From our family to yours, enjoy this collection of favorite Mexican Christmas recipes, including sides, entrees, and desserts !
We Love a Mexican Christmas Dinner!
In our home, and many Hispanic households, Christmas Eve (Nochebuena) is when the largest Christmas feast is eaten!! Our feast ALWAYS includes Mexican food!
As far back as we can remember, our Luna family gathers on Christmas Eve and enjoys a spread of our favorite Mexican dishes – everything from Enchiladas , tamales, and Tacos , to our TOP-RATED Spanish Rice . With a few sides , salsas , and main dishes you’re set to enjoy all the best food, perfect for a Christmas feast!
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Top 10 Most Loved Mexican Christmas Food
Celebrate the season with our top 10 Mexican recipes that bring bold flavors and festive warmth to your Christmas dinner table.
1 Cheese Enchiladas Recipe
Cheese Enchiladas Recipe
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
These authentic red cheese enchiladas are a family-favorite recipe and are cheesy, tasty and loved by all!
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2 Carne Asada Recipe
Carne Asada Recipe
Total Time: 3 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Make an authentic carne asada recipe right at home! Easily create perfect Mexican-flavored meat to add to tacos, burritos, and more.
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3 Beef Empanadas Recipe
Beef Empanadas Recipe
Total Time: 4 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Beef empanadas are crispy, airy tacos made from dough and filled with shredded beef. They are a favorite Mexican dish!
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4 Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas
Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Our Easy Chicken Enchiladas are creamy and melty with sour cream, green chiles, and corn tortillas, an easy family dinner with big flavor.
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5 Chicken Tacos Recipe
Chicken Tacos Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Whip up restaurant-quality chicken tacos at home in under 30 minutes with this delicious, simple, quick recipe the entire family loves.
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6 Tostada
Tostada
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
An crunchy open-face tostada is topped with all of your favorite Mexican ingredients and on the table in 20 minutes!
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7 Chicken Flautas Recipe
Chicken Flautas Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Chicken Flautas fry up golden and crisp with juicy chicken, melty cheese, and mild chiles, easy to roll, quick to cook, and perfect for dipping.
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8 Chicken Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla
Total Time: 12 minutes minutes
Our easy homemade chicken quesadilla recipe is cheesy, crispy, and packed with flavor making for a quick and delicious weeknight meal!
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9 Chicken Chimichangas
Chicken Chimichangas
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
This crispy chicken chimichanga recipe is a burrito fried to golden perfection. It's an Arizona original and a family favorite!
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10 Mexican Lasagna
Mexican Lasagna
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Ditch the noodles, embrace the spice! Quick prep Mexican lasagna layers tortillas and enchilada sauce for a cheesy south-of-the-border twist.
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Party Appetizers and Dips
Kick off with some classic Mexican appetizers while dinner finishes in the oven.
11 Mexican Bean Dip
Mexican Bean Dip
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Hot Mexican bean dip is a quick and easy appetizer or side dish that packs a flavorful punch and is ready in only 30 minutes!
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12 7 Layer Bean Dip Recipe
7 Layer Bean Dip Recipe
Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
This 10-minute 7 layer bean dip is a must-have at every function! It has loads of flavor and all your favorite dip ingredients!
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13 Homemade Salsa
Homemade Salsa
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Our homemade salsa recipe is fresh, flavorful, and easy to make—perfect for chips, tacos, and all your favorite Mexican dishes!
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14 Queso Blanco Recipe
Queso Blanco Recipe
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Our favorite queso blanco recipe is quick, simple, and extra cheesy – add tortilla chips for the perfect addition to your next party!
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15 Mexican Wontons Recipe
Mexican Wontons Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes minutes
Mexican Wontons are a zingy twist on a classic appetizer. They are crispy with a perfectly spiced, creamy center!
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16 Mexican Pinwheels
Mexican Pinwheels
Total Time: 2 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Mexican pinwheels are bite-size tortilla rolls filled with a spiced cream cheese mixture. They are a party in your mouth!
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17 Salsa Verde Recipe
Salsa Verde Recipe
Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
Sweet Salsa Verde – a delicious salsa recipe that is sweet and takes just minutes to make. Ingredients include tomatillos, jalapenos, sugar, & cilantro.
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Main Dishes for a Crowd
Scroll for more of our favorite Mexican Christmas dinner main dishes that are hearty, festive, and sure to impress.
18 Ground Beef Enchiladas Recipe
Ground Beef Enchiladas Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
Cheesy ground beef enchiladas start with a flavorful homemade sauce. They are simple and delicious, a family favorite!
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19 Albondigas Recipe
Albondigas Recipe
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
Handed down for generations, there's nothing better than Great Grandma's famous albondigas soup!
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20 Carnitas Recipe
Carnitas Recipe
Total Time: 9 hours hours 10 minutes minutes
This carnitas recipe takes minutes to prep and is great in tacos, bean burritos, quesadillas, chimichangas, and more!
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21 Cream Cheese Enchiladas
Cream Cheese Enchiladas
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cream cheese chicken enchiladas are thick and creamy with a touch of spice. They prep in minutes for a favorite weeknight dish!
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22 Cilantro Lime Chicken
Cilantro Lime Chicken
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
Cilantro lime chicken is marinated with fresh lime and herbs, bursting with zesty flavor for an easy weeknight meal.
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23 Baked Chicken Chimichanga Recipe
Baked Chicken Chimichanga Recipe
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Baked Chicken Chimichangas are like a crispy burrito, stuffed with chicken + cheese. Everyone will love this simple restaurant-style recipe!
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24 Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas are sweet, tangy, and melty, rolled in corn tortillas with green sauce and cheese, perfect for weeknights and potlucks.
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Essential Sides
The plate-fillers everyone expects with a Mexican feast!
25 Spanish Rice Recipe
Spanish Rice Recipe
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Restaurant-Style Spanish Rice (aka Mexican Rice), that is easy to make and tastes like it came straight from the restaurant, and is the best side dish to any Mexican entree.
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26 Mexican Cornbread Recipe
Mexican Cornbread Recipe
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
This Mexican cornbread is soft, cheesy, and packed with flavor—perfect as a side for chili, tacos, or any fiesta night!
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27 Mexican Street Corn Recipe
Mexican Street Corn Recipe
Total Time: 13 minutes minutes
Made in under 20 minutes, this deliciously cheesy Mexican street corn recipe is a perfectly spiced complement to any Mexican dinner.
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28 Flour Tortilla Recipe
Flour Tortilla Recipe
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Great Grandma Bean Burro's soft and easy FAMOUS flour tortilla recipe is whipped up with only 5 Ingredients!
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29 Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Our homemade cilantro lime rice is fresh, zesty, and the perfect side dish for tacos, burritos, and more! And it's made in 30 minutes!
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30 Calabacitas
Calabacitas
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Cheesy calabacitas is a quick Mexican side dish made with zucchini, squash, corn, and melty cheese, fresh, flavorful, and perfect for taco night!
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31 Mexican Bean Salad
Mexican Bean Salad
Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
This veggie-packed Mexican bean salad is seasoned to perfection and prepped in minutes for a tasty, filling side!
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Classic Mexican Desserts
No traditional Christmas dinner would be complete without something sweet. These are some of our favorite Mexican treats and desserts!
32 Tres Leches Cake Recipe
Tres Leches Cake Recipe
Total Time: 5 hours hours
This tres leches cake recipe is a cool treat made from a tasty sponge cake, a creamy 3 milk mixture, and a homemade whipped topping.
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33 How to Make Mexican Wedding Cookies
How to Make Mexican Wedding Cookies
Total Time: 1 hour hour 26 minutes minutes
Mexican wedding cookies are soft and buttery with almonds in every bite! These powdered sugar-covered cookies are crumbly and delicious.
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34 Sopapilla Recipe
Sopapilla Recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
A puffy and pillowy sopapilla is fried to perfection and topped with honey for a simple and delicious Mexican dessert.
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35 Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Total Time: 4 hours hours 45 minutes minutes
Chocolate tres leches cake is a chocolate twist on a classic Mexican dessert. This chilled treat is rich and decadent!
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36 How to Make Flan
How to Make Flan
Total Time: 9 hours hours 10 minutes minutes
Easily learn how to make flan – a creamy Latin-inspired custard dessert topped with an irresistible caramel coating.
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37 Churro Cheesecake Bars
Churro Cheesecake Bars
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Pairing two dessert favorites in one, our churro cheesecake bars use a simple shortcut for a 30-minute twist on a Mexican treat!
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38 Mexican Fried Ice Cream Recipe
Mexican Fried Ice Cream Recipe
Total Time: 4 hours hours 17 minutes minutes
Crunchy on the outside, and smooth and creamy on the inside, Mexican fried ice cream is a flavor bomb in your mouth and a go-to Mexican dessert!
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39 Arroz con Leche Recipe
Arroz con Leche Recipe
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Classic Arroz con Leche is a creamy Mexican rice pudding made with sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon making it an easy, yummy dessert!
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This was a Very detailed Guide and helped me choose what to make for christmas this year!!!
I used your flautas recipe to make a few chicken and beef flautas for our Christmas Eve dinner. The added salsa to the meat as the perfect bit of flavor.
Mexican food is our Christmas Eve tradition! We make your enchiladas, rice, & empanadas!! It’s all so yummy!
Our most favorite food on the planet! You cant go wrong with any of these dishes. All family approved. You will enjoy these dishes all year round.
I am so looking forward to trying these recipes. Mexican is my favorite food!!
I look forward to you trying them 🙂 Hope you like them!
All of your Mexican dishes our family favoritesnof ours .
Yay! Glad it is! Thank you for letting me know!