Recipes with epazote
129 verified Mexican recipes with epazote.
Epazote is the most Mexican herb there is — intense, anise-like, with no true substitute. It's mandatory in frijoles de la olla, squash-blossom and huitlacoche quesadillas, esquites, chileatole and fish and seafood broths. A few leaves at the end of cooking transform the dish.
This page gathers 129 verified Mexican recipes with epazote, ordered A to Z — including Albóndigas en Caldillo (Mexican Meatballs in Broth), Arroz a la Tumbada (Seafood Rice), Arroz a la Tumbada con Pulpo (Veracruz Soupy Rice with Octopus). Total times range from 20 to 330 minutes, so there are weeknight options as well as weekend pot-cooking projects. The quickest is Esquites con Chamoy (20 minutes in total). Indicative UK price: £5.99 per 15g (researched for our cost estimates).
Albóndigas en Caldillo (Mexican Meatballs in Broth)
Beef and pork meatballs in a light tomato and chipotle broth.
55 minfacil6 servings
Arroz a la Tumbada (Seafood Rice)
Soupy seafood rice, Veracruz style.
65 minmedia6 servings
Arroz a la Tumbada con Pulpo (Veracruz Soupy Rice with Octopus)
Veracruz soupy rice with octopus and seafood in the Alvarado style.
60 minmedia4 servings
Mexican Prawn Rice (Arroz con Camarones)
Mexican coastal rice with prawns in a tomato and epazote sofrito.
45 minfacil4 servings
Squash with Corn (Calabacitas con Elote)
Sauteed squash with corn kernels, poblano pepper, and fresh cheese.
40 minfacil6 servings
Dried Prawn Broth
Lenten dried prawn broth with mulato chilli, ancho chilli and tomato, traditional at Easter.
65 minmedia8 servings
Veracruz Crab Broth
Veracruz-style crab broth with hoja santa and epazote
70 minmedia4 servings
Black Bean Soup with Pork Spine
Hearty black bean soup with pork backbone and epazote. Flavour of the Mexican countryside.
135 minfacil6 servings
Caldo de Garbanzo (Mexican Chickpea Soup)
Mexican chickpea soup in stock with tomato, epazote and vegetables.
45 minfacil6 servings
Broad Bean and Cactus Lenten Broth
Light broad bean broth with nopal cactus and guajillo chilli, a traditional Lenten vigil dish for Holy Week.
55 minfacil4 servings
Wild Mushroom Broth (Caldo de Hongos)
Wild mushroom broth with chilli, epazote and tomato. Comforting and aromatic.
40 minfacil4 servings
Veracruz-Style Fish Broth (Caldo de Pescado)
Veracruz red snapper broth with tomato, olives, capers and güero chilli.
65 minmedia6 servings
Wild Greens Broth
Pre-Hispanic broth of wild quelites greens with epazote
40 minfacil4 servings
Mexican Sea Bass Broth (Caldo de Robalo)
Sea bass broth with tomato, chilli and herbs from the Mexican coasts.
55 minmedia4 servings
Veracruz-Style Fish Broth (Caldo Largo Veracruzano)
Veracruz fish broth with Gulf herbs, green olives, capers and white fish.
65 minmedia4 servings
Tlalpeño Broth
Chicken broth with chickpeas, green beans, chipotle chilli, and avocado.
65 minmedia6 servings
Pork in Green Pumpkin Seed Mole
Pork braised in green mole of pumpkin seeds, tomatillo, poblano chilli and epazote.
90 minmedia6 servings
Cazuela de Mariscos (Mexican Seafood Casserole)
Coastal Mexican stew of mixed seafood in tomato sauce with ancho chilli and epazote.
45 minmedia4 servings
Pork Crackling in Red Salsa
Pork crackling braised in a red tomato and guajillo chilli sauce. A quick and hearty Mexican home-style stew.
30 minfacil4 servings
Chilatole Poblano (Puebla Chilli Corn Soup)
Thick Puebla broth of mulato chilli and cacahuazintle corn thickened with masa.
60 minmedia6 servings
Chileatole
Thick sweetcorn soup with chillies and epazote, a comforting pre-Hispanic dish.
45 minmedia6 servings
Seafood Chileatole
Thick Veracruz seafood soup with corn masa
70 minmedia4 servings
Green Chilli Corn Soup with Chicken (Chileatole)
Thick corn and green chilli broth with chicken and epazote. Pre-Hispanic dish from central Mexico.
65 minfacil6 servings
Yucatecan Chilmole (Black Chilli Stew)
Yucatecan chicken stew in smoky burnt chilli black recado sauce.
90 minmedia6 servings
Veracruz-Style Prawn Chilli Broth
Veracruz prawn broth with guajillo chilli, tomato and epazote in the classic jarocho style.
50 minmedia4 servings
Chilpachole de Jaiba (Spicy Crab Soup)
Spicy Veracruz-style crab soup with chipotle and epazote.
75 minmedia6 servings
Chocolomo (Campechean Offal Soup)
Campechean beef offal soup with spices and chillies.
150 minmedia6 servings
Clemole (Pueblan Thickened Chilli Broth)
Thick Pueblan chicken broth with dried chillies, corn masa and seasonal vegetables.
90 minmedia6 servings
Sweetcorn Cream Soup
Velvety sweetcorn soup with a hint of poblano chilli.
40 minfacil6 servings
Huitlacoche Corn Fungus Crêpes
Crêpes filled with sautéed huitlacoche, epazote and soured cream, gratinated with cheese.
60 minmedia4 servings
Elopozole (Fresh Corn Green Pozole from Guerrero)
Guerrero green pozole with fresh tender corn, pumpkin seeds and hoja santa.
90 minmedia6 servings
Wild Mushroom Empanadas
Corn masa empanadas filled with mushrooms, epazote and dried chilli in Oaxacan style.
40 minmedia6 servings
Huitlacoche Empanadas (Corn Truffle)
Corn masa empanadas filled with huitlacoche and epazote.
55 minmedia4 servings
Ricotta Empanadas (Empanadas de Requesón)
Corn masa empanadas filled with fresh ricotta and epazote. Traditional home-style Mexican snack.
40 minfacil4 servings
Green Mole Empanadas
Green mole and chicken empanadas fried in maize dough.
70 minmedia8 servings
Courgette Flower Enchiladas
Enchiladas de Flor de Calabaza: receta de Centro de México (vegetariano) con calabaza, flor de calabaza, queso. Auténtico sabor casero paso a paso.
45 minmedia4 servings
Queretaro-Style Enchiladas
Enchiladas in black bean sauce with ancho chilli, Queretaro style.
55 minmedia4 servings
Enfrijoladas
Tortillas bathed in a silky black bean sauce, filled with cheese, topped with cream and onion.
35 minfacil4 servings
Enfrijoladas with Chorizo
Tortillas in black bean and epazote sauce topped with golden Mexican chorizo.
35 minfacil4 servings
Vegan Enfrijoladas
Corn tortillas bathed in a velvety black bean sauce, filled with garlicky epazote mushrooms.
35 minfacil4 servings
Escamoles (Ant Larvae in Butter)
Ant larvae sauteed in butter with epazote, the Mexican caviar.
25 minmedia4 servings
Esquites (Mexican Corn Salad)
Sweetcorn kernels in a seasoned broth with mayonnaise, soured cream, cotija cheese, and chilli.
30 minfacil4 servings
Corn Cups with Chamoy (Esquites)
Sautéed sweetcorn kernels with butter, chilli, mayonnaise, cheese, lime and chamoy sauce.
20 minfacil4 servings
Esquites with Bone Marrow
Street-style corn topped with roasted beef bone marrow, cotija cheese and chilli.
45 minmedia6 servings
Esquites Pasta (Mexican Street Corn Mac)
Mexican street corn meets mac and cheese: a creamy, chilli-spiked pasta loaded with sweetcorn and lime.
35 minfacil4 servings
Ricotta Flautas (Vegetarian Mexican Flautas)
Crispy vegetarian flautas filled with creamy ricotta cheese, epazote and chilli.
35 minfacil4 servings
Vegan Mushroom Flautas
Crispy vegan flautas filled with mushrooms and epazote.
30 minfacil4 servings
Yucatecan Strained Black Beans (Frijol Colado)
Silky strained Yucatecan black bean cream, fried in lard with epazote.
50 minfacil8 servings
Frijol con Puerco (Black Beans with Pork)
Yucatecan black bean stew with pork served with roasted tomato-habanero sauce and fresh garnishes.
150 minmedia6 servings
Drunken Beans (Frijoles Borrachos)
Beans with beer, bacon and coriander, northern style.
135 minmedia8 servings
Yucatecan "Poison" Black Beans (Frijoles con Veneno)
Yucatecan black beans with whole habanero, epazote and lard. Spicy and deeply flavourful.
100 minfacil8 servings
Mexican Pot Beans
Beans slow-simmered in a pot with epazote, the foundation of Mexican cooking.
130 minfacil8 servings
Soupy Black Beans (Frijoles Negros Caldosos)
Black beans in rich broth with epazote and chilli, the ultimate Mexican everyday dish.
100 minfacil6 servings
Black Beans with Plantain
Soupy Tabascan-style black beans with fried plantain, epazote and garlic.
35 minfacil4 servings
Ricotta Gorditas (Gorditas de Requesón)
Corn masa gorditas filled with ricotta and epazote, golden on a griddle.
40 minfacil4 servings
Gorditas Rellenas de Aguascalientes (Stuffed Corn Gorditas)
Fried corn masa gorditas stuffed with traditional stews from Aguascalientes.
65 minmedia6 servings
Higaditos (Chicken Liver and Egg Scramble)
Chicken liver with tomato, onion and scrambled egg — an Oaxacan Christmas dish.
30 minfacil4 servings
Huatape de Camaron (Thick Prawn Broth)
Thick Huastec-style prawn broth with corn masa and guajillo chillies.
65 minmedia6 servings
Veracruz Stuffed Jaiba Crab Shells Gratinée
Crab shell filled with crab meat cooked in tomato and epazote sofrito, gratinéed.
55 minmedia4 servings
Joroches (Masa Dumplings in Black Bean Broth)
Corn masa dumplings in black bean broth, Campeche style.
70 minmedia6 servings
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Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with epazote are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 129 published Mexican recipes using epazote, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: Albóndigas en Caldillo (Mexican Meatballs in Broth), Arroz a la Tumbada (Seafood Rice), Arroz a la Tumbada con Pulpo (Veracruz Soupy Rice with Octopus).
What's the quickest recipe with epazote?
Esquites con Chamoy, ready in 20 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 20 to 330 minutes.
How much does epazote cost in the UK?
The indicative price we use in our cost estimates is £5.99 per 15g, researched across UK supermarkets and Mexican grocers. Each recipe page shows its calculated cost.
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Recipes curated by Edmond Bojalil. Last updated: 2026-06-16.
Founder, Recetas Mexas
Mexican from Puebla, IT professional and foodie. Author of 1000+ authentic Mexican recipes adapted for home kitchens worldwide. Based in Madrid since 2018.
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