Everyone needs a few quick and easy dinners up their sleeves. These chicken tostadas are the perfect recipe to add to your dinner night rotation. Delicious, filling, and packed with protein, you won’t believe how quickly you can get this meal to the table!
Today’s recipe for chicken tostadas uses my favorite chicken marinade which is quick, easy and delicious! What more could you ask for you?This recipe is one of those weeknight dinner ideas that you will make over and over again. Not only does it work perfectly with my favorite chicken marinade but it is a perfect way to use any leftover meat you have on hand. It is also a perfect meatless meal too. Instead of adding meat, just add some sautéed or grilled veggies.
The secret to today’s recipe is “in the sauce” or rather in the marinade. Marinaded chicken can be used for all kinds of things. You can just grill the chicken and serve with rice or potatoes. You can cube it up and put it on some skewers with some favorite veggies for shiskabob. It is also great diced up and made into tacos, enchiladas or burritos.
My personal favorite though is a tostada. I just put the chicken in to marinade first thing in the morning. We grilled the chicken that evening or you could bake it too. But I prefer grilling.
All you need to do is dice it up and then you are ready to build your tostada.
Tostada shells
I use the pre made tostada shells which are available in the grocery store in the tortilla section. I jazz them up a bit by covering them with some cheese, I used a Mexican blend that came pre-grated (quick and easy.) Then I stick them under the broiler until the cheese melts and the edges get a little golden brown. Watch them closely because it doesn’t take long
Now you are ready to build. We like to start with a layer of refried beans. (I usually add in a little salsa into the canned refried beans).
Next, I add the chicken, lettuce, cheese and some salsa and avocado.
Finally, pick it up, take a bite, and enjoy. Yes, tostadas are finger food!
You can get creative and come up with your own toppings. It is a great meal for a group because everyone can custom make their own tostada!
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Chicken Tostada Recipe
Chicken Tostadas
Ingredients
Chicken Marinade - see note below for link to recipe
Tostadas
- 8 Tostada Shells
- 2 cups cooked, diced marinated chicken or other meat
- 1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1 1/2 cup refried beans
- 2 cups lettuce chopped
- 1 cup pico or salsa
- 1 avocado diced
Instructions
- Sprinkle tostada shells with grated cheese and place under broiler until cheese is melted.
- Add a layer of refried beans to tostada.
- Add cooked, chopped chicken or other meat
- Top with lettuce, pico, avocado and additional grated cheese if desired.
Notes
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Nourhan @ Miss Anthropist's Kitchen
March 8, 2011 at 8:26 amLooks really really delicious…thanks for sharing 🙂
Andrea the Kitchen Witch
March 8, 2011 at 9:17 amI love tostadas!! The chicken marinade sounds really good, I’ll have to try this next time I have the ‘chicken, again!?’ blues 🙂 The wig your daughter wears for the show is great! Break a leg!!
Katie Mitchell
March 8, 2011 at 2:40 pmThis sounds great! I make homemade refried beans all the time, and this would go great with them. I’ll have to make it soon.
Erin
March 8, 2011 at 4:05 pmLooks so yummy! What about marinading a small pork tenderloin, would it still be good? Love the new layout, its so pretty!
Brittany
March 8, 2011 at 6:59 pmThis looks yummy!!! I will be making this soon! Thanks so much for sharing!
Cathrine
March 8, 2011 at 8:43 pmYour new blog layout is super cute and I thought Tessa was wonderful in Hairspray. This recipe looks easy and scrumptious. I’ll have to add it to my “to-try list” 🙂
Cheryl
March 10, 2011 at 12:24 pmYeah you’re back!!!
Angie
March 10, 2011 at 3:58 pmI made these for dinner and my husband loved them. Thanks for the recipe! I LOVE the new look of the blog!
kelly
March 12, 2011 at 2:43 pmtostadas are my favorite! can’t wait to try it with the chicken! tessa looks adorable and i am sure you are having such a fun week with your kids!
Glenna Scribner
March 18, 2011 at 7:13 pmImagine my surprise when I decided to check out this recipe, and there is a picture of a friend of mine and her 2 daughters. Are you related? A lot of the recipes in my collection come from Emily.
Leigh Anne
March 18, 2011 at 11:14 pmEmily is my niece in law. She is married to my husband’s oldest brother’s son. We adore Emily and her two girls (and her husband too) I usually stay with Emily when I am in Utah.
Jason
March 27, 2011 at 4:58 pmLeigh Anne,
That marinade recipe is dynamite! I almost ate my hands it was so good. Trying it on beef short ribs tonight. Thank you so much!
Christina
April 5, 2011 at 8:40 pmReally yummy! We made these for supper tonight and enjoyed. It was our first time trying toastadas. Definitely will make them again.
Tammy
June 3, 2011 at 10:25 pmLooks so good. Just wondering how you cook your chicken after its done marinating? Thanks so much…looks sooo yummy!
Leigh Anne
June 23, 2011 at 9:35 amWe grill the chicken after it is marinaded
Deloris
January 30, 2018 at 2:56 pmI’m embarrassed! I love Mexican food and hate to admit that I don’t know the right way to eat a tostada 😧
Leigh Anne
January 30, 2018 at 4:42 pmDelories, Totally legal to pick them up with your hands!
Wendy Mikulicic
December 23, 2018 at 11:05 amHello!….I am not sure if anyone’s let you know ….but this link is supposed to be for the Crockpot Chicken Soup!….
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