Tostadas

 

Tostadas recipe picturesToday’s post is a quick weeknight meal that we have semi often around here. Tostadas are simple to make and you can easily switch up the toppings to suit your tastes: olives, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, corn, lettuce, etc. Or if you’re Kara…cream cheese instead of beans! Weird…I know. It’s fun to have several different toppings and let each person build their own Tostada just the way they want it.Yesterday Kara posted a Thai Chicken Pizza. That was one way to use up leftover chicken sitting in your fridge. These Tostadas are another way. There is nothing worse then having leftover food in the fridge and not knowing what else you can do with it. What a waste!Now…this meal is by no means glamorous…or the prettiest picture in the book either. But they’re tasty and on the table in minutes. After a long day of work a quick dinner with minimal effort sounds good, doesn’t it?

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Here’s what you’ll need

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Start by shredding some cheese. We use sharp cheddar

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Use 2 forks to shred the chicken

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Begin the assembly process: spread some refried beans on a shell

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Mix some taco sauce into the shredded chicken…several tablespoons should be good

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Now layer the chicken atop the beans

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Add a healthy portion of cheese and pop it in the oven. You just want to warm it up and melt the cheese

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Garnish however you like and dig in!

 

BLOGROLL