What are tostadas?
Tostadas is a Mexican dish that uses deep fried tortilla, topped with meat or vegetables and beans.
Baked Tostadas!
To avoid deep fried food, I bake the corn tortillas. It turns out crispy and stays crispy for several days. Tostadas are lovely blank canvas to add in your favorite toppings. Vegetarian or non-vegetarian!
STEPS:
Just brush oil on the corn tortillas and layer in a cookie sheet. Bake at 400F for 6 minutes on each side. Comes out perfectly crispy!
Ingredients for Chicken Tostadas:
Canned Red kidney beans Left over grilled chicken Mango Salsa Sour Cream Avocado Cheese You don’t have to stick to these ingredients only. Choose what you have in pantry/ refrigerator and customize it accordingly. The KEY thing about any Tostadas recipe is to have that perfect crispy texture of the corn tortillas.
The Mango Salsa
It was a quick mix of ripe mangoes with red onions, cilantro, lemon juice and salt. A quick mix and it was ready. The Manga salsa gave a mild sweetness which I really liked with the chicken.
Chicken Tostadas
I used leftover grilled chicken that I tossed with some onion, taco spice mix and the canned beans. It was quick one and needed almost no work. You can use some other spices too. You can make guacamole if you like, but since I had mango salsa, I just sliced the avocadoes and added on top. In terms of cheese, it would have been great if I had Queso Fresco, Cojita or any variety of Mexican cheese. All I had some shredded mozzarella and use that.
Unlike Taco, eating Chicken Tostadas can get messy. It’s a casual dish with a lovely balance of texture and layers. If you haven’t tried before, you absolutely should. I prefer using mini tortillas as it’s easy to grab and bite. Also makes it easy for kids. I always stock tortillas, flour and corn varying different sizes for different purpose. I use it quite often as a quick wrap, or chips but Chicken Tostadas is something I don’t make that often. In my opinion Tostadas are a great party food too.
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