Tostada normally refers to any meal in which a tortilla is deep fried or toasted. They were originally in response to tortillas that had started to get stale but could still be eaten. The toasted or fried tortilla is topped with beans, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, onions, salsa and then topped off with chicken or pork. Today, you can find all types of tostadas: seafood, vegetarian, vegan, etc.I found a recipe for a quick tostada in the Cooking Light Fresh Foods Superfast cookbook and altered it a bit to remove most pre-made products (I don’t usually get to supermarkets). The result was still a quick and really delicious weeknight meal.
If the salsa is pre-made or store bought, this is a really quick meal, about 15-20 minutes from start to finish.
I loved the flavor, but this could certainly handle a little bit of heat, maybe some chopped jalapeno mixed in with the salsa.
After a bite or two, I went back to the salsa and added another tablespoon to my tostada to give it a bit more flavor. If you like salsa, I suggest doing this.
This could easily be altered to use chopped beef or sauteed chicken if you’d like. However, it was absolutely delicious with the black beans.
Mmm, looks delicious and healthy 🙂 Love the crisp colors, too!
This looks so good and more importantly (during the hectic Holidays), so easy! Love it. We are roasting a chicken tonight and you better believe we will try these this week. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
This looks really tasty and healthy, I could go for one right now. Love it.
These look delicious, great recipe! 🙂
I love avocado!! I put it on like everything!
That looks really good–and I appreciate that you’ve avoided the premade stuff!
These look so good! I love black beans and of course, avocado!
These look awesome!
This looks fantastic, and so simple too! Love it 🙂
YUM, this is one of my favorites! I love black beans!
I love the addition of the fresh avocado! Yum!!