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60+ Mexican Christmas Food Ideas

8-photo picture collage of burritos, chicken taco meat, taquitos, horchata drink, enchiladas, tres leches cake, chipotle chicken, and mexican beef. The text of the title is overlaid on the photos in the center of the collage.

 Mexican Christmas Food Ideas

Planning to celebrate this season with Mexican Food? In this list of 60+ Mexican Christmas Food Ideas are easy enchiladas, Authentic Carne Asada, chipotle chicken and beef barbacoa, chimichangas, and more.

There’s a variety of dips and salsas, and you will find recipes to make Spanish rice in the oven, stovetop and Instant Pot. If you want to go all out, you can even make Homemade Refried Beans and Homemade Flour Tortillas.

This list of Mexican recipes will be a hit this Christmas or any other special occasion with a fiesta theme. I mean, who doesn’t love Mexican food? 

Enchiladas

Creamy-Cilantro-Verde-EnchiladasCreamy Cilantro Verde Enchiladas
A blue plate topped with one enchilada, a fork and Spanish Rice.Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas
Creamy Chicken Green Chili Enchiladas
Blue plate with spanish rice, black beans and two chicken enchiladasSalsa Chicken Enchiladas

Turquoise plate with two honey lime chicken enchiladas on it. Fork is taking a bite out.Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Recipes

A white bowl of chipotle chicken with lettuce, corn, Pico de Gallo, black beans and shredded cheese. There's a fork getting ready to lift a bite out from the left side of the bowl. At the top of the photo in the background there's a clear cup of dressing and part of a sheet pan with cut up chicken.Copycat Chipotle Chicken
A slow cooker full of copycat cafe rio shredded chicken.Copycat Cafe Rio Shredded Chicken
chipotle-shredded-chickenSlow Cooker Chipolte Shredded Chicken
Bite-size chicken taco meat in a nonstick skillet with a wooden spatula inserted on the right.Easy Skillet Chicken Taco Meat

Beef Recipes

plate of nachos, the pate is blue with white dots. the nachos have chees, black beans, olives, tomatoes, shredded beef and jalapenosEasy Mexican Shredded Beef
Authentic carne asada with a side of ecuadorian lentil soup and ecuadorian yellow rice on a blue plate.Authentic Carne Asada
perfect-taco-meatPerfect Taco Meat
Beef Barbacoa topped on white rice with black beans, pico de Gallo, shredded white cheese, guacamole and sour cream on top of the beef, all in a paper bowl with a black plastic spoon inserted into the dish on the left side. There's a partial picture of a grey cloth napkin in the upper left corner.Copycat Chipotle Beef Barbacoa

Pork Recipes

Sweet pork sitting on a blue plate with a flour tortilla and jar of dressing in the background.Cafe Rio Sweet Pork
Perfect for Tacos, tostadas, casseroles, or any of your favorite Mexican DishesEasy Shredded Pork in the Crock Pot
easy-tex-mex-shredded-pork-4Easy Tex-Mex Shredded Pork

Burritos & Chimichangas

Chicken-Chimichanga-RecipeBest Ever Chicken Chimichanga Recipe
A bowl filled with quinoa, diced chicken taco meat, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, black beans and topped with shredded cheese. On the left is a partial photo of chicken taco meat and a grey kitchen towel. On the right are two small glass bowls, one with chopped cucumber and the other with pico de Gallo.Chicken Quinoa Burrito Bowls
A dark blue patterned Polish pottery plate with tortilla chips, Spanish rice, and Mar's burrito with a bite taken out of it.Mar’s Burritos
Sheet-Pan-Smothered-BurritoSheet Pan Smothered Burrito

Fajitas, Tacos & Taquitos

A partial picture of fajitas sitting on a cookie sheet with a metal tong with rubber tips about to take a scoop of fajitas.Sheet Pan Fajitas
five chicken taquitos on a turquoise plate . you can see the open ends with the chicken mixture showing.Easy Baked Chicken Taquitos
Three fajita stuffed sweet potatoes sitting in a glass 9x13 baking dish topped with melted cheese and sliced green onions with melted cheese surrounding the bottoms of the sweet potatoes.Fajita Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
homemad-scones-navajo-tacosNavajo Tacos

Ground Beef Baked Taquitos on a baking sheet.Ground Beef Baked Taquitos
Slow-Cooker-Chicken-Fajitas-4Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas

Casseroles

A pastel blue plate with a serving of creamy beef green chili casserole with a fork held diagonally from the left inserted into the casserole. Faded in the background is a white and blue striped kitchen towel with a fork on it next to edge of a 9x13 glass dish of the beef and green chili casserole.Creamy Beef and Green Chili Casserole
Slow-Cooker-Pineapple-Salsa-ChickenSlow Cooker Pineapple Salsa Chicken aka Mexican Delight
A glass pie dish of South of the border pie with cherry tomatoes scattered on the right and the left and the head of a pie server in the upper left corner.South of the Border Pie
Slow-Cooker-Creamy-Verde-Chicken-4Slow Cooker Creamy Verde Chicken

Slow Cooker Chili Chicken CasseroleSlow Cooker Chili Chicken Casserole
A serving of green salad with slice tomatoes and cucumbers with a scoop of Mexican chili chicken casserole, all on a dinner plate.Mexican Chili Chicken Casserole
mexican-casserrole-perfect-week-night-mealMexican Casserole {Perfect Weeknight Meal}
Chicken and Black Bean ChilaquilesChicken and Black Bean Chilaquiles

Rice

Oven baked Spanish rice in a serving dish with a few cilantro leaves on top. In the upper right corner the words Oven Baked Spanish Rice are overlaid on the photo.Oven Baked Spanish Rice
Chipotle cilantro lime rice in a metal pot with a few cilantro leaves on the top in the middle with a metal spoon partially sticking out of the rice.Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice
Ecuadorian Yellow RiceEcuadorian Yellow Rice
Instant Pot spanish rice in a white bowl with a light colored hand towel in the background.Instant Pot Spanish Rice

Oven Baked Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe, Throw it in the oven and forget about it!Oven Baked Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
Stove top Spanish Rice in a serving bowl with a few cilantro leaves on top in the middle. The words Stove Top Spanish Rice is in the upper right corner overlaid on the photo.Stove Top Spanish Rice

Beans & Lentils

A white scalloped bowl holding Instant Pot black beans with cilantro on topInstant Pot Black Beans
How to Make Homemade Re-fried Beans
a blue plate holding a serving of ecuadorian lentil stew, carne asada, and ecuadorian yellow rice and a slice of limeEcuadorian Lentil Stew
Picture of homemade refried beans, in a white bowl topped with shredded cheeseInstant Pot Refried Beans

Tortillas & Quesadillas

Homemade flour tortillas wrapped in a hand towel that is blue and white plaid.Homemade Flour Tortillas
Two Simple Tips for Making a Perfect Cheese Quesadilla
how to make whole wheat tortillasHow to Make Whole Wheat Tortillas {Step by Step Pictures and Instructions}

Dips

A corner of a glass dish holding Seven Layer DipUltimate Seven Layer Bean Dip
Spicy-Sausage-quaso-dip-without-velvetaSpicy Sausage Queso Dip
A hand holding a sliced carrot with dip on it is above a 7-compartment vegetable tray filled with carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers, olives and Fiesta Ranch Dip. In the dip is a small wooden spoon sticking out of the dip.Homemade Fiesta Ranch Dip
Classic GuacamoleClassic Guacamole Recipe {and a great tip for preparing it}

A hand held above a bowl of Janeth's Corn Salad Dip holding a chip with dip on it.Janeth’s Corn Salad Dip

Salsas & Dressings

A white and blue patterned Polish pottery bowl of Aji Picante. A hand is held above the bowl with a chip and some salsa on it.Colombian Style Pico de Gallo {Aji Picante}
A glass bowl filled to the top with Pico de Gallo with the handle of a spoon sticking out of it.Copycat Chipotle Pico de Gallo
A jar of cilantro ranch dressing next to a grey napkin with a folded flour tortilla sitting on top of the napkin.Cafe Rio Cilantro Ranch Dressing
Texas-CaviarTexas Caviar

Pico-de-gallo-recipe-Pico de Gallo Recipe
A white and dark blue patterned bowl with blue polka dots full of black bean avocado salsa. On the right of the bowl is a bag of tortilla chips. Above the blue on the left is a loosely laid golden cloth napkin.Black Bean Avocado Salsa Recipe
Restaurant Style Salsa

Last, but not least...

Glass cup with horchata and ice and a cinnamon stick in itHorchata Mexican Drink
Tres Leches Cake on a white plate with whipped cream and berriesTres Leches Cake
Holiday Snowball Cookies {Mexican Wedding Cookies w/out Pecans}
A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.Churro Muddy Buddies

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