When it comes to quick weeknight meals, or a meal for a mixed crowd of people, tacos and burritos reign supreme. Fold a tortilla (corn or flour) around a scoop of fresh summer tomatoes and soft black beans, or pulled pork simmered in the slow cooker with peppers, and you have a meal that pleases nearly anyone. Tacos, burritos, and enchiladas may have originated in Mexico and Latin America, but they have been welcomed and adapted by cooks all over the world.
Here are a few of our own recipes and adaptations of this most wonderful style of meal — from slow cooker enchiladas, to fried chicken flautas, to the perfect breakfast burrito. We have simple bean burritos, and instructions for making any kind of pulled meat in the slow cooker: Barbacoa beef, pulled chicken, classic smoky pork carnitas. Everything you need for taco night is right here!
VEGETABLE-FOCUSED
• 1 Corn, Tomato and Black Bean Tostadas with Creamy Cilantro Dressing - Open-faced crispy tostadas that take advantage of summer produce.
• 2 Bean Burritos - Ultra-simple, ultra-easy.
• 3 Potato Tacos - Potatoes in tacos? Oh yes! So good with avocado!
• 4 Roasted Asparagus and Cherry Tacos - This unusual combination shows how flexible tacos can be.
• 5 Slow Cooker Enchiladas - Enchiladas, creamy and cheesy, made in the slow cooker. Vegetarian, although you can add meat if you want to.
• 6 How To Make a Breakfast Burrito - An eggy burrito that is great for dinner too.
• 7 How To Make Sopes: Plus a Vegetarian Topping Recipe - These open-faced corn flour patties are great for topping with any mix of vegetables or meat.
• 8 Tex-Mex Migas - And when you've got leftover tortillas, make migas!
MEAT!
• 9 Pork Carnitas in the Slow Cooker - Classic smoky pork carnitas, from the slow cooker!
• 10 Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef - Chipotle-style barbacoa.
• 11 Roasted Goat for Tacos - Try goat! It's delicious.
• 12 How to Make Mexican Braised Beef in a Slow Cooker - Another beef recipe, with roasted peppers.
• 13 Shredded Chicken from the Oven or Slow Cooker - Chicken from the slow cooker or oven. Skip the barbecue sauce and you have a great filling for tacos or burritos.
• 14 Chicken Flautas with Lime Sour Cream - Or, wrap that chicken up in tortillas and deep-fry them!
TOPPINGS & ACCOMPANIMENTS
• 15 How To Make Your Own Taco Seasoning - A taco seasoning you can add to ground beef or vegetables.
• 16 Tri-Color Slaw with Lime Dressing - A brightly colored slaw to go with tacos.
• 17 The Perfect Guacamole - How to make your own perfect guac.
• 18 Roasted Tomatillo Salsa with Chipotle and Árbol Chiles - A hot and spicy tomatillo salsa.
• 19 Grilled Cactus and Corn Salad - Ever tried cactus? You should!
• 20 Cheesy Tex-Mex Rice with Olives and Green Peppers - A Tex-Mex style skillet of rice and cheese.
What's your favorite style of weeknight meal with tacos, burritos, or other Latin-inspired wraps? Pork enchiladas? Cheesy burritos? Simple tacos? Share your own favorite recipes and ideas — we're always eager for more in this delicious space.
A great idea for all these taco recipes: The New Baby Taco Box
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oooh.... I've been having Mexican cravings for a couple of weeks and have yet to make anything. This might just be enough to get me to get it together enough to make something. I am drooooling looking over this list!!
Great roundup! My favorite vegetarian combo is portabellas, peppers and onions. (Recipe here.) The avocado crema is good on just about everything (a spoon included)!
I'll make anything into a taco! Tonight I'm making tacos filled with spicy lentil hummus, feta, lettuce, red onion, and tomato.
My favorites are my healthy fiesta fish tacos and my less healthy slow roasted pork tacos. I'm not a huge burrito fan but I love tacos, pretty much any kind!
For me, a good old fashioned Tex-Mex taco can really hit the spot. Beef fajitas are also really good and simple to make at home. If I eat out, cheese enchiladas with chile gravy are my weakness.
I made a Korean torta last night and it was so delish. I split a Mexican bollilo roll in half, toasted it, and then filled it with homemade bulgogi, Asian slaw, and mayo mixed with Sriracha.
Tacos are my favorite quick meal.
I made some nice ones the other day with chickpeas, black beans, and corn in a pumpkinseed-basil sauce.
Here are some smoky spicy black bean and brocolli tacos with chipotle and smoked paprika.
Enchiladas take a little longer, but they're worth it! Here are some black bean and butternut enchiladas with a spicy tomato almond sauce.
I still make tacos with old fashion ground beef and hard taco shells! Not sophisticated but still very satisfying!
I made the beans and corn tostadas last night. We loved the cilantro dressing. I substituted my husband's homemade sour cream for the yogurt. It also helped use the corn and cilantro that came in our produce box this week! We eat "tacos" at least twice a week to use up leftovers.
I adore Mexican food but it's not common in the UK, especially the north where I live, and I'm certain that I've never had really good or authentic Mexican food. That said, I went to try a burrito bar that opened up in the city today and it was amazing - sweet pulled pork, spicy beans, soft tortillas... I make burritos, enchiladas, tacos, fajitas, tostadas and huevos rancheros at home and they're all a wonderful excuse to eat lots of fresh veg with a squeeze of lime and some yogurt.
I think our most frequently-eaten meal is a plain rice, bean and cheese burrito with chopped tomatoes and yogurt. Hits the spot every time.