Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Chicken Tostadas

This recipe is really more for the chicken than the tostadas. It's a really simple, healthy way to cook chicken and you could use it for tacos, enchiladas, burritos, or whatever.
I like to make a big batch and save the left over chicken for other meals later.
Just put a few chicken breats (3-5) in a large pot with a bottle of salsa verde and a couple of chicken bouillion cubes. Simmer it on low heat for an hour or so, then shred the chicken by holding a breast with one fork and pulling shreds of meat off with another fork.
You can find salsa verde in the Mexican section of any grocery store--I use Herdez brand. Salsa Verde is made mostly from tomatillos, which look like little green tomatoes with a papery husk.

To make the tostadas, you can either use premade shells that you'll find near the tortillas, or you can fry your own. Making your own is easy and they are so good when they're hot and crispy. Just fry corn tortillas one at a time in about one inch of hot oil. Keep them in the oil until they're crispy in the middle--when they're done, they'll pretty much stop bubbling.
Load up the fried shells with refried beans, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, hot sauce and whatever else.

9 comments:

Danielle said...

glad you are back!

It's very exciting to us to have another item we can fry. Trav will be so happy.

liz said...

This is a very useful recipe -- thanks :) I always wonder how good Mexican restaurants get their chicken all shredded and yummy. I'll definitely try this.

Kate said...

Yum, I'll be making this for sure. I'm in need of some new ideas...I'm glad you're back! Don't disappear for too long again!

Danielle you crack me up with your fryer!

Joan said...

YAY! The daddy of two is back to feed us with his food expertise! I love you, Tay. Congratulations on your new son. I think his name is just DARLING and perfect!

Vicky said...

I tried this last night and it was great! Thanks for the idea! We made taco salads with it. I think this may become the prefered way to do enchiladas, too. Yum yum yum!

Sarah said...

Hey there. We made this last night using pink corn tortillas for extra festivity! They were a huge hit with everyone at our house. Thanks!

Barry and Shannon said...

This was absolutely delicious!!! I always wonder why I can't come up this stuff on my own. We tried it out while we had company and it was a huge hit! Also good for nachos!

Lisa said...

Hi, I'm a friend of Kate's and came across this recipe. We are trying it for dinner tonight. Thanks for posting the recipes. I hope you don't mind that I check them out occasionally.

vanessa said...

i made this tonight and it turned out soo good!