Recipe: Chicken Tostados
Summary: These chicken tostadas can be ready to eat in about thirty minutes. Tostadas make a nice light lunch and are very kid friendly.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts – shredded
- 8 corn tostadas
- 1 can refried beans
- 2 cups red tomato salsa
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1/2 white onion sliced into rings
- 1/2 cup Mexican cream
Instructions
- Bring 6 cups of water to a boil and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer the chicken breasts until just cooked through.
- Remove from the chicken breasts from the water and allow to cool to the touch.
- Shred the chicken breasts with a fork and set aside.
- Heat the refried beans in a pan over low heat. Shred two cups of lettuce.
- Slice half an onion into rings.
- Once the beans are warm assemble the tostadas.
- Spread the refried beans on the tostada.
- Add a quarter cup of shredded chicken.
- Add the shredded lettuce and a few onion rings.
- Cover with the red tomato salsa and a dollop of Mexican cream.
- Serve immediately.
Quick notes
Tell your kids that they are eating flat tacos. They will get a kick out of it.
Recipe and photo from mexicanfoodie.com
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Cooking time: 10 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 8
Culinary tradition: Mexican
