This is the Best Velveeta Skillet Queso ever! Sausage, jalapeño, 3 kinds of cheese, Rotel, and beer combine to create an amazing creamy cheesy flavor. Eat it with your favorite dip chip for a zesty party appetizer or game-day snack, or add a cheesy topping to your favorite nachos, burritos, tacos, or burgers. What Is…
Mexican
Mexican and Mexican-inspired recipes that are fast, easy, flavorful and delicious, including tacos, enchiladas, nachos, quesadillas, soups, and desserts. Popular recipes include Chicken Empanadas, Beef (Steak) Fajitas, Crockpot Chicken Tacos, Enchiladas Suizas, Tex-Mex Enchiladas, Mexican Rice, and Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars.
Lime Charlotte Icebox Cake
Lime Charlotte, or Charlotte Russe, is an easy lime icebox cake that is a delicious no-bake Mexican Dessert. No baking, just layers of creamy goodness over cookies, then refrigerate or freeze for a deliciously refreshing dessert. You’ll love this easy no-bake, light, and creamy dessert! Served cold, it has that creamy goodness inside, and is…
Instant Pot Cilantro Rice
Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice makes the classic Chipotle Copycat Cilantro Lime Rice Mexican side dish recipe easier to make in the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker! It will be ready quickly for your Mexican dinner! Traditionally, this copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice is made in a rice cooker or on top of the stove, but…
Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole
This Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole is like a Mexican Lasagna or Tortilla Casserole that is packed with vegetables, Mexican flavors, and melted cheese! It transforms vegetarian enchiladas into an easy Make-Ahead Mexican casserole dinner that freezes well and your family will love! As you know living in South Texas, I love my Mexican Recipes, as well as…
Skillet Chicken Fajitas
Skillet Chicken Fajitas served in a hot skillet or a sizzling hot platter with sautéed onions, peppers, mushrooms, avocado, or Guacamole, and served with Pico De Gallo and flour tortillas on the side! Marinated Chicken Fajitas that are well seasoned and flavorful are as Tex-Mex as it gets. To me, these chicken fajitas, as well…
Bang Bang Chicken Wonton Tacos
Chicken Wonton Tacos made with Chicken smothered in a Bang Bang Sauce and served in crispy wontons shaped like mini tacos. These Asian – Mexican Fusion Appetizers, Chicken Wonton Tacos, are a mash-up of Bang Bang Chicken and Chicken Tacos but instead of being served inside corn tortillas, they are served instead in crispy wonton…
Stuffed Chile Relleno Recipe
This Stuffed Chile Relleno Recipe stuffs ground beef Picadillo inside roasted poblano peppers and smothers them with melted cheese to make a flavorful, zesty, and cheesy Mexican dinner. With a few simple ingredients, you can have a delicious, zesty Mexican dinner on the table in just over 30 minutes. Stuffed Poblano Peppers If you love…
Tex Mex Enchiladas with Chili Gravy
Tex-Mex Enchiladas with Chili Gravy are cheese enchiladas covered with a beef chili con carne gravy, or enchilada sauce, and lots and lots of gooey cheddar cheese! I literally grew up eating Tex Mex enchiladas every week. Seriously, at school growing up in San Antonio, Texas, every Wednesday was “Enchilada Wednesday” and that was the…
Instant Pot Chipotle Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta
Instant Pot Chipotle Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta puts a delicious Mexican spin on traditional Chicken Cordon Bleu and turns it into chicken casserole. While we love traditional recipes, sometimes we like to tweak them to add bolder flavors since we enjoy a little more spice in our food. This Instant Pot Chipotle Chicken Cordon Bleu…
Spicy Peach Margarita
This Spicy Peach Margarita is sweet, tart, citrusy, salty, and spicy with that delicious peach flavor! With all that flavor, it is still a simple cocktail to make and no margarita mix is required! Pair this Spicy Peach Margarita with your favorite Mexican food recipes, including chips, salsa, Mexican Shrimp Cocktail, fajitas or tacos, and…
Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers
Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers are bell peppers stuffed with sizzling hot, zesty Chicken Fajitas for a quick and easy restaurant quality Mexican dinner. When combined with cauliflower rice and cheese, these Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers have all the flavor of spicy chicken fajitas without all the stuff that’s not so good for you. This recipe…
Marinated Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas
These Marinated Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas, or Fajitas De Pollo in Spanish, are spicy, smoky, sizzling hot strips of chicken breast served with sliced red and green bell peppers, and sautéed onions in flour tortillas. I live in Texas. I was born and raised in Texas. Let me tell you, we Texans LOVE our fajitas…
Instant Pot Taco Soup
This easy Instant Pot Taco Soup, made with ground beef, chicken, or turkey, and loaded with Mexican taco flavors like chipotle, and can be ready in 30 minutes, and topped with your favorite taco toppings! Today, I’m sharing Instant Pot Taco Soup, one of my family’s favorite Instant Pot Soup Recipes, and one of many…
Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup is a simple homemade Mexican soup with a zesty flavorful chicken broth and tender juicy chicken topped with cilantro, cheese, and tortilla strips. This Instant Pot version of Chicken Tortilla Soup is my latest addition to my Instant Pot Soup Recipes and is one of my favorite soups of all…
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili is creamy, cheesy, and comforting with Mexican spices, boneless chicken breasts or thighs, and cream cheese. It is the ultimate comfort food. While I love my Crock Pot Chicken Chili with the spicy red broth, sometimes I want a chicken chili that is creamy and cheesy, and this one fits the…
Instant Pot Chicken Tinga
Instant Pot Chicken Tinga is Mexican shredded chicken in a smoky tomato-chipotle sauce that is super easy to make and is used in chicken tacos, tostadas, nachos, chalupas, burritos, and enchiladas. There is nothing better than that flavorful, saucy shredded chicken that is used in several of our favorite Mexican food recipes, such as chicken…
Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas
Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas take chicken quesadillas to the next level by adding onions, bell peppers, bacon and ranch dressing for an incredible flavor combo inside that cheesy crispy tortilla! Not Your Ordinary Quesadillas Similar to the restaurant-style Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas that you find at Chile’s restaurants, these quesadillas go over the top by including…
Ground Beef Tacos Recipe
These Ground Beef Tacos, in soft corn tortillas, are so flavorful, delicious, and easy to make, you and your family will want every night to be Taco night! Wow! These tacos are so mouthwatering and delicious that they will soon become a family favorite. Tacos are my favorite type of Mexican Food! These Ground Beef…
Picadillo Con Papas
This Picadillo Con Papas isn’t Cuban Picadillo or Mexican Picadillo because it bursts with flavor with a spicy Tex-Mex kick that makes it perfect for tacos, empanadas, or your favorite Mexican dish. One of the most flavorful ground beef recipes ever, it is a staple in our house. Bursting with flavor from Homemade Taco Seasoning,…
Blackened Fish Tacos
Blackened Fish Tacos with tender tilapia, sweet and spicy Mango Salsa and tangy Mexican Cabbage Slaw explode with Cajun Mexican flavor in this quick and easy dinner that everyone will love! Why You’ll Love These Blackened Fish Tacos These Blackened Fish Tacos are not like typical fish tacos in San Diego because this fish is…
Mexican Cabbage Slaw
Mexican Cabbage Slaw, also called Fish Taco Slaw, is a cool, tangy cabbage slaw with a Mexican-spiced apple cider vinaigrette that can be served as a side dish or on top of fish tacos, pulled pork sandwiches, or salads. How Is Mexican Cabbage Slaw Different Than Cole Slaw? This is definitely not your ordinary KFC coleslaw….
Enchiladas Rojas de Queso
Enchiladas Rojas de Queso, or Cheese Enchiladas with a Red Chipotle Sauce, have a delicious, robust spicy flavor, and are surprisingly easy to make.
Enchiladas Rojas de Queso are corn tortillas dipped in a spicy red chipotle sauce and stuffed with a melting Mexican cheese called queso asadero, then rolled up, and covered with more of the red chipotle sauce and then topped with a Mexican crumbled white cheese called queso fresco.
How To Make Chipotle Sauce (For Enchiladas)
This Chipotle Sauce recipe is unique in that it is a spicy, flavorful tomato-based sauce made with roasted tomatoes and chipotle chiles in adobo sauce and not a mayonnaise based sauce.
Chipotle Sauce may mean different things to different people. When I googled Chipotle Sauce, most of the top recipes were mayonnaise based sauces to be used on sandwiches. This is NOT one of those sauces.
This Chipotle Sauce is made with fresh Roma tomatoes that are roasted and then combined with chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, onions, and garlic.
This is a chipotle sauce created by cookbook authors, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn, and found in Enchiladas Aztec to Tex Mex Cookbook. This chipotle sauce is made with Chipotles en adobo and roasted tomatoes.
Chicken Fajita Pasta (One-Pot 30-Minute Meal)
Chicken Fajita Pasta is an easy creamy, cheesy chicken and pasta one-pot meal with Mexican Fajita-spiced chicken, pasta, onions, and bell peppers in a creamy, cheesy sauce that can be on the table in 30 minutes! Are you tired of boring chicken dinners? Are you looking for an easy yet delicious recipe to spice up…