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chorizo tostadas with beans on a wooden board.
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Mexican Chorizo Tostadas

Amazing Mexican chorizo tostadas with kidney beans and cheese. With instructions on how to bake tostada shells.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Meat Recipes
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 4
Calories: 674kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • Tostada shells:
  • 4 large tortillas See note 1 and note 2
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • some chili flakes
  • some dried oregano
  • salt
  • Tostadas:
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt 125 g
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons chopped coriander or parsley
  • 1 organic lime
  • 2 chorizo sausages each weighing about 125 g/ 4.4 oz
  • ½ cup kidney beans 100 g
  • 2 small fresh jalapeňos or 6-8 pickled jalapeňos pieces from a jar to taste
  • 8 radishes
  • 4 crispy salad leaves
  • 1 cup g/ 3.5 oz/ 1 cup grated cheese 100 g, See note 3
  • some chili flakes
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

Tostada shells:

  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
  • Season: Place the tortillas on the baking trays. Brush them with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt, chili flakes, and dried oregano.
  • Bake the tortillas for 4 minutes. Turn over and bake for about 3 minutes more or until crisp and lightly browned. Remove from the oven.
  • See above for tips on storing the tostada shells.

Tostadas with chorizo and beans:

  • Stir the yogurt with salt and fresh herbs. Wash and dry the lime. Add the zest and the juice of ½ of the lime to the yogurt, stir well. Set aside. Keep the other half of the lime for later, cut it in wedges, and serve the wedges with the tostadas.
  • Sausages: Remove the chorizo casings. Heat a nonstick pan and add the sausages, breaking them into pieces with a wooden spoon. Fry over medium-low heat for about 3 minutes, breaking all the lumps with the wooden spoon.
  • Add the kidney beans and some salt.
  • Cook: Use a potato masher to roughly mash the chorizo and bean mixture. Cook until cooked through and rather crispy, about 7 minutes or so. Adjust the taste with more salt and some pepper, if necessary.
  • Prepare topping: While the sausages are cooking, shred the salad leaves, finely dice the radishes and finely chop the jalapeňos. Grate the cheese.
  • Top tostadas: Spread some yogurt on top of the tostadas. Divide the chorizo and bean mixture between the tostadas. Top with the shredded salad, radishes, jalapeňos and sprinkle with the cheese and chili flakes.
  • Serve immediately with lime wedges.

Notes

  1. The tortillas I used had a diameter of ca 22 cm/ 8.6 inches, but you can use smaller ones, if available, and make more tostadas).
  2. I had wheat tortillas, but corn tortillas can be used instead.
  3. I used Gouda, but you can use another cheese if you like. For example, you could use Mexican cheese, if available.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 674kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 1460mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g