Zucchini Tostados Recipes

SHRIMP AND ZUCCHINI TOSTADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Place tortillas on two large baking sheets. Brush with 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is melted and tortillas are crisp, 3 to 5 minutes.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add garlic and zucchini; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until zucchini is crisp-tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Add shrimp and cook, stirring frequently, until shrimp are opaque throughout, about 3 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Spoon shrimp mixture over tortillas and top with sour cream and scallions.

CHIPOTLE BEEF TOSTADAS

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, half of the minced onion, 1 teaspoon salt and the chipotle chile powder; cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned and the onion is tender, about 7 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, beans and zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini is just tender, about 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss the coleslaw mix, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl.
• Divide the tostadas among plates and spoon the beef mixture on top. Top with the cheese, slaw and the remaining minced onion. Serve with lime wedges.

ZUCCHINI TOTS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F (200˚C.)
• Grate the zucchini into a bowl and salt generously.
• Allow zucchini to sit for 20 minutes as the salt draws out moisture.
• Pour zucchini onto a clean dish towel and wring it out over the sink or into a separate bowl.
• Pour the zucchini back into your bowl and add bread crumbs, cheddar cheese, eggs, garlic powder, and pepper. Mix together until well-blended.
• Take a tablespoon of mixture and roll it into a tot, repeat for rest of mixture.
• Place on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until tots are crunchy. Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

GREEK ZUCCHINI TOSTADAS WITH TOMATO AND KALAMATA OLIVE SALSA

Steps:

• Before You Cook Turn oven on to 400 degrees. Let preheat, at least 10 minutes If using any fresh produce, thoroughly rinse and pat dry Prepare a baking sheet with foil and cooking spray Ingredient(s) used more than once: shallot Cooking Guidelines To ensure food safety, the FDA recommends the following as minimum internal cooking temperatures: Steak and Pork 145° F (rest cooked meat, 3 minutes) | Seafood 145° F | Chicken 165° F | Ground Beef 160° F | Ground Turkey 165° F | Ground Pork 160° F Customize It Instructions Meat lovers! If using protein, cook prior to cooking zucchini. If using whole chicken breasts, pat chicken dry and cut into 1" dice. Season with 1/4 tsp. salt. If using diced chicken, pat dry and season with 1/4 tsp. salt. Place a medium non-stick pan over medium-high heat and add 2 tsp. olive oil. Add diced chicken to hot pan and stir occasionally until chicken browns and reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees, 5-7 minutes. If using steak strips, separate into a single layer and pat dry. Season with 1/4 tsp. salt. Follow same instructions as chicken and add steak strips to hot pan. Stir occasionally until no pink remains, 4-6 minutes. 1 Bake the Tortillas Tostadas are a delicious, but messy treat. For this recipe, they can easily be converted to tacos. Simply warm tortillas in oven for 1-2 minutes after completing steps, omitting this step.Poke tortillas with a fork all over, 10 times for each tortilla.Place tortillas on prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 tsp. olive oil and massage oil into tortillas.Bake in hot oven until browned and crispy, 5-7 minutes.While tortillas bake, prepare ingredients. 2 Prepare the Ingredients Halve tomatoes lengthwise.Halve and peel shallot. Cut half into thin slices and remaining into 1/4" dice.Cut olives into 1/4" rounds.Stem and coarsely chop oregano.Trim zucchini ends, quarter lengthwise, and cut into 1/4" slices.Trim cucumber and mince.Mince garlic. 3 Make the Salsa Combine tomatoes, sliced shallot (reserve diced shallot for zucchini) , olives, oregano, 2 tsp. olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Set aside to let flavors marry. 4 Cook the Zucchini Place a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Add 2 tsp. olive oil, zucchini, and diced shallot to hot pan. Stir occasionally until lightly browned and tender, 4-5 minutes.Add garlic, 1/4 tsp. salt, and a pinch of pepper. Cook until aromatic, 30 seconds.Remove from burner. 5 Make Tzatziki and Assemble Tostadas Combine cucumber, sour cream, 1 tsp. olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper in another mixing bowl.Plate dish as pictured on front of card, spreading tzatziki on tortillas, then adding zucchini and salsa. Top with feta. Bon appétit!

ZUCCHINI TOSTADOS

Steps:

• Combine zucchini, onion, mushrooms, and green pepper and salt.
• cover and simmer 8-10 minutes, until crisp tender.
• Drain.
• While above is cooking, heat tostados 5 minutes at 350*.
• Put zucchini mixture on top of tostados; top with cheese.
• Place in oven until cheese melts.
• Top with sour cream, chopped tomatoes and taco sauce.