill pickle macaroni salad with cheese and spam.

Easy Macaroni Salad with Cheese, Spam, & Dill Pickles

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)

black fluted bowl filled with better-than-Chipotle cilantro lime rice.

Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe (Better Than Chipotle!)

closeup shot of carne asada salad in a terracotta serving bowl.

Healthy Carne Asada Steak Salad

45 degree angle shot of a black plate with a green rim filled with a serving of fideo seco topped with avocado slices, a drizzle of crema, and a sprinkle of queso fresco.

Fideo Seco

blue and green painted scalloped bowl filled with homemade crema mexicana on a grey table with a few fresh lime wedges to the side.

Crema Mexicana (Mexican-Style Sour Cream)

Overhead view of two blue and white bowls filled with macaroni and cheese with ground bison, placed on a wooden cutting board.

Macaroni and Cheese with Ground Bison (Easy Cheeseburger Mac)

overhead shot of a glass mason jar filled with parsley cilantro chimichurri sauce with a wooden spoonful of it in focus and the jar and fresh herbs out of focus below it.

Parsley-Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce

closeup hero shot of roasted butternut squash quinoa salad flecked with pomegranate arils and garnished with fresh parsley.

Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad

Homemade Cranberry Sauce With Orange Juice & Pomegranate Seeds

Serving platter of roasted butternut squash, burssels sprouts, red onions, and pomegranate seeds with a silver serving spoon.

Oven Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels Sprouts

Waldorf Salad with Yogurt (No Mayo!)

Blistered Shishito Peppers with sea salt in a cast iron skillet.

Blistered Shishito Peppers

Short mason jar filled with elote en vaso (a.k.a. esquites), topped with chili powder and cotija cheese.

Elote en Vaso (Corn in a Cup)

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