These easy Tex Mex recipes are quick fuss-free meals that make my life a little easier. I’ve gathered up my favorite Tex Mex inspired appetizer, breakfast, and main course recipes. Even people who aren’t too skilled in the kitchen can prepare these meals.
I love Tex Mex food because it usually involves cheese and spice, and I have a major sweet spot for cheesy spicy foods. I could easily live off of tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and chimichangas. I make them on a regular
I can’t get enough queso and guac. They make most foods even better. Sure, you can serve them as appetizers, or you can use them as condiments for most Tex Mex meals.
Many of these recipes are easy to make in larger quantities. Prepare them on a Sunday and eat them throughout the week. It’s an easy way to get ahead. You can portion the casseroles out, pack them up, and bring them to work for lunch.
Some of these recipes are perfect ways to repurpose leftovers. Turn leftover shredded chicken into Mexican Chicken Lasagna, chimichangas, or burritos. Use leftover chips and salsa to make chilaquiles. Put any leftover taco meat on a crispy corn tostada, add some cheese, avocado, and a sunny side up egg to make a quick and easy breakfast. Once you have Tex Mex ingredients in your fridge you will find so many ways to use them.
My recipe for Poblano Cream Sauce is one of the most popular recipes on this site, and it appears in several recipes on this list. Sometimes I make the sauce on a Saturday morning and use it throughout the weekend adding it to meals throughout the weekend. The sauce is a little time consuming to prepare, but so worth the time and effort.
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24 Easy Tex Mex Recipes
These easy Tex Mex recipes will make meals more exciting. This collection of recipes embraces ingredients like rice, beans, cheese, salsa, avocado, peppers, and tortillas.
Shredded Beef Chimichangas with Vegetables
Shredded Beef Chimichangas are filled with tender spicy shredded beef, rice, refried beans, sautéed bell peppers and zucchini, tomatoes, and cheese.
Brisket Enchiladas
Brisket enchiladas are filled with brisket slow cooked in a spicy red chile sauce, onions, and pinto beans and then topped with red and green chile sauces and cheese. It's a comfort food casserole perfect for weekend entertaining. This meal has just the right balance of spicy and cheesy. *If you use corn tortillas this meal is gluten free
Chicken Chimichangas with a Poblano Cream Sauce
Inspired by a meal that I had in Kansas City, these baked chicken chimichangas are filled with black beans, shredded chicken, rice, and cheese. They are topped with my cult-favorite poblano cream sauce.
Chicken Mexican Lasagna
Chicken Mexican Lasagna is a delicious meal made with shredded chicken coated in in poblano cream sauce layered between flour tortillas with black beans, corn, salsa, and cheese. It can be prepared in advance and is a perfect casserole to give to a friend.
Ranch Chicken Tacos with Avocado Crema
Chicken gets seasoned with dry ranch mix, cooked, and added to tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and an avocado crema.
Baked Chorizo and Queso Chimichangas
Chorizo and queso come together to create chimichangas with a balance of cheese and spice.
Ranch Chicken Avocado Bacon Burritos
Ranch seasoned chicken, avocado crema, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, rice, and beans get rolled up together in a tortilla to make these burittos.
4 Ingredient Taco Chicken
Use a slow cooker to make this very easy taco chicken recipe. You can use the chicken to make tacos, burritos, or salads. This is a great recipe for meal prepping.
20 minute Chicken Burrito Bowls
You can use the 4 ingredient taco chicken to make these burrito bowls. I like to add rice, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, cheese, and avocado.
Scrambled Egg and Tater Tot Breakfast Burritos
Tater tots are the not-so-secret ingredient in these breakfast burritos. Also included: scrambled eggs, cheese, avocado, beans, and salsa.
How to Make Queso from Scratch
Learn how to make queso with this easy from scratch queso recipe. Warm melted queso made with is delicious over chips, baked potatoes, tacos, and hot dogs. This recipe is a great addition to any party!
Guacamole without Cilantro
This classic guacamole is made without cilantro, the herb that some people say tastes like soap! This recipe can be made in just 10 minutes and has bright citrus flavors.
The Best Breakfast Burritos
Chorizo adds a touch of spice to these breakfast burritos filled with scrambled eggs, beans, hash browns, and cheese.
The BEST Poblano Cream Sauce
Read the comments on this blog post to see the creative ways people have been using this sauce. It's seriously good, and I love adding it to most Tex Mex meals.
Roasted Poblano Corn Chowder
Inspired by readers' love of the poblano cream sauce, I created a roasted poblano corn chowder that combines a corn chowder with the poblano cream sauce. It's the thing to make on a cold day.
Mexican Eggs Benedict
Mexican Eggs Benedict uses classic Mexican ingredients to create a fun twist on Eggs Benedict. Mini flour tortillas are topped with poached eggs, crumbled bacon, cheddar cheese, slices of avocado, and refried beans and drizzled with poblano cream sauce. It's a restaurant-style brunch that you can easily make at home.
Cheesy Black Bean Dip
This Cheesy Black Bean Dip is an easy to make snack that comes together with less than 10 minutes of preparation time. It has the ideal balance of spice and melty cheese.
Breakfast Enchiladas
Breakfast Enchiladas are a hearty breakfast (or brunch) that feeds a crowd. It’s perfect for times when you are hosting guests, or nights when you want to have breakfast for dinner.
Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas
If you like spicy foods, make these enchiladas that are filled with buffalo chicken and topped with poblano cream sauce.
New Mexico Style Huevos Rancheros
New Mexico Style Huevos Rancheros are made with corn tortillas, red chile sauce, pinto beans, sunny side up eggs, and cheese. It's a filling and easy to prepare meal loaded with protein. This is a weekend brunch that you can make at home in 15 minutes.
How to Make Chilaquiles (the best breakfast ever)
Yes, you can turn leftover tortilla chips and salsa into a quick, easy, and delicious breakfast. In Mexico this breakfast is considered to be a hangover cure.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Charles loves this soup and I make it about twice a year. It's made with chicken, beans, corn, peppers, tomatoes, and tortilla chips.
Breakfast Tostadas
Put leftover pulled pork, beef, or chicken on a tostada, and top with avocado, egg, and cheese. It's a delicious breakfast that takes minutes to make.
7 Layer Taco Dip
Everyone loves 7 layer taco dip. It's a fact! This is a classic 7 layer taco dip recipe, and the preparation time is just a few minutes.
