Mexican Calabacitas with Corn and Queso Fresco
Tender zucchini, sweet corn and poblano make a bright vegetable skillet dinner in under half an hour.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
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Mexican Dinner Ideas
12 Mexican dinner recipes for home cooks, with cooking times.
These Mexican dinners go beyond tacos to the soups, skillets and tortilla dishes people cook at home. Try chilaquiles verdes with fried eggs, pozole verde or sopa de lima for something brothy, cochinita pibil and chicken tinga for slow-cooked flavor, and vegetable dishes such as calabacitas, rajas poblanas or nopales with eggs. More than half of the collection is vegetarian.
12 dinner ideas
Mexican Caldo de Res with Vegetables
A hearty beef and vegetable soup with corn, cabbage and lime is a full one-pot dinner for two.
- 90 min
- Serves 2
- Beef
Mexican Chilaquiles Verdes with Fried Eggs
Crunchy tortillas briefly simmered in tangy green salsa make a quick, comforting breakfast-for-dinner bowl.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Eggs
Mexican Cochinita Pibil Tacos with Pickled Onion
A small-batch, citrus-and-achiote braised pork filling turns ordinary tortillas into deeply flavored tacos.
- 85 min
- Serves 2
- Pork
Mexican Enfrijoladas with Roasted Vegetables
Roasted vegetables tucked into corn tortillas and covered in velvety black bean sauce make a satisfying meatless meal.
- 45 min
- Serves 4
- Vegetables
Mexican Esquites and Black Bean Tortas
Charred corn esquites with lime and cotija piled into rolls with black beans.
- 25 min
- Serves 3
- Beans
Mexican Nopales and Egg Skillet
Cactus paddles cooked until their sliminess cooks off, then folded through soft eggs with tomato.
- 20 min
- Serves 3
- Eggs
Mexican Pozole Verde with Chicken and Hominy
A bright tomatillo broth, tender chicken and hominy make this green pozole a comforting, generous dinner.
- 60 min
- Serves 4
- Chicken
Mexican Rajas Poblanas with Creamy Corn
Roasted poblano strips simmered with corn, crema, and melting cheese.
- 30 min
- Serves 4
- Vegetables
Mexican Sopa de Lima with Chicken
Lime, oregano and crisp tortilla strips brighten this light chicken soup for two.
- 40 min
- Serves 2
- Chicken
Mexican Sopa Seca de Fideo with Avocado
Fideo noodles toasted golden then cooked in tomato broth until it is fully absorbed.
- 25 min
- Serves 4
- Pasta
Mexican Tinga Chicken Tostadas with Avocado
Smoky chipotle-tomato chicken, black beans and crunchy toppings turn simple tostadas into a fast dinner.
- 35 min
- Serves 4
- Chicken