13 Complicated Mexican Dishes That Aren't Worth Making At Home, According To Chefs

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13 Complicated Mexican Dishes That Aren't Worth Making At Home, According To Chefs By Holly Riddle Sept. 26, 2025 3:40 pm EST

Most home cooks have a handful of Mexican dishes in their back pockets, ready to scrounge up at a moment's notice, when anyone mentions a hankering for Mexican fare. Maybe you make a mean fajita. Perhaps your carnitas are spectacular, or you've perfected your chimichangas over the years. Dishes like these are well within the reach of the average home cook, even if you have to fine-tune or practice a bit.

However, just as with every cuisine, Mexican cuisine has its more complicated dishes that aren't worth your time as a home cook. Whether that's due to the expert skills necessary to really pull them off, the amount of difficult-to-sour