Carnitas means "little meats" which relates to the chunks of pork. This version has a spicy kick with the addition of canned chipotle chiles.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Mexican And Tex-mex

Take dinner south of the border with these Mexican and Tex-Mex recipe favorites like enchiladas, burritos, and tacos.
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Chipotle Carnitas
Authentic Tex-Mex Fajitas
There's nothing quite like biting into a juicy, flavorful fajita. The perfect blend of spices and beef, wrapped up in a soft tortilla, is an undeniably delicious Tex-Mex...
Method: outdoor grill, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Chicken Mole
Holy (chicken) mole! Browned chicken simmered in a deeply flavored, spicy chocolate mole will be unlike any other chicken you've ever tried.
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Crab Meat and Mashed Potato Enchiladas in Sweet Red Pepper Sauce
A unique combination of crab meat, roasted red peppers, potatoes, peas, and blue cheese.
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Mexican Beef Lasagna With Corn And Black Olives
Made with enchilada sauce, tomatoes, tomato puree, jalapeno pepper, black beans, corn, black olives, frozen corn, Mexican cheese
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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Slow Cooker Pork Enchiladas
Tired of the usual chicken or beef enchiladas? Change things up with some tender, slow-cooked shredded pork in this easy recipe for enchiladas.
Method: crock pot, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Fruit Breakfast Burrito
Flour tortillas are spread with cream cheese and strawberry jam and filled with sliced fresh kiwi fruit.
Time: under 30 minutes
Cilantro-Lime Chicken Fajitas With Grilled Onions
These easy chicken fajitas are full of flavor thanks to a simple cilantro-lime marinade. The chicken is grilled until nice and juicy, then served with...
Method: outdoor grill
Time: under 30 minutes
Vegetarian Rice Tacos
Rice and veggie tacos are an absolutely stand-out option for quick and easy meals. Well-spiced rice with tomatoes and any number of add-ins will always make a tasty taco.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Speedy Chicken Tacos With Creamy Chipotle Sauce
Shredded chicken is mixed with a spicy chipotle sauce and piled in taco shells with your favorite toppings.
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Boiled Carnitas
Picture this: tender, juicy pork enveloped in golden, sizzling lard. These boiled carnitas turn flavorful ingredients into hearty bites everyone can appreciate.
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Chicken Tamales
Create mouthwatering tamales with this easy-to-follow recipe. Featuring a flavorful cornmeal batter and savory chicken filling, these homemade tamales are perfect for any occasion.
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Easy Mexican Cheese Pizza
A great pizza for a busy weeknight meal. This Mexican-flavored pizza starts with a pre-made crust and is topped with salsa, veggies, and lots of cheese.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Spicy Mexican Pizza
Made with colby-monterey jack cheese, ripe olives, refrigerated pizza crust, chorizo, tomato sauce, chipotle chile in adobo sauce, fresh cilantro
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Shredded Chicken and Tomatillo Tacos
A few thoughtful touches take a good taco to a great taco. We're talking cilantro leaves on top, a couple jalapenos, and a squeeze of lime. It's not hard to up your...
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Yummy Chicken And Rice Tacos
The rice inside the tacos is a fun change from your typical tacos and the recipe is very flexible so you can change things up however you like.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chicken Adobo with Coconut Milk
Made with water, vinegar, coconut milk, black peppercorns, garlic, annatto seeds, oil, bay leaves, fish sauce, black pepper
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Tacos Con Carne
This savory Mexican dish is a favorite any time of the year. Saute your beef with onions and pepper and simmer in a tomato sauce spiced with coriander, cumin, and chili powder.
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken Tacos
Spice up your taco Tuesday with this slow cooked chipotle chicken recipe.
Method: crock pot, stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Fish Stick Fajitas
This unique twist on classic fajitas uses frozen fish sticks layered in soft flour tortillas with your favorite toppings.
Method: microwave, oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Old Style Green Chile Enchiladas
Classic chicken enchiladas made with cooked chicken, green chiles, onion, sour cream, tortillas, and cheese. They are baked, then served topped with a fried egg.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Grilled Fish Tacos with Thai Slaw
You'll want to live everyday like it's Taco Tuesday when you make this Thai inspired recipe. Grilled mahi mahi is first marinated in lime juice, coconut milk and red...
Method: stovetop, outdoor grill
Time: 1-2 hours
Mahi Mahi Soft Tacos with Chipotle Yogurt Sauce
Mahi mahi is seasoned and sauteed then piled onto flour tortillas along with shredded cabbage and a chipotle chile-yogurt sauce.
Method: stovetop, microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Shrimp and Veggie Fajitas
Think of this as a fusion between fajitas and a stir-fry. The flavorful shrimp and vegetables are quickly cooked in a skillet and served up on warm corn tortillas.
Method: stovetop, microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker All Natural Meaty Vegetable Tacos
Made with ground turkey or beef, chili powder, white onion, fresh cilantro, red bell pepper, carrots, garlic, cumin
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Charred Chicken And Pepper Fajitas
Made with sunflower oil, skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, yellow bell pepper, red onion, dried oregano, chilies, vegetable oil, lime, salt and ground black...
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Beef, Bean, And Brown Rice Taco Filling
An all-purpose taco filling made with ground beef, refried beans, brown rice, and salsa. Freezes well.
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Adobo Chicken With Pineapple And Tomatoes
Made with tomato, lettuce, bay leaves, white vinegar, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, black pepper, pineapple cubes, garlic
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Grilled Chicken Fajita Wraps
Made with sour cream, salsa and guacamole, flour tortillas, onions, green bell peppers, vegetable oil, boneless, skinless chicken breast, cheddar cheese
Method: outdoor grill
Time: 30-60 minutes
Slow Cooker Chipotle Taco Filling
Have Taco Tuesday any day of the week. Taste the love affair between the beef and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Doctor with your favorite toppings and chow down.
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Grilled Portobello Mushroom And Veggie Fajitas
Not all fajitas need meat! Marinated and grilled veggies add plenty of filling and flavor to these fajitas.
Method: outdoor grill
Time: under 30 minutes
Adobo (Braised And Fried Chicken And Pork)
Made with vegetable oil, bay leaves, ground pepper, chicken, boneless pork shoulder or butt, white vinegar, garlic, water, salt
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Slow Cooker Carnitas
Slow-cooked with cilantro and beer, the juicy shredded pork is great for tacos on classic corn tortillas but also in burritos, quesadillas, and stacked up nachos.
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Turkey Fajitas
Love fajitas? Try this twist that uses turkey along with the other usual fajita fillings.
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Pomeroy Steakhouse's Blackened Tilapia Tacos
Flaky tilapia is blackened and served on flour tortillas with a southwestern style cabbage slaw and pico de gallo similar to how the restaurant, Don's...
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Grilled Shrimp Fajitas
Bacon wrapped shrimp and vegetables are served fajita style with barbecue sauce, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and Cheddar cheese.
Method: stovetop, oven, outdoor grill
Time: under 30 minutes
Copycat Taco Bell's Grilled Chicken Burritos
Made with soy sauce, salt, brown sugar, onion powder, liquid smoke, black pepper, chili powder, boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, rice
Method: stovetop, outdoor grill
Time: over 5 hours
Upside Down Tacos
Made with cheddar cheese, tomatoes, ground beef, onions, chili beans, enchilada sauce, salt, lettuce, Italian salad dressing, green onions
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Beef And Cream Cheese Tacos
Made with tomato, lettuce, ground beef, water, taco seasoning mix, diced green chilies, taco sauce, cream cheese, taco shells
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Barley, Black Bean, and Corn Burritos
Made with chicken or vegetable broth, frozen whole-kernel corn, green onions, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic, fresh cilantro...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Curried Lentil Burritos
Made with milk, parsley, flour tortilla, Monterey jack cheese, cilantro, scallions, ginger, sugar, ground cumin
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Arroz Con Pollo With Beer
Made with peas, ground saffron, boneless skinless chicken breast halves, rice, beer, garlic, black pepper, olive oil, chicken broth, cumin
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Spicy Chipotle Ahi Tuna Tacos
Made with taco shells, vegetable oil, taco seasoning mix, sour cream, red onion, cilantro, chipotle chiles en adobo, ahi tuna steak
Method: microwave, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cafe Poca Cosa Mole de Chilhuacle with Shredded Chicken
Made with garlic, yellow onions, carrot, chilhuacle chilis, pasilla chilis, guajillo chilis, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, oregano, chili powder
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Hamburger Fajitas
Made with onion, salt, black pepper, bell pepper, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, flour tortillas, salsa, sour cream
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Fresh Island Fish Tacos with Asian Slaw and Thai-style Mayonnaise
Made with chili garlic paste, kaffir lime leaves, napa cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, green onions, fresh cilantro, pickled ginger
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Mexican Lasagna
Made with chopped black olives, Monterey jack cheese, green onions, ground beef, refried beans, taco seasoning mix, lasagna noodles, salsa, water, sour cream
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Mexican Carnitas Verdes (Pork With Green Salsa)
Made with black pepper, seasoned salt, pork loin roast, salsa verde, onion, garlic
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Ground Pork Burritos
Made with hoisin or plum sauce, flour tortillas, salt, ground pork, yellow onion, green onions, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, cayenne pepper
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Beef Burritos
Made with onion, ground beef, cumin, chili powder, salsa, cilantro, flour tortillas, refried beans, black olives, lettuce
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Beer makes batters better, meat more tender, and sauces more flavorful.
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