How To Make Tostadas?
The following tostada recipe is quick and easy to make. It is one of the best side dishes during dinner.
Ingredients
- 10 Corn tortillas/Tostada shells
- 1 lb cooked shredded chicken/beef/pork
- 1 can can of Refried beans
- ¼ Diced onion
- 1 Avocado
- Sour cream or salsa verde
- Half head lettuce
- finely chopped cheese
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 ½ of cumin powder
- ½ tbsp salt
- ½ tbsp of paprika
- A quarter teaspoon of black pepper, oregano, and garlic powder(each)
- Salsa verde or pico de gallo
Instructions
- Let us cook chicken/ beef and onions. For this, take a skillet, add beef into it, and cook on medium heat. Break the beef into smaller pieces using a spoon and fry until it becomes brown. Remove the grease from the skillet, if any.
- Add onions into the skillet and fry for two minutes. Now add chili powder, cumin powder, salt, and paprika into it and cook it for a few minutes until the raw smell goes.
- Take the refried beans in a small skillet or a microwave bowl. Add one small scoop of sour cream into this and stir it continuously. Warm the mixture for a while.
- It is time to assemble tostadas. For this, you can use corn tortillas and fry or bake them, or you can also use tostada shells.
- To prepare the dish, start spreading a layer of refried beans mixture on the shell or tortillas. Top the tostada with a small spoon of beef, some lettuce, a little amount of cheese, salsa verde, avocado, sour cream, hot sauce, and salsa. Serve the dish hot.