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Creative Recipes » Home » Creative Recipes » Cuisine » Tex-Mex Recipes

Creative Tex-Mex Recipes

The best collection of restaurant-quality Tex Mex Recipes! Creative recipes with zesty, cheesy, and creative Tex-Mex flavors. Recreate your favorite Tex-Mex restaurant dishes in your own kitchen. I include everything from making your own tortilla chips, to Pico De Gallo, to Fajitas, Mexican Rice, to Tex-Mex Enchiladas.

3-tacos on a metal taco stand sitting on a wood cutting board with a red onion and sliced limes in the back.

Ranch Chicken Crock Pot Tacos

You’ll love this easy 5-ingredient dump-and-go Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Tacos for an easy dinner or freezer meal! Set it and forget it before you go to work and dinner is ready when you get home. Taco Tuesday will be tastier than ever when you serve these crock pot ranch chicken tacos for dinner. It’s…

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4-photo collage with title in white text in an oval red circle in the middle - 17 Fajita Toppings

Best Fajita Toppings

Fajitas – What’s not to love? Tender beef (or chicken or shrimp) served sizzling hot with sautéed onions, peppers, and lime juice, all tucked in nicely in soft, fluffy, warm tortillas! Are you a fajita lover like we are? How can anyone not love them? They are quick and easy to cook, super flavorful, wholesome,…

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bowl of cowboy stew with another bowl of stew in the background with a green pot of stew behind that. Partial view of sliced bread on the left.

Texas Cowboy Stew

With savory ground beef, bacon, and kielbasa sausage, this hearty Texas Cowboy stew recipe with spicy chili powder, diced tomatoes, and green chile peppers will become a new family favorite. This delicious texas cowboy stew is great for tailgating, camping, or just for a weeknight dinner. You can make it in a dutch oven or…

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Aqua colored plate with golden fried Chicken and cream cheese taquitos topped with sour cream, chopped tomatoes, and cilantro.

Chicken and Cream Cheese Taquitos

Chicken and Cream Cheese Taquitos have a creamy and flavorful chicken and cream cheese filling with a crispy outer shell, making it a perfect finger food for tailgating. Are you gearing up for the big game tailgating party or getting ready for a Mexican fiesta? Be sure to include these tasty taquitos on the Mexican…

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Side overhead view of a single glass of mango jalapeno margarita with Tajin salt on the rim of the glass and garnished with jalapeno slices and Tajin seasoning with a stirrer in it. Jalapeno slices in the bottom left, 2 jalapenos in the middle left, and mangos in the top right all on a gray background.

Mango Jalapeno Margarita

Spicy Mango Jalapeño Margarita is not your classic margarita as it is a spicy mango margarita with sweet mangos and spicy jalapenos with tajin seasoning around the rim. The sweet and spicy flavors of the mango and jalapenos transform a good margarita into a great margarita. Whether you like a frozen margarita or a margarita…

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Overhead view of a white bowl of salsa verde garnished with sliced avocado, serrano peppers, and chopped onion, surrounded by tortilla chips on a white background.

Authentic Salsa Verde Recipe

This authentic Salsa Verde recipe is the best and easiest salsa verde recipe you’ll ever make. It is so fresh and flavorful that you’ll want to take it to your favorite Mexican restaurant because it will likely taste better than theirs! Whichever type of salsa you prefer, mild or spicier salsa, you’ll find this easy…

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Overhead view of a metal try topped with Instant Pot Pulled Pork Tacos served with cilantro and lemon wedges. on a blue background with yellow and white checkered napkin next to it.

Instant Pot Pulled Pork Tacos

Instant Pot Pulled Pork Tacos are made with Dr. Pepper BBQ Pulled Pork made in the Instant Pot. Sweet and savory BBQ pulled pork creates the filling for these delicious tacos. Pulled Pork Tacos with slaw are a great way to use up leftover pulled pork. Just stuff the bbq pulled pork in corn or…

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Full-size Churro Cheesecake sitting on an elevated cake stand with a serving utensil down below with a beige napkin to the left of it.

Churros Cheesecake

Churros Cheesecake celebrates the love of a classic baked cheesecake and crispy crunchy churros, all in one irresistibly delicious and elegant dessert! The texture of this churros cheesecake is ultra creamy and smooth with Dulce de leche mixed throughout and a thin layer of cinnamon sugar sandwiched between the crust and filling. Once baked, this…

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Small Glass of red enchilada sauce recipe

Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe

This is a quick and easy version of a delicious homemade Red Enchilada Sauce that will remind you of your favorite Mexican restaurants. It is loaded with flavor, much better than any canned stuff, you know the canned enchilada sauce, but it is a shortcut version of an authentic enchilada sauce. Instead of starting with…

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35 Mexican Appetizer Recipes

These are the Best 35 Mexican Appetizer Recipes for Cinco De Mayo or for any party or holiday. Included are easy recipes that make great party appetizers for your Mexican fiesta! Since Cinco De Mayo is right around the corner, I thought it was a great time to share these favorite easy Mexican appetizers because…

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4 ears of Grilled Mexican Street Corn on the Cob on brown plate with 2 dipping sauces and a grilled corn on the cob in the background.

Elote – Mexican Grilled Street Corn

When I think of Grilled Mexican Corn, or Elote, there’s no better way to describe it than a little taste of summer. To me, adding grilled corn to my cookouts is an official celebration of Cinco de Mayo, warmer weather, summer, pool parties, barbecues, and awesome grilled food!  If you thought regular grilled corn on…

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Bowl with Mexican Corn And Black Bean Salad recipe

Corn And Black Bean Salad

Mexican Black Beans and Corn Salad provide a proud display of vibrant Mexican-inspired salad ingredients including corn, black beans, avocado, red opinion, and peppers…all blended together in a fusion of aromatics, spices, fresh lemon juice, honey, and olive oil.  This Mexican salad is ideal as a side salad while also versatile enough to be used…

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Fajita Stuffed Avocados

Fajita Stuffed Avocados are creamy avocados stuffed with tender, zesty chicken fajitas, or steak fajitas, depending on if you want Chicken Fajita Stuffed Avocados or Steak Fajita Stuffed Avocados! They are full of protein and a great way to experience Mexican-inspired fresh flavors. Topped with bright flavors of pico de gallo, cotija cheese, sautéed onions,…

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Overhead view of left half of a cast iron skillet with shrimp fajitas inside with red green and yellow bell peppers, surrounded by chopped cilantro and corn tortillas in the bottom left corner.

Shrimp Fajitas

If you’re in the mood for a restaurant-quality Mexican dish then you can’t get better than shrimp fajita! The mix of tender marinated plump shrimp with sautéed red, yellow, and green peppers and onions is nothing short of mouth-watering! Even better is the fact that you get to make this rewarding and flavor-packed dish in…

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A white bowl with handles filled with refried beans topped with chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and sliced jalapeños.

Instant Pot Refried Beans

These refried beans made in the Instant Pot are so easy to make. They’re full of the best flavors you will love such as fresh garlic, onion, cumin, tender pinto beans, and more! This pressure cooker refried beans recipe is great for meal prep, freezer-friendly, and way better than the rest. Creamy Instant Pot refried…

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White bowl of Triple Pork Black Bean Soup topped with Mexican Cream, chopped avocado, and cilantro

Black Bean Pork Chorizo Chili

This thick, savory, slightly spicy Black Bean Pork Chorizo Chili has three types of pork – pork roast, bacon, and chorizo – as well as black beans and a little bit of chipotle for a slight kick. If you are looking for a change from typical chili but still want that warm big bowl of…

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Spoonful of Sopa Tarasca - Pinto Bean Soup - with cream drizzled on top - held over a bowl of Sopa Tarasca drizzled with cream and garnished with cilantro. Half an avocado on the side.

Sopa Tarasca (Pinto Bean Soup)

Warm, creamy, and hearty Sopa Tarasca is a homemade Mexican pinto bean soup that is filled with rich ingredients like robust tomatoes, fragrant onions, and warm spices such as chili powder, cumin, and oregano. Top this tasty soup with cream, fresh cilantro, tortilla strips, and more!  This Mexican-style pinto bean soup recipe is truly the…

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Overhead view of just the Mexican Cauliflower "Rice" on a white plate with blue trim and green cilantro on top.

Mexican Cauliflower Rice

Mexican Cauliflower Rice makes a delicious alternative to Mexican rice. It has all the flavor of Mexican Rice but because it’s made with cauliflower it is a lighter side dish for your Mexican dinner. Whether you are serving this as a side for Taco Tuesday, or your Cinco De Mayo taco bar, or with Chicken…

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View of a bowl of Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup with a spoon topped with chopped avocados, Doritos, and a slice of lime. In the back is a partial view of another bowl of soup. Both bowls are dark and set on a light blue - gray background.

Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup

This recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup is made with tender shredded chicken, red enchilada sauce, taco seasoning, cumin powder, beans, and more for the perfect pressure-cooker meal! Great for dinners at home when you want tasty Mexican flavors.  Chicken enchilada soup made in the Instant Pot, or any electric pressure cooker, is ready…

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An empanada covered with cinnamon sugar cut in half to see the caramel filling.

Cajeta (Caramel) Empanadas

This Mexican Cajeta Empanadas recipe, or empanadas de cajeta in Spanish, is easy to make and simply the best recipe out there! Made with a soft dough that is coated with cinnamon and sugar and stuffed with sweet dulce de leche, or caramel, these dessert empanadas are wonderfully tasty and satisfying!  So far all my…

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A spoonful of Chicken Dorito Casserole being held above the casserole dish with the rest of the chicken Dorito casserole.

Chicken Dorito Casserole

This Baked Southwest Chicken Dorito Casserole is an easy cheesy chicken casserole with shredded rotisserie chicken, cream cheese, sour cream, Rotel tomatoes and green chilies, Nacho Cheese Doritos, cheddar cheese, and taco seasoning. One thing you will notice is missing is canned cream of chicken soup and cream of mushroom soup. Instead, I used cream…

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2 BBQ Chicken Tostadas on a cutting board topped with chicken, bbq sauce, chopped avocado and cheese. Surrounded by sliced limes, blue napkin whole avocado, whole lemon and whole tomatoes.

BBQ Chicken Tostadas

If you thought Taco Tuesday was something to look forward to then just wait until you try these BBQ Chicken Tostadas! Similar to chalupas, crispy crunchy tostada shells are layered shredded rotisserie chicken covered in a zesty barbecue sauce, followed by an array of diced toppings like creamy avocado, fresh and juicy tomato, chopped cilantro,…

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Pork Chile Verde with rice on plate with 2 forks on a napkin between a bowl of rice and bowl of more Pork Chile Verde.

Pork Chile Verde

Pork Chile Verde is pork and potatoes cooked in a spicy green sauce, or salsa verde until they are tender and the sauce is thickened.  The Chile Verde, made with pork, potatoes, tomatillos, poblano chiles, Serranos, and jalapeños, makes a spicy yet very flavorful saucy pork dinner. Since I live in the heart of Tex-Mex…

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bowl of fresh peach salsa on white pedestal with blue napkin with peach below.

Fresh Peach Salsa

Fresh Peach Salsa is a refreshing summer salsa, with fresh peaches, tomatoes and jalapeños, that is used as a dip or topping for grilled chicken, pork, or seafood, as well as salads and tacos. In addition to the sweet heat and delicious peach flavor of this salsa, I love that it only uses fresh peaches,…

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