59 Crazy Easy Enchilada Recipes for Cinco de Mayo
Flavorful and easy vegetarian enchiladas are brimming with with black beans, corn, peppers, fresh lime, and cheese. The enchiladas are topped with sauce, cheese, fresh avocado, and cilantro.
Get the recipe: Vegetarian Enchiladas
Cinco de Mayo literally translates to "Fifth of May" and celebrates the Mexican army's victory over the French empire at the Battle of Puebla on 5th May, 1862. Naturally, we believe there's no better way to honor this day than with plenty of flavor-packed Mexican food and drinks, from tacos to tequilas, and of course, some enchiladas in between.
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What Are Enchiladas?
At their very core, enchiladas are corn tortillas wrapped around a filling and then covered with a savory sauce. The filling can be a mixture of various ingredients—from meat such as chicken, pork, or beef, to cheese, potatoes, beans and vegetables. The beautiful thing about enchiladas is how versatile they can be, so you can mix and match the fillings that you enjoy the most, and slather on any sauce you like (or have on hand at the moment).
Whether you're vegetarian, vegan or a full-on meat lover, we guarantee that there's definitely at least one combination of enchiladas that you're going to love, big time.
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Best Enchilada Recipes
From meat options such as Cream Cheese Beef Enchiladas and Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas to vegetarian choices like Vegetarian Black Bean Enchilada Casserole, Skillet Veggie Enchiladas and Vegan Enchiladas, to low-carb enchiladas like Zucchini Enchilada Roll Ups, you're going to be loving all of these on Cinco de Mayo!
Here are 59 easy enchilada recipes to make with your guac, salsa, tacos, margaritas and other Mexican food and drinks this May 5th.
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In a recent interview with Parade, Mario shares his favorite recipe for Chicken Enchiladas and reveals: "I’m a big foodie. I eat more than anyone you’ll ever know."
Get the recipe: Mario Lopez's Chicken Enchiladas
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Stacked Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas is an easy weeknight meal that’s ready in 30 minutes! Skip the work of rolling individual enchiladas, and layer the tortillas instead for a speedy any-night shortcut.
Get the recipe: Stacked Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
Krista Marshall
This easy beef enchilada recipe has a short ingredient list and can be on the table in under one hour.
Get the recipe: Easy Beef Enchiladas
Skinny Ms.
These skinny chicken enchiladas are sure to be a hit with your whole family!
Get the recipe: Skinny White Chicken Enchiladas
Recipe Runner
This slow cooker creamy green chile chicken enchilada soup has all the wonderful flavor of the enchiladas without all the work!
Get the recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Soup
Bianca Zapatka
These amazing vegan enchiladas are stuffed with veggies and topped with tomato sauce and dairy-free cheese.
Get the recipe: Vegan Enchiladas
Bunny's Warm Oven
Every layer of these delicious chicken enchiladas with homemade red enchilada sauce is packed with flavor!
Get the recipe: Chicken Enchiladas with Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce
Life in the Lofthouse
These cream cheese beef enchiladas are incredibly easy to make and have all those amazing Mexican flavors!
Get the recipe: Cream Cheese Beef Enchiladas
Salsa verde, green chiles, leftover rotisserie chicken and Monterey Jack cheese make for the best weeknight enchiladas ever!
Get the recipe: Green Chicken Enchiladas
When you’re short on time or money is tight, this chicken enchilada casserole is the answer to the dinner dilemma!
Get the recipe: Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Belly Full
This make-ahead breakfast enchiladas recipe can be made the night before and baked the next day!
Get the recipe: Make-Ahead Breakfast Enchiladas
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Cupcakes and Kale Chips
A keto chicken enchilada skillet is the best part of cheesy chicken enchiladas in a 30-minute meal you can make on busy weeknights.
Get the recipe: Low-Carb Chicken Enchilada Skillet
Inspired Taste
With salsa verde, chicken, sour cream, cheese and cilantro, these salsa verde chicken enchiladas are a tasty, quick and easy dinner.
Get the recipe: Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
Pinch of Yum
Easy veggie enchiladas that are saucy, cheese, filling, cozy and packed with any roasted veggies you want. Super versatile and easy to make!
Get the recipe: Easy Veggie Enchiladas
Gonna Want Seconds
Sour cream chicken enchiladas bake to golden perfection in just 30 minutes with a sauce that will be your new obsession!
Get the recipe: Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
Berly's Kitchen
This is an easy 6-ingredient layered chicken enchilada casserole recipe your family will love.
Get the recipe: Easy Enchilada Casserole
Maven Cookery
Enchiladas Verdes is a combination of chicken, salsa verde and a shredded Mexican cheese blend which is wrapped in flour tortillas and baked.
Get the recipe: Easy Enchiladas Verdes
Girl Gone Gourmet
The combination of the rich white sauce flavored with warm poblano peppers and fresh cilantro is so delicious.
Get the recipe: Creamy Poblano Chicken Enchiladas
Bowl of Delicious
This recipe for healthy turkey enchiladas is packed with good-for-you ingredients like lean ground turkey, fiber-rich black beans and sweet corn!
Get the recipe: Turkey Enchiladas with Black Beans and Corn
Isabel Eats
These easy chicken enchiladas are stuffed with shredded chicken and cheese, topped with an easy red enchilada sauce and baked for 20 minutes.
Get the recipe: Easy Chicken Enchiladas
These restaurant-style red cheese enchiladas are saucy, cheesy and oh-so-yummy!
Get the recipe: Red Cheese Enchiladas
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Corn tortillas are filled with Monterey jack cheese and topped with a homemade red enchilada sauce.
Get the recipe: Easy Cheese Enchiladas
These Tex Mex enchiladas are corn tortillas filled with melted cheese and white onion, smothered with real chili gravy.
Get the recipe: Tex Mex Enchiladas
Find all the same flavors of a decadent chicken enchilada dinner but without the guilt!
Get the recipe: One-Pot Quinoa Enchilada
Tastes Better from Scratch
Beef enchiladas made with tender shredded beef cooked in a simple homemade enchilada sauce, then layered in tortillas and cheese to make delectable enchiladas.
Get the recipe: Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Enchiladas
Zucchini enchiladas make a heartwarming casserole the whole family will love without sacrificing your waistline!
Get the recipe: Low Carb Zucchini Enchiladas
These vegetarian enchiladas are packed with flavor and loaded with brown rice, sweet potatoes and black beans.
Get the recipe: Sweet Potatoes and Black Bean Enchiladas
These quick and easy enchiladas only call for 5 ingredients and are ready in no time! It's the perfect recipe for a busy weeknight!
Get the recipe: 5-Ingredient Beef Enchiladas
These chicken enchilada recipe is easy to make, customizable with your favorite fillings, and are always a crowd favorite.
Get the recipe: Best Chicken Enchiladas
Black bean enchiladas filled with a mixture of black beans, corn, onions and bell peppers, and topped with a red enchilada sauce and melted cheese.
Get the recipe: Black Bean Enchiladas
Mexican seasoned chicken, rice, and enchilada sauce all cooked together in one skillet, then topped with tortilla chips and plenty of cheese.
Get the recipe: Chicken Tortilla Enchilada Rice Bake
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Yellow Bliss Road
This classic Mexican recipe has seasoned ground beef rolled up in soft corn tortillas and smothered in red sauce and melted cheese.
Get the recipe: Ground Beef Enchiladas
Aberdeen's Kitchen
This vegetarian black bean enchilada casserole is fast, simple and delicious!
Get the recipe: Vegetarian Black Bean Enchilada Casserole
Skinny Taste
This is about as fast as enchiladas can get, and that’s because it’s a tortilla casserole made all in one cooking vessel.
Get the recipe: Cheesy Rotisserie Chicken Enchilada Skillet
Closet Cooking
Tasty chicken enchiladas made with zucchini wrappers instead of tortillas!
Get the recipe: Zucchini Enchilada Roll Ups
Eating Instantly
These Instant Pot chicken enchiladas are filled with tender pulled chicken, bell peppers and corn then topped with an easy enchilada sauce and cheese for a full meal!
Get the recipe: Instant Pot Chicken Enchiladas
Lauren's Latest
Filled with shredded cheese, chicken and salsa, these will become your newest family-favorite Mexican dinner.
Get the recipe: Red and Green Enchiladas
Mae Bells
Ground beef, black beans, a flavorful enchilada sauce, tortillas and cheese come together for a one-pan, 20-minute meal!
Get the recipe: One-Pan Enchiladas
A Dish of Daily Life
Replace sour cream with Greek yogurt in this delicious creamy green chile chicken enchilada recipe for a healthier version.
Get the recipe: Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
I Wash You Dry
This quick and easy chicken black bean enchilada skillet is everything you love about classic enchiladas without all the fuss.
Get the recipe: Chicken Black Bean Enchilada Skillet
Number 2 Pencil
Corn tortillas filled with flavorful ground beef, melty cheese and a killer homemade red enchilada sauce.
Get the recipe: Cheesy Ground Beef Enchiladas
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Fit Living Eats
Try these gluten-free black bean and spinach enchiladas if you love Mexican food but struggle to make it healthy.
Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Black Bean and Spinach Enchiladas
Munchkin Time
Satisfy your cravings with this delicious creamy white sauce chicken enchiladas.
Get the recipe: Creamy White Sauce Chicken Enchiladas
Nourished by Nutrition
Healthy salsa verde chicken enchiladas with spinach made dairy-free with vegan cashew queso.
Get the recipe: Healthy Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas (Dairy-Free)
Life Ambrosia
Tender pulled pork rolled in corn tortillas and topped with homemade enchilada sauce and two kinds of cheese.
Get the recipe: Pulled Pork Enchiladas
Posh Journal
This Mexican-inspired dish is an easier and quicker version of traditional enchiladas made in one skillet.
Get the recipe: Skillet Beef Enchiladas
Chelsea's Messy Apron
Flavorful and easy vegetarian enchiladas are brimming with black beans, corn, peppers, fresh lime and cheese. The enchiladas are topped with sauce, cheese, fresh avocado and cilantro.
Get the recipe: Vegetarian Enchiladas
Or Whatever You Do
These Traeger smoked green chile chicken enchiladas are incredibly tasty.
Get the recipe: Traeger Smoked Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
Fake Ginger
Black beans, pinto beans, and kidney beans layered with corn tortillas, enchilada sauce and cheese. An easy meatless meal the whole family will love!
Get the recipe: Three Bean Enchilada Casserole
All The Healthy Things
A deliciously cheesy chicken enchilada skillet for an easy weeknight dinner that you can get on the table in thirty minutes!
Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Chicken Enchilada Skillet
Counts of the Nether World
These black bean tofu scramble vegan enchiladas are filled using a hearty-tofu scramble of black beans and vegetables and are topped with a green chili cream sauce.
Get the recipe: Black Bean Tofu Scramble Vegan Enchiladas
Casserole Crissy
What’s not to love about ground beef, lots of cheese and loads of delicious flavor? These easy beef enchiladas are totally yummy.
Get the recipe: Easy Ground Beef Enchiladas
Two Peas and Their Pod
Skillet vegetarian enchiladas are made in one pan and there is no rolling involved. This easy enchilada recipe only takes 30 minutes to make from start to finish and it is a family favorite dinner!
Get the recipe: Skillet Vegetarian Enchiladas
The Pure Taste
Extremely easy to make, this rotisserie chicken enchilada recipe is a healthier alternative to takeouts.
Get the recipe: Rotisserie Chicken Enchiladas
Skinny Taste
These low-carb chicken enchilada roll-ups are made with zucchini in place of tortillas!
Get the recipe: Low-Carb Chicken Enchilada Roll Ups
Closet Cooking
A quick, easy and tasty beef enchilada skillet covered in melted cheese!
Get the recipe: Cheesy Beef Enchilada Tortellini Skillet
Half Baked Harvest
These cauliflower enchiladas are the perfect healthy, yet still delicious, alternative to more traditional versions.
Get the recipe: Chipotle Cheddar Cauliflower Black Bean Enchiladas
Little Spice Jar
Shrimp and veggie-loaded enchiladas topped with a simple homemade creamy poblano sauce and freshly grated cheese.
Get the recipe: Shrimp Enchiladas with Creamy Poblano Sauce
Damn Delicious
The easiest enchilada you will ever make. No rolling, no folding. Just throw everything into a skillet and you’re set!
Get the recipe: Cheesy Enchilada Rice Skillet
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