Mexican Dinner Recipes

Five baked butternut squash empanadas with crimped edges, golden and flaky, stacked on a white plate on a light wood surface.

Butternut Squash Empanadas

1 h 25 min

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Overhead view of a cast-iron skillet filled with vegan Mexican rice mixed with black beans and diced tomatoes, garnished with chopped cilantro and sliced green onions; cilantro sprigs and a green towel sit on a rustic wooden table.

Vegan Mexican Rice and Black Bean Skillet

45 min

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Three short, salt-rimmed glasses filled with an icy yellow margarita sit on a white table, with a matching pitcher of the drink behind them; a whole pineapple and an orange wedge are in the background and foreground.

Cinco De Drinko (Party-Style Margarita) 4 ★

10 min

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Plate of four baked stuffed bell peppers—red, yellow, orange, and green—filled with shredded chicken and yellow rice, topped with chopped cilantro and crumbled Cotija cheese on a marble surface.

Chicken and Rice Stuffed Peppers 5 ★

1 h 15 min

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Top-down view into a black slow cooker filled with shredded chicken birria in a red, oily broth with diced tomatoes, topped with scattered fresh cilantro leaves.

Crockpot Chicken Birria Tacos

6 h 30 min

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Sliced grilled portobello mushrooms coated in a dark chipotle-adobo marinade, glossy with charred edges and sprinkled with chopped fresh herbs, piled on a blue oval platter.

Vegan Chipotle “Chicken” Copycat (Made With Mushrooms)

30 min

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Two lime margaritas in short rocks glasses on a light surface; the front glass has a coarse salt rim, ice, and a lime wheel garnish, with a lime wedge and whole lime nearby against a white tile background.

Lime Margarita

13 min

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Four grilled corn cobs stacked on a white plate, charred and butter-glossed, topped with crumbled cotija, chopped cilantro, and chili powder; whole limes blur in the background.

Mexican Street Corn (Elote) 5 ★

22 min

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Three bright pink watermelon margaritas in short glasses with coarse salt rims and ice, garnished with lime slices; whole and halved limes and a watermelon wedge sit on a light marble surface.

Watermelon Margarita

10 min

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Three corn tortillas folded into tacos on a white plate, filled with pan-seared shrimp and fresh mango salsa (yellow mango cubes, red onion, red pepper, and cilantro), with char marks on the tortillas and lime wedges and cilantro scattered nearby.

Pan-Seared Shrimp Tacos With Fresh Mango Salsa 4.3 ★

30 min

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Close-up of chopped grilled chipotle chicken thighs in a white serving dish, coated in reddish-brown adobo seasoning with charred edges and sprinkled with chopped cilantro; a lime wedge sits blurred in the background.

Grilled Chipotle Chicken Copycat 4.7 ★

30 min

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Overhead view of a white pot filled with fluffy cilantro lime rice, speckled with chopped cilantro, with a wooden spoon resting inside; lime halves and fresh cilantro sit on a marble surface nearby.

Cilantro Lime Rice (Chipotle Copycat) 4.8 ★

30 min

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Close-up of a plated chili-lime baked cod fillet coated in glossy orange pan juices and sprinkled with cilantro and red pepper flakes, served with a mound of steamed white rice and a lime half on a white plate.

Chili-Lime Baked Cod With Steamed Rice

40 min

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Bright blue margarita in a short rocks glass, packed with ice and rimmed with coarse salt, garnished with a lime wheel on the rim; halved limes and a white cloth blur in the background on a marble surface.

Blue Margarita 4.7 ★

5 min

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