Mediterranean Tostados Recipes

10-MINUTE MEDITERRANEAN TOSTADAS

Steps:

• Prepare the salad. Add the cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, shallots and parsley into a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl whisk together dressing ingredients and pour over the salad. Toss to combine.
• Make the tostadas. Toast the corn tortillas until golden brown and crispy. Top with a layer of hummus (I use about 2 tablespoons) and about 1/4 cup of the salad. Drizzle with tahini and enjoy!

CHICKPEA FATTET "TOSTADAS"

Steps:

• To make the hummus, thoroughly rinse the chickpeas, then place them, along with the water, in the slow cooker insert.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chickpeas are tender. Drain the chickpeas, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. (You can reserve the rest of the cooking water for thickening soups or stews.) Measure out 1/2 cup of the cooked chickpeas, coarsely chop them, and set them aside.
• Place the whole chickpeas in the workbowl of a food processor. Press in the garlic, then add the lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, and 2 tablespoons of the cooking water and process until the mixture is smooth. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons cooking water only if needed to thin the consistency. Add salt to taste.
• To make the fattet, in a toaster oven or under a broiler, toast the pita halves until lightly browned or crisp. Arrange the pita halves on individual plates, then spread each pita with about 1/3 cup hummus. (Reserve the leftover hummus for another use). Sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of the chopped chickpeas, a generous dollop of yogurt, a pinch of cumin seed, 1/4 cup lettuce, 1 tablespoon of toasted pine nuts, and 1 tablespoon of chopped mint.
• Serve immediately.
• Variations
• Try adding artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, or roasted peppers when processing the hummus.
• Suggested Beverage
• If I were drinking wine with this, I would probably choose something light, aromatic, and white or something dry and rosy pink. That's if I were drinking wine with it. But "tostada" somehow makes me lust after a good beer.

CHICKEN TOSTADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place chicken into a frying pan over medium heat. Sprinkle with taco seasoning and cook until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Spread a thin layer of refried beans onto each tostada shell; sprinkle each with Mexican cheese. Divide cooked chicken on top of cheese layer. Sprinkle tomato, red onion, and bell pepper evenly on top of each tostada. Place tostadas on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove tostadas from the oven. Sprinkle with cilantro and spread salsa and sour cream on top.