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What to Serve with Tacos – 30 Side Dish Recipes

Wondering what to serve with tacos – these 30 side dish recipes have you covered! From queso to margaritas, enchiladas to churros, enjoy these delicious taco sides at home.

We love a good Taco Tuesday around here (I mean, could there ever be a bad Taco Tuesday)?  It’s a fun way to meal plan and add some spice to our menus during the week.  I love going all out on homemade guac, queso dip, homemade vegan taco filling, rainbow fajitas, and more!  Plus a pitcher of margaritas.  Always margaritas.

Here are a few of my favorite recipes that go good with tacos.  They are full of flavor, super versatile , and use fresh and pantry staple ingredients.  From appetizers to desserts, here are our favorite Taco Tuesday finds.

Refried Beans from Canned Pinto Beans Recipe

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These fantastic refried beans can be made with a can of pintos and some spices. A great addition to your tacos (I love adding beans to mine) or just on the plate with some delicious rice. 

Refried Beans from Canned Pinto Beans
Refried Beans from Canned Pinto Beans recipe is a flavorful and easy side dish with pantry staple canned beans, a few simple vegetables, and a lot of spice. These bold and flavorful beans can be made on the stove top in about 20 minutes. These canned beans make a great side dish or you can add them to tacos or burrito bowls.  I like to serve them alongside fajita veggies, cilantro lime rice in the rice cooker, and with my easy guacamole without cilantro.
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Creamy Tahini Queso (Dairy Free, Whole30, Paleo, Gluten Free)

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This Creamy Tahini Queso (dairy free) is dynamite for those late-night queso cravings! This healthy amazing plant-based queso has tahini, jalapeño, lime, and cilantro.  This flavorful dip is blended and ready for your tortilla chips in no time!

Tahini Queso (Vegan, Dairy Free)
Tahini Queso is a creamy plant based queso recipe perfect for your next fiesta! Made with sesame paste, cashews, jalapeño, lime, and cilantro this flavorful dip is blended and ready for your tortilla chips in no time! Vegan, Dairy Free.
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Here are More Queso Recipes You’ll Love!

Fresh Mango Margarita

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This Fresh Mango Margarita is a sweet, tangy, and refreshing way to kick off happy hour! Blend for a frozen cocktail anytime! Summer and frozen margaritas go hand in hand for me!  I love the sweet & citrus-y combination of the classic margarita, blended with ice and poured into a tall glass.  Get a full serving of fruit in, too!  

Spicy Mango Jalapeno Margarita
This spicy mango jalapeno margarita recipe is a sweet, tangy, and refreshing way to kick off happy hour! Blend fresh mangoes and jalapeno peppers for a frozen cocktail anytime!
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Cilantro Lime Rice in the Rice Cooker Recipe

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This one-pot recipe can be made totally in your rice cooker!  Steam the rice, and then add the fresh herbs and lime juice once the rice is finished cooking. Great as a burrito filling, or just to serve along side beans with your tacos.

Cilantro Lime Rice in the Rice Cooker
This Cilantro Lime Rice in the Rice Cooker recipe is bright, fresh, herby, and ready for your next taco night or burrito bowl!  This recipe is cooked in your rice cooker or steamer, and makes perfectly zesty rice in about 30 minutes.
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The Best Vegetarian Taco ‘Meat’ Filling

These Quick and easy TVP Tacos use Textured Vegetable Protein as the base for the filling! Quick and easy, we mix TVP, tomatoes, and spices for a healthy #TacoTuesday dinner. We love  Textured Vegetable Protein on our homestead – and tacos are the perfect vehicle for it.  We make these tacos a TON – pretty much every week ?

TVP Tacos
This TVP tacos recipe is SO GOOD we make it weekly! We use Textured Vegetable Protein TVP for the filling, add spices and toppings and its ready in about 20 minutes!
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Spicy Black Beans in the Instant Pot (Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

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These Perfectly Spicy Black Beans in the Instant Pot are ready in under an hour, even using no soak dried beans! With chilis, peppers, onion, and spices these beans are perfect to meal prep, make ahead, or batch cook. These black beans are a perfect pantry staple dinner, and a great way to use those extra dried beans you have in your cupboard.  Even if you don’t have an Instant Pot, you can easily make this dish on the stove top.  Use canned black beans for a quick fix.

And with your extra beans you can make this next recipe!

Instant Pot Black Beans
No Soak Instant Pot Black Beans are high in fiber and protein, loaded with vegetables, great for tacos. These easy no soak Mexican black beans are made with chilis, peppers, onion, and spices. Perfect to meal prep, make ahead, or batch cook!
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Vegan Bean & Cheese Enchiladas

(Photo Credit: The Friendly Fig)

These delish vegan Bean & Cheese Enchiladas from The Friendly Fig are a quick and easy way to get some healthy vegan protein in during dinner!  Ready in about half hour, these enchiladas are smothered in a homemade sauce and filled with beans and vegan cheese of your choice.

 

Vegan Mango Slaw for Tacos (Gluten Free)

This Vegan Mango Slaw was made for topping fish tacos, nachos, or burritos!  It’s sweet, crunchy, and bright. Also great on BBQ sandwiches, or just eaten plain.  Bring the acidity to the party with this healthy and delicious slaw, guaranteed to be a huge hit.  This sweet and savory slaw is a great addition to top those tacos.

Mango Slaw for Tacos
This fresh mango slaw for tacos is the perfect addition to your summer BBQ cookout, 4th of July party, or pool party luau. Fresh fruit and vegetables in a creamy dressing make this a healthy and delicious salad everyone at your table will love!

Vegan Loaded Nachos (Gluten Free, Pantry Staple, High Protein)

Fiesta forever with vegan loaded nachos, surprisingly healthy and packed with veggies, plant protein, and delicious toppings!  Fully loaded nachos… but make ’em healthy!  These vegan nachos have tons of veggies and plant protein for a fun and filling dinner.
 
Bring restaurant vibes home to your casa, with these simple and mouth-watering nachos. Ready in about 20 minutes, a quick and healthy dinner is a few ingredients away.  I used the recipes for my TVP taco meat and Spicy Instant Pot Black Beans (see above links for both!) which transform these nachos into something extra.
 
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Fiesta forever with these vegan loaded nachos, surprisingly hearty and packed with veggies, plant protein, and delicious toppings!
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Black Bean Dip with Cream Cheese Recipe

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Not only is this a fantastic and spicy appetizer, it’s also delicious added into tacos or burritos. This dip is creamy, cheesy, and high in fiber from the black beans.
 
Black Bean Dip with Cream Cheese
This black bean dip with cream cheese recipe will spice up your next party or game day - a delicious appetizer to serve with nacho chips, dipping vegetables in, or adding to tacos or burritos.
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Enjoy These Other Bean Dip Recipes!

Sheet Pan Fajitas Vegetables Avocado Lime Crema

Make quick & yummy Vegan Fajitas for an easy sheet pan dinner!  Roasted peppers, onions, sweet potato, zucchini, and mushrooms are ready in 30 minutes, can be made ahead. We regularly #TacoTuesday on our homestead, but I thought I would switch it up and create some healthy veggie fajitas instead.  I love sheet pan meals, too.  Throw everything in a pan, throw that pan in the oven, and throw that food on your plate when its done.  One pan dinners are great for easy clean up.

Oven Fajitas Vegetables
Fiesta forever with these quick & yummy oven fajitas for an easy sheet pan dinner! Roasted peppers, onions, sweet potato, zucchini, and mushrooms are ready in 30 minutes, can be made ahead. Vegan, gluten free, paleo, whole30, easy weeknight meal.
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Fresh Grapefruit Paloma Recipe with Easy Infused Simple Syrup

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Tequila, lime, grapefruit, simple syrup – an absolutely delicious and refreshing drink!

This Fresh Grapefruit Paloma cocktail is a summer evening’s dream!  Sweet, tart, and incredibly smooth, it’s the perfect drink to end those long summer days. I love making a single paloma on a warm Friday night, or a big batch for a crowd. This is a fantastic & popular summer cocktail everyone will love.

Fresh Grapefruit Paloma
This fresh grapefruit Paloma recipe is the perfect summer cocktail!  Make for a crowd or just for one - sweet, refreshing, and citrusy!  
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Tomatillo Green Chili Salsa Verde Recipe (Gluten Free, Vegan)

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This green tomatillo salsa is a delicious and spicy dip!  I had never made homemade salsa before, and I am a total convert. It was so simple, and the result was perfectly spiced salsa.

I boiled the tomatillos and some vegetables, added them to a blender with fresh cilantro and peppers. This is a fantastic salsa for anyone looking to enjoy low sodium recipes, no salt added!

Tomatillo Green Chili Salsa Verde
This Tomatillo Green Chili Salsa Verde is a bright, fresh, and spicy homemade green salsa that's easy to make in your blender with fresh tomatillos. This salsa verde contains no salt and is naturally low in sodium (but big on flavor)! Great to enjoy as a dip for fresh tortilla chips, to top your huevos rancheros, or to add into your next taco night.
Check out this recipe
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The BEST Guacamole

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Guac is extra, and so am I!  Nothing jazzes it up like out favorite Taco Tuesday Guacamole.  No seriously, we do tacos every single week – the vegan TVP recipe for Our Weekly Vegan Taco Night is above! I love grabbing super fresh and ripe avocados from the store, and making a quick guac in about 10 minutes.  This simple guac features fresh avocados, cilantro, lime juice, tomatoes, onions, and a hint of lime.  Perfect to dip chips into, or to top your enchiladas or burritos with.

 

Vegan Instant Pot Mexican Rice

This Instant Pot Mexican Rice is the perfect one-pot side dish to make in your Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker. A fantastic side dish to serve with your tacos, black beans, enchiladas, or guac. You could also use the stove top or a rice cooker to prepare the rice, and spice it after cooking. Great for bean and rice burritos, one of my faves!

Rice Cooker Yellow Rice
This rice cooker yellow rice recipe is a bright and satisfying side dish made with rice, fresh vegetables, & spices that cooks in the rice cooker!  This all purpose turmeric rice pilaf side dish without saffron to serve alongside tacos, gyros, or pita plates.  And it's vegan, gluten free, and made in one pot.
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Cilantro Lime Chimichurri Sauce Recipe

Kick you next Taco Tuesday up a notch with this fantastic cilantro lime chimichurri sauce!  If you are looking for an easy way to add some flavor to those boring tacos or burritos, look no further.  This sauce packs some serious flavor, that will leave you wanting to fiesta forever.

Cilantro Lime Chimichurri Sauce
This cilantro lime chimichurri sauce is a bright, bold, flavorful sauce that is delicious to enjoy for your next taco night! A fun twist on a classic condiment. 
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Vegan Taco Salad

This Vegan Taco Salad from Running On Real Food is a delish way to get some extra veggies into your Taco Tuesday!   Loaded with lettuce, fresh tomatoes, corn, black beans, this is the perfect way to kick off the week and also eat right.  I love that this salad is served with homemade tortilla chips too.  The perfect Taco Tuesday dinner to get your 5 servings of veggies in!

Gluten Free & Vegan Churros

Last but not least, what better way to end a meal than with churros?! These Gluten Free & Vegan Churros from A Little Insanity are the perfect dessert.  Sweet and cinnamon-y these little churros are fried to perfection.

 

As always, if you make these any of these vegan Taco Tuesday recipes be sure to leave me a comment, rate this recipe, and tag me on Instagram so I can feature you.  I love seeing all your photos of my recipe recreations!

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