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Chicken and Black Bean Tostadas with Avocado Cream Sauce - 2Teaspoons

Chicken and Black Bean Tostadas with Avocado Cream Sauce

Baked tostadas topped with chicken, black beans, fresh vegetables and tangy avocado cream sauce
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8
Author 2Teaspoons

Ingredients

CHICKEN

  • 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into small bite sized pieces
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • optional: ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • optional: ¼ teaspoon paprika

BEANS

  • 3.5 cups of black beans 2 cans drained
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

AVOCADO CREAM SAUCE

  • 1 ripe Hass avocado
  • 1/2 -1 jalapeño diced and seeded*
  • ½ cup plain greek yogurt or sour cream
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro or 1 teaspoon dried cilantro
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • splash of milk

TOSTADAS

  • 8 corn tortillas
  • Olive oil for brushing tortillas
  • 1.5-2 cups of shredded cheese
  • 4 medium tomatoes diced
  • 4-6 leafs of romaine lettuce chopped
  • ½ red onion diced
  • fresh cilantro or parsley chopped
  • optional: limes for garnish

Instructions

  1. Chicken: Mix flour and spices in a bowl and toss with chicken pieces. Heat olive oil in a (preferably cast iron) skillet over medium heat. Sauté chicken until fully cooked stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
  2. Beans: Heat butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Mix beans with spices and add them to the skillet. Stir and mash beans while they are heating in the skillet. Once the beans are heated throughout remove from heat and set aside.
  3. Avocado cream sauce: Blend all ingredients except milk until smooth. Stir in milk until sauce reaches desired consistency (I used just a splash).
  4. Tortillas: Tortillas are best served right from the oven so while tortillas are baking make sure all toppings are ready for assembly. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush both sides of tortillas with olive oil. Arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, flip, and bake for additional 3 minutes. Once tortillas are done baking, sprinkle with salt and begin to assemble tostadas right away.
  5. Assembly: Divide each ingredient equally between the 8 tostadas. Spread a layer of black beans on each tortilla. Sprinkle each with chicken, cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and cilantro (or parsley). Drizzle with avocado cream sauce and dive in! :-)

Recipe Notes

*for slightly spicy sauce use ½ jalapeño, for a spicier sauce use the whole jalapeño