Name: Chicken Tostadas Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: chicken; 8 corn tortillas; Vegetable Oil; 3½ cups pinto beans; 2 cups cheese; 1 romaine lettuce head; 2 avocados; 4 Roma tomatoes; sour cream; optional toppings:; red onions

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How To Make Chicken Tostadas

Try a savory bite of these Mexican chicken tostadas! It’s loaded with slow cooked chicken, beans, and more for a heartier dinner meal.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 6 hours

Total: 6 hours 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

chicken,slow cooked, shredded
8corn tortillas,8-inch
vegetable oil,for frying or baking tortillas
3½cupspinto beans,or black, prepared refried
2cupscheese,shredded, such as Cheddar, Monterey Jack or cotija
1Romaine lettuce head,chopped
2avocados,diced
4Roma tomatoes,diced
sour cream

Optional Toppings:

red onions,or green, chopped, cilantro and fresh limes for juicing or cilantro lime ranch dressing, hot sauce

Instructions

Heat ¼ inch of the oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
Once the oil is hot, add one tortilla, then fry until golden on the bottom.
Using metal tongs, rotate the tortilla to the opposite side, then cook until golden and crisp.
Transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper towels, then repeat the process with the remaining tortillas, adding additional oil to pan as needed and preheating oil before frying tortillas.
Spread the warm shell with beans, followed by the prepared and shredded chicken, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, avocados and other toppings desired.
Serve immediately, and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Alternatively, you can bake the tortillas in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating once halfway through baking.
Check out our Crisp & Juicy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe to go with this meal!

Nutrition

Calories: 614.76kcal
Fat: 24.64g
Saturated Fat: 8.07g
Trans Fat: 0.42g
Monounsaturated Fat: 11.03g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.92g
Carbohydrates: 72.03g
Fiber: 19.98g
Sugar: 4.16g
Protein: 29.63g
Cholesterol: 33.66mg
Sodium: 244.78mg
Calcium: 372.56mg
Potassium: 1756.39mg
Iron: 5.75mg
Vitamin A: 444.50µg
Vitamin C: 17.72mg

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