Mexican

These 45+ Instant Pot Mexican recipes have amazing Mexican-inspired and Tex-Mex flavors that are perfect for your next Taco Tuesday (or any time you’re craving south of the border).

Whatever cut of meat you’re cooking—chicken tacos, beef enchiladas, pork carnitas, and more—you’ll find what you’re looking for in one of these flavor-packed pressure cooker Mexican recipes!

Instant Pot cilantro chicken and rice on a white plate, topped with fresh cilantro, diced tomatoes, and a lime wedge.

Cilantro Chicken & Rice | One-Pot Meal

A photo collage of four different taco recipes included in the roundup. On the left is a large photo of three chicken tacos in corn tortillas, garnished with onions, tomatoes, and avocados. On the top right is a photo of several small fish tacos, where you can see the flaky fish, garnished with lime, sauce, and cilantro. On the bottom left are a photo looking into an Instant Pot filled with beef, onions, peppers, and garlic, ready to pressure cook. And on the bottom right corner is a ground beef taco in a hard-shell corn tortilla, garnished with tomatoes, onions, cheese, and lettuce.

Taco Tuesday Recipe Ideas

An overhead shot of the prepared beef birria ready to be made into a taco. From left to right is a white and navy linen napkin underneath a white bowl of prepared birria garnished with red onions and limes. On the left side of the bowl and two corn tortillas and a small wooden bowl of melting cheese. On the right side of the bowl are another small wooden bowl filled with fresh pico, a small white bowl of consumme, and seven more corn tortillas out of frame on the bottom right.

Beef Birria Tacos (Quesabirria)

An overhead shot of a round gray plate on a gray textured background. The plate is filled with three yellow corn tortillas loaded up with carne asada taco filling, garnished with white cheese, red diced tomatoes, sprigs of cilantro, and a lime wedge.

Homemade Carne Asada | Instant Pot recipe

Close up picture of a large serving bowl with Instant Pot chicken walking taco filling, with shredded lettuce, sour cream, snack sized bags of chips, fresh cilantro, shredded cheese, and diced avocado in the background.

Chicken Walking Tacos | Instant Pot recipe

Instant Pot loaded queso served on chips and topped with fresh cilantro, tomatoes, and diced jalapeno, served on a plate with more chips and fresh cilantro in the background.

Homemade Loaded Queso

An overhead picture of a serving dish with Instant Pot pork carnitas with sour cream, limes, diced tomatoes, and tortillas

Pork Carnitas | Instant Pot recipe

Instant Pot chicken tomatillo soup, topped with greens, sliced avocado, lime wedge, and sliced radish.

Chicken Tomatillo Soup with Hominy

A close-up, horizontal photo of two beef enchiladas, one with a bite taken out so you can see the shredded beef, garnished with sour cream and tomato salsa with shredded lettuce, rice, and lime.

Shredded Beef Enchiladas | Instant Pot recipe

Instant Pot stuffed green pepper casserole served in a white bowl, with a roll, green bell pepper in the background.

Stuffed Green Pepper Casserole | Instant Pot recipe

horizontal photo of a white plate with Chicken Tinga wrapped up in a flour tortilla and topped with melted cheese, salsa, sour cream, and two avocado slices. On the upper left of the plate is mashed black beans and chips and the lower right features green rice with an avocado wedge and a cilantro garnish.

Chicken Tinga Enchiladas

Instant Pot green salsa rice in a white bowl, with a lime wedge and fresh cilantro on top.

Mexican Green Rice | Instant Pot Recipe

A white bowl filled with asopoa, white rice, and avocado and placed in front of an Instant Pot with fresh cilantro and sofrito in the background.

Instant Pot Asopao

Close up picture of an Instant Pot stacked enchilada topped with olives, tomatoes, cilantro and sour cream, with avocado, cilantro, and tomatoes in the background.

Stacked Chicken Enchiladas

An overhead shot of a wooden bowl filled with creamy pumpkin broth with tomatoes, black beans, and ground pork in the middle, with chopped cilantro as garnish. On a black plate with a soft yellow napkin and additional cilantro garnish in the lower right corner.

Creamy Pumpkin Soup with Black Beans

A close up picture of a spoonful of Instant Pot taco soup on a spoon, over a bowl of soup topped with sour cream, avocado, and chips.

Easy Instant Pot Taco Soup

A side shot of a fajita, loaded with peppers, cilantro, and chicken, garnished with a lime with salsa and rice in the background

Chicken Fajitas

A heaping spoonful of ground beef chili suspended over a small white bowl of ground beef, garnished with shredded cheese, tomatoes, and cilantro

Frozen Ground Beef Chili

a horizontal 45 degree shot of a spoonful of InstaPot Pork Stew with shredded pork, hominy, avocado,, and a slice of cornbread and radishes in the background

Instant Pot Pork and Hominy Stew (Quick Posole)

a white platter filled with five fish tacos loaded with cabbage slaw, tomatoes, cilantro, and limes

Easy Fish Taco Recipe

a collage of six Tex-Mex and mexican foods to cook in the Instant Pot and serve for Cinco de Mayo or Taco Tuesday

40+ Recipe Ideas for Cinco de Mayo

a 45 degree closeup horizontal shot of Instant Pot Salsa Chicken, plated on a white plate and served on top of a bed of shredded lettuce, with Mexican rice and black beans in the background

Instant Pot Salsa Chicken with Melted Mozzarella

Instant Pot chicken enchilada pasta being scooped from a serving dish using a wooden spoon.

Instant Pot Chicken Enchilada Pasta

plate of instant pot spanish rice with tacos

Easy Instant Pot Spanish Rice