Five Favorite Recipes for Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo isn’t a holiday we really celebrate as far as throwing a party, but any excuse to eat Mexican (or Mexican-inspired) food is worth mentioning. I could eat this stuff daily.
I’ve also decided that street tacos would be my last meal on earth.
Out of the 60+ recipes I have in my Mexican/Southwest category, these are our all-time favorites.
Of course I had to start with the Stacked Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas. It’s the most popular recipe on my site!
If you like these you’d also like the Stacked Chicken & Zucchini Enchiladas with Creamy Green Chile Sauce or the Leftover Shredded Beef and Kale Stacked Enchiladas.
(I’m into stacking enchiladas instead of rolling them. Can you tell?)
Speaking of shredded beef, this is my favorite shredded beef in the whole world. The Taqueria-Style Shredded Beef takes a bit of prep, but it cooks all day in the slow cooker and is great for tacos, enchiladas, nachos, quesadillas, salads…. omelets. (Yes, I actually did that. Best omelet I ever had.)
It’s criminal to have Mexican food without guacamole. Or at least a chopped avocado. I adore this Loaded Roasted Chile Guacamole! I have a basic guacamole recipe as well if you want something quick. For the laziest of lazies, try my Lazy Guacamole.
I have to pace myself when I make Crispy Shredded Chicken Tacos. I could really eat an entire platter and then bask in a crispy tortilla-induced coma for the next several hours. No, not even close to paleo, but so, so worth it once in a while. For a vegetarian version, these Crispy Black Bean Tacos are great, too!
And for the best Mexican food, you need the best tortillas. Have you ever made your own corn tortillas? Hand-rolled Corn Tortillas are a snap, once you get into a good rhythm. I can pump out 35-40 in a half hour.
Have a great weekend! Ole!
(Do people actually say Ole? I may have outed myself as a great, big dork.)
Love all these, but I have to make the tortillas! They look perfect!
I LOVE the roasted veg stacked enchilada recipe. I happen to be making it tonight!
I agree that I could eat Mexican literally every day. The stuff is fabulous! Those shredded chicken tacos look bomb diggity! Ill be coming over to your place this weekend ;)
Those roasted veggie enchiladas are one of my favorites as well!
What a great collection of recipes!
I’ll def be making those taqueria tacos!
Natalie, this is a great round up! I’m craving that roasted chile guacamole right now!
What a lovely roundup and beautiful photographs! And I agree – homemade is the ONLY way to go when it comes to tortillas!!
Bell’articolo, molto utile! Stavo facendo le mie belle letture di post pre-nanna, dove lasciare qualche commento, con la speranza di ritorni sul mio blog, quando ho letto questo articolo! Grazie delle dritte!!!