What would be good to serve with mexican food?

Question

what is good to serve with mexican food? beans and rice are so plain...any other ideas?

Answer 1

What sort of Mexican food are you serving as the main dish? How many people?

- Refried beans

- Mexican rice

- 7-layer Mexican dip

- Tossed salad

- Chips & salsa (maybe a red and a green variety?)

- toppings like sour cream, shredded cheese, chopped jalepenos and tomatoes

- Margaritas!

- For dessert Mexican wedding cookies and/or vanilla ice cream topped with dulce de leche sauce

Answer 2

I like to make a corn this corn dish.

1 pkg frozen or canned corn cooked and drained. In med. sauce pan combined corn and 1 can chopped tom. with chili's (the mex. blend) cook until very hot. Remove from heat and stir in cream cheese until smooth. You can serve like that or bake in oven 350 about 20min., until nice and bubbly.

Answer 3

chips and salsa, guacamole, spanish rice, cole slaw, corn muffins.

Answer 4

burretos are easy or u could always make a mexican wrap use mince or chicken and cook it in a mexican sauce u can also buy burreto and taco kits and whatever else u want to add to it there simple to make and its a meal in itself or cook ur mince add diced onions add ur taco sauce when done dish it out sprinke grated cheese over it then melt it in the microwave add a blob of sour cream in the middle and put nacho chips around the edges of ur plate its a meal where u dont have to have anything on the side its fulling it tastes good and it only takes about 20 minits to make

Answer 5

There is a great recipe for Black Bean Salad that just posted today on

http://allsecretrecipes.blogspot.com

It looks a little mild, so if I were going to pair it with mexican, I would cut up a chili pepper into it.  

That same site has an *awesome* recipe for guacamole.  We use it all the time at our house.

Good luck!

Answer 6

a cute mexican, and have him cook.

Answer 7

corn bread

Answer 8

make your own refried beans, not the canned ones. make a queso out of roasted corn and goat cheese.

Answer 9

Here are a couple simple and tasty ideas/recipes....

Camote

Ingredients:

4 large sweet potatoes

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup butter

1-2 dashes cinnamon (optional)

Preparation:

Peel sweet potatoes and cut them into approx. 1 inch cubes. Place them in a buttered oven-safe dish, cover and bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Then remove and top with the remaining butter, honey and cinnamon. Bake uncovered for an additional 10-15 minutes.

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Chilied Corn

Ingredients:

16 oz bag of frozen corn -or- 2 cans, drained

1 small can of roasted red chiles, finely diced

1/4 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon chile powder

1 teaspoon serrano chile, finely diced

1 tablespoon oil

salt to taste

Preparation:

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add in corn and let it heat for 5-10 minutes. Sprinkle in seasonings and chiles and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Salt to taste.

Answer 10

nachos

gucamole salad

cheese dip

steak