Vegan Mexican Recipes | Mexican Made Meatless™

Easy and authentic vegan Mexican recipes. From appetizers and snacks to tacos and tamales, and so much more!

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Appetizers & Snacks

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A slice of sandwichon cake rests on a white plate, garnished with parsley. Its layers are filled with a creamy spread, ham, and cheese, and topped with a red sauce. In the background, a larger portion of this delightful sandwichon sits on a decorative blue and white tablecloth.

How To Make A Delicious Sandwichon (Step By Step)

A vibrant Mexican Christmas Salad with apples, beets, and greens sits on a blue and white patterned tile. Beside it is a dish of chopped fruits and vegetables. A red apple and cilantro garnish complete the colorful arrangement, evoking festive cheer.

Easy Mexican Christmas Eve Salad (Ensalada de Nochebuena)

A small brown and black cup filled with jicama sticks that are seasoned with lime juice, and Tajin chile powder.

Jicama with Lime and Tajin (Mexican Snack Recipe)

Small blue bowl filled with cubed tofu that's been marinated in herbs and spices, and sliced dried red chilies.

Mexican Marinated Vegan Cheese and Tofu

Bean Recipes

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A pan filled with refried beans and a spoon mixing them.

Authentic Mexican Refried Beans Recipe (Frijoles Refritos)

Small blue bowl filled with Mexican frijoles de olla or beans from the pot. There's a spoon scooping some beans out and a rolled up corn tortilla on the side.

Frijoles de Olla (Authentic Mexican Beans From Scratch)

Mexican Peruvian beans or peruano beans cooked and inside a white bowl.

The BEST Peruvian Beans Recipe (Frijoles Peruano)

A blue bowl with view from above that is filled with creamy refried black beans.

Refried Frijoles Negros Recipe

Breakfast Recipes

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A decorative Mexican terracotta plate with a smaller white plate on top that's filled with vegan huevos con chorizo, corn tortillas, roasted salsa verde, and a small bowl filled with black beans. There's a mug in the background filled with cafe con leche.

Vegan Huevos con Chorizo (chorizo and eggs)

Small Mexican blue and white bowl filled with Mexican style granola.

Mexican Granola with Pepitas, Chia Seeds and Chocolate

Mexican terracotta plate with vegan ham and eggs, sliced avocado and sliced tomatoes sitting on top of a green cloth on a wood table. There's also a cup of coffee and some corn tortillas inside a basket with a white cloth.

Easy Huevos con Jamon (Eggs and Ham) Vegan Recipe

Black bowl filled with nopales with scrambled eggs.

How to Make Nopales con Huevo

Desserts Recipes

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A terracotta plate filled with powdered sugar-coated Mexican polvorones, stacked in a pyramid. The top cookie is broken to reveal its crumbly inside. The plate rests on a colorful embroidered cloth.

Polvorones de Nuez (Vegan Mexican Wedding Cookies)

A glass full of Mexican strawberries and cream.

Best Fresas con Crema (Mexican Strawberries and Cream)

A blue and white plate with leftover cranberry sauce and cheese emapandas.

Leftover Cranberry Sauce and Cheese Empanadas

Small silver cups filled with homemade vegan applesauce, there's a couple cinnamon sticks and a red apple besides them.

Easy Homemade Vegan Applesauce Recipe in The Instant Pot

Drink Recipes

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A glass filled with agua de jamaica or Mexican hibiscus tea.

Jamaica (Mexican Hibiscus Drink)

One small glass filled with ice cubes and cucumber agua fresca. The glass is decorated with a slice of lime and cucumber and some mint leaves.

Agua de Pepino con Limón (Cucumber and Lime Agua Fresca)

A pitcher and glass filled with ice cold watermelon agua fresca. There's also some limes off to the side.

Easy Watermelon Agua Fresca Recipe (Agua De Sandia)

Papaya agua fresca made with orange juice and without sugar inside clear glass.

Easy Papaya Agua Fresca with Orange Juice

Main Dish Recipes

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Plate of creamy Vegan Espagueti Verde topped with crumbled cheese and garnished with poblano pepper. A second plate of the same dish is in the background on a patterned tablecloth.

Vegan Espagueti Verde (Mexican Green Spaghetti)

A bowl of pozole ramen is being lifted with chopsticks. The dish features noodles in a rich, dark pozole broth with toppings like sliced radishes, green chiles, and shredded cabbage. A lime wedge sits on the side, and an intricately patterned plate holds the bowl.

Pozole Ramen

A white plate with one tinga tostada that's topped with refried beans, vegan tinga, avocado slices, sour cream, crumble cheese, and two radish slices.

Best Vegan Tinga (Quick, Easy, and Authentic Recipe)

A woman's hand using chopsticks to lift birria ramen noodles from a blue bowl filled with Mexican Birria Ramen soup. Behind is a teal pot filled with birria and on the side is a lime wedge.

How to Make Birria Ramen (AKA Birriamen)

Mexican Food Basics

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A small blue and white bowl filled with ensalada de nopales or nopal salad made with tomato, onion, serrano and lime juice.

Ensalada de Nopales (Mexican Cactus Salad Recipe)

A white bowl placed on top of a blue plate and the bowl is filled with homemade Mexican vegan chorizo made from soy crumbles.

BEST Authentic Homemade Vegan Chorizo (Soy Chorizo)

Showing a cutting board with a small yellow mango and showing how to eat it.

How to Eat a Mango The Easy Way (And Best Ways to Cut)

Homemade Easy and Cheap Vegan Flour Tortillas

How to Make Flour Tortillas: Vegan, Quick & Easy Recipe

Side Dish Recipes

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A bowl of Mexican brown rice, garnished with cilantro, sits on a vibrant pink cloth. Nearby are two tomatoes and scattered rice grains on a light surface. The rice boasts a warm, golden color and appears fluffy.

Mexican Brown Rice Recipe (Arroz Integral a la Mexicana)

Small bowl filled with calabacitas, a small plate with two Mexican zucchini tacos, a small bowl with cotija cheese and another bowl filled with salsa roja.

Easy Calabacitas (Mexican Style Zucchini Recipe)

Mushroom tacos with a side of refried beans on a decorative Mexican terracotta plate.

Easy Mexican Mushroom Recipe: Champiñones a la Mexicana

A black bowl, on top of a flowy white cloth, filled with Mexican white rice. There's a stalk of fresh cilantro on top the rice.

Easy Mexican Arroz Blanco Recipe

Salsa Recipes

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A blue and white bowl filled with roasted jalapeno salsa verde and there's a blue spoon sticking out of the bowl.

Roasted Jalapeno Salsa Verde Recipe

View looking into large glass jar filled with pickled carrots.

Mexican Pickled Carrots Recipe (Zanahorias en Escabeche)

Tomato Chile de Arbol Salsa Recipe

Milder Tomato Chile de Arbol Salsa

Is Salsa Vegan? What You Need to Know.

Is Salsa Vegan? What You Need to Know!

Taco Recipes

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A colorful plate of crispy tofu flautas topped with avocado slices, radish slices, green salsa, crema, and crumbled cheese. The dish is garnished with fresh cilantro, and a vibrant woven cloth serves as the backdrop.

Air Fryer Shredded Tofu Flautas (Tofu Taquitos)

Two vegan birria tacos filled with shredded mushrooms and vegan cheese. On the side is a bowl of hearty birria broth and another small plate with chopped fresh cilantro, white onion and two lime wedges.

BEST Vegan Birria Tacos (Authentic Recipe)

Three tacos dorados filled with refried black beans and topped with shredded lettuce, salsa, sour cream and radishes.

Tacos Dorados with Refried Beans (tacos dorados de frijoles)

A blue plate with a piece of banana leaf and two cochinita pibil tacos with chopped pickled onion.

Easy and Authentic Cochinita Pibil Tacos Made Vegan

Tamales Recipes

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A brown ceramic dish filled with corn husk-wrapped tamales is placed on a blue and white patterned tile surface. A decorative cloth with colorful floral embroidery is partially visible under the dish.

How to Cook Frozen Tamales (Fresh or Cooked Instructions)

One strawberry tamale drizzled with strawberry jam laying on top of a corn husk that's on a decorative Mexican plate.

Sweet Strawberry Tamales Recipe (Tamal de Fresa)

Two tamales that were reheated on a griddle pan and the corn husk charred, placed on a brown plate.

How to Reheat Tamales: On a Comal and More Ways

A glass bowl filled with masa dough for tamales and a spatula sticking out of it.

Can You Freeze Masa for Tamales

Soups & Stews Recipes

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A bowl of Mexican crema de calabacitas soup garnished with fresh cilantro sits on a colorful patterned tablecloth. A spoon rests beside the bowl, and a pot of soup is partially visible, enhancing the traditional and vibrant design.

Crema de Calabacitas (Mexican Zucchini Soup)

A bowl of vibrant Caldo Tlalpeño soup garnished with avocado, lime wedge, and chipotle peppers. It's placed on a blue and white patterned tablecloth, with additional dishes and garnishes in the background.

Caldo Tlalpeño (Quick and Easy Recipe)

A blue and white bowl filled with Mexican vegan caldo de res or beef stew. There's a corn tortilla and lime wedges on the side.

Delicious Vegan Caldo de Res (Mexican Beef Soup)

Authentic vegan pozole verde served in a Mexican bowl and topped with lettuce, radishes, and avocado.

Vegan Pozole Verde Recipe (2 Ways)

Pasta Recipes

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A plate with Mexican white cream spaghetti with ham but made vegan.

Mexican Espagueti Blanco | Espagueti a la Crema (Vegan)

A white bowl of Mexican fideo seco pasta made with tomato sauce and topped with sour cream, cheese and avocado.

Mexican Fideo Seco Recipe (Sopa Seca de Fideo)

Soups & Stews Recipes

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A bowl of birria pozole garnished with sliced radishes, chopped onions, cilantro, and lime wedges. This vegan birria pozole is served in a blue and white bowl placed on a wooden board with a side of tortilla chips and more garnishes.

Vegan Birria Pozole (Pozole de Birria)

View from above of a white bowl filled with tortilla soup and small decorative bowls.

Tortilla Soup (30-Minute Vegan Recipe)

Mexican Fava Bean Soup or Sopa de Habas

Easy Mexican Fava Bean Soup

Quick and Easy Mexican Lentil Soup

Vegan Mexican Lentil Soup | Sopa de Lentejas

Vegan Recipes

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A white plate with a vegan chile relleno topped with tomato salsa, served alongside pinto beans and Mexican red rice. Garnished with fresh cilantro. A decorated napkin and fork are placed nearby.

Easiest Vegan Chiles Rellenos Recipe (Made Without Batter and Oil)

A small brown bowl filled with cooked huitlacoche which is a type of Mexican corn truffle. On top is a single sprig of cilantro.

What is Huitlacoche and Quesadillas de Huitlacoche Recipe

View from above of a white plate on top of a decorative Mexican terracotta plate. The white plate is filled with queso en salsa or cooked cheese in red salsa and there's a spoon on top.

Queso con Chile or Queso en Salsa (Cheese in Salsa)

A white plate with tomato salsa and boiled pinto beans and two crispy Mexican potato cakes.

Tortitas de Papa con Queso (Mexican Potato Cakes)

Vegetarian Recipes

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Plate of Mexican green spaghetti made with cream and roasted poblano peppers.

Mexican Green Spaghetti Recipe (Espagueti Verde)

Jericallas or Mexican custard dessert inside small glass ramekins inside a glass baking dish.

Easy Jericalla Recipe (Mexican Custard Dessert)

Cilantro pesto with a Mexican twist inside a small blue bowl and on a burnt orange table.

Easy Mexican Cilantro Pesto Recipe (With Vegan Option)

Nata pound cake sliced and served on a wooden platter and dusted with confectioner sugar.

The Best Nata Pound Cake (Panqué de Nata)