The tostadas we have bought at the store seem to break all too easily. A great solution is to make your own tostadas so that they can hold the goodness you'll put on top of them.
We get our tortillas from Rancho Liborio in Aurora, CO. Of course you can get your favorite brand of tortillas from any store you usually shop at.
Use a skillet or frying pan where you can add a decent amount of safflower oil. If you have regular size tortillas you may have to do one at the time, maybe two at the time. Wait a few minutes for oil to get hot and in you put your tortilla. You have to watch it or it will curl up. Flip it a few times until it has that wonderful golden color. Take out and place on a napkin so the oil will be absorbed. We usually eat three tostadas each with regular size tortillas.
Make the tostadas first, then start working with your ingredients.
Ingredients we use:
- black beans
- cilantro
- garlic
- onion
- squash or zuchini (or both)
- seasoning salt
- lettuce
- cayenne pepper
- salt
- pico de gallo (diced tomato, cilantro, serrano pepper and lots of lime)
- avocado (lightly salted and limed)
Make your refried beans as you like them. We add onion, garlic, serrano, salt and pepper to some olive oil and let it sit for a few before adding the can of black beans. Once you add the black beans you can start mashing them a little bit so they're not falling off of the tostada. Let all the juices get soaked up.
Prepare your veggies or other ingredients you may be using the way you like as well. Sometimes I season them with cayenne pepper and anything else that I can think of to make it taste yummy. Creative license here.
Once everything is ready, place some lettuce on your tostada, then add the beans to it (they will hold the lettuce down) then add the veggies, avocado and pico de gallo or your favorite salsa.
This is the fastest and easiest meal we make. Well not easier than mac n cheese, but definitely more delicious.
ENJOY the TOSTADAS!!
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