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Chicken Tostadas

If you have some cooked chicken on hand, you can make beautiful and delicious Chicken Tostadas in a flash.
Course: Main Course
Keyword: Easy--now you're cooking, Gluten-Free Option, Vegetarian Option
Servings: 3

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Ingredients

  • 6 tostada shells
  • 1 can refried beans (black beans or pinto beans) (optional)
  • 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
  • 1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded Mexican style cheese (unseasoned)

Choice of Toppings (see examples in recipe photos)

  • onions (thinly sliced and cut into pieces)
  • caramelized onion
  • red pepper (thinly sliced and cut into pieces)
  • tomatoes (cut into small pieces)
  • broccoli (cut into small florets)

Choice of Garnishes (see examples in recipe photos)

  • avocados (sliced)
  • sour cream
  • green parts of scallions (sliced)
  • salsa
  • cilantro (roughly chopped)
  • sliced jalapeños (from a jar)

Instructions

Prepare Tostada

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread tostadas shells with beans.
    Tostada shell with beans
  • Add chicken.
    Tostada shell with beans and chicken
  • Sprinkle with cheese.
    Tostada with cheese

Add toppings as if putting toppings on a pizza.

  • Tostada with black beans, chicken, cheese, tomato, red pepper, onion and broccoli.
    Unbaked tostada
  • Tostada with black beans, chicken, cheese, tomato, red pepper and caramelized red onions.
    Tostada with caramelized onions

Bake tostadas until hot and cheese begins to turn light brown.

  • Tostada with black beans, chicken, cheese, tomato, red pepper, onion and broccoli.
    Tostada
  • Tostada with black beans, chicken, cheese, tomato, red pepper and caramelized red onions.
    Tostada with caramelized onions
  • Tostada with black beans, chicken and cheese.
    cheese tostada

Add garnishes.

  • Tostada with salsa, avocado, sour cream and cilantro.
    Tostada with toppings
  • Tostada with avocado, sliced jalapeño and scallions.
    tostada
  • Tostada with avocado, salsa and cilantro.
    tostada

Notes

You will want uncooked toppings to be cut into small pieces so they cook quickly in the oven.
This recipe is very flexible, and you can experiment with toppings and garnishes.
If you don't have chicken, or if you have guests who prefer not to eat chicken, the tostadas will be delicious with beans and cheese or with only cheese.
For the perfect cooked onions for a tostada, cut onions into pieces.  Cook the onion in oil on medium high heat until the onion starts to brown.  Then turn the heat to medium and cook until the onion is tender but still has texture--sort of like al dente for pasta.
A can of refried beans will have more beans than you need for six tostadas.