Recipe: Chicken Tostadas – Tostadas de Pollo
Summary: Chicken Tostadas made with chicken breasts, green onion, tomato sauce and ground cumin
Ingredients
- 8 6-inch tortillas
- Cooking oil
- 2 whole medium chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup sliced green onion
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese (4 ounces)
- 1 large avocado, seeded, peeled, and sliced
- 1/2 cup sliced pitted ripe olives
Instructions
- ln small skillet cook tortillas, one at a time, in 1/4 inch hot oil for 20 to 40 seconds on each side or till crisp and golden.
- Drain on paper toweling; keep warm in foil in 250° oven.
- Skin, bone, and cut chicken breasts into very thin strips.
- ln medium skillet quickly cook chicken and onion in butter or margarine till chicken is done and onion is tender.
- Add tomato sauce, garlic salt, salt, and cumin.
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes.
- To assemble each tostada, place a warm tortilla on serving plate; spoon on chicken mixture, then lettuce, cheese, avocado slices, and olives.
- Drizzle with bottled hot pepper sauce to taste, if desired.
Quick notes
Makes 8 servings
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 15 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 8
Culinary tradition: Mexican
