Chorizo Tostadas

Welcome to Foodie Friday! I’m back with a recipe for…chorizo tostadas! I’ve had them before in restaurants, but never tried making my own til yesterday evening! (Vegetarian option available!)

This post isn’t sponsored, although I did get to take the class for free because of Yelp!

Have you ever taken a virtual cooking class? I got to take my very first one yesterday evening with the Yelp Elite crew in  Phoenix! (Such is the beauty of virtual events! :P) I was a little late getting home to start the class due to trying to wrap up a bunch of potential loose ends at work (I recently got my first performance eval with my boss and he says I’m doing great so I’d like to keep it that way)!

The class was led by Maggie Norris–she graduated at the top of her class in Scottsdale Culinary Institute and worked at Food Network in New York for a while before going back to Phoenix and eventually starting up Whisked Away, where she offers private cooking lessons, menu-planning services, and cooks for small dinner parties!

This recipe is highly versatile/alterable — I made several changes to the original recipe due to what was/wasn’t available at the grocery stores (hooray for #quarantinecooking), but I like to think they turned out well! My family enjoyed them, which is saying a lot because my parents generally only like eating Chinese food.

I made them as part of an early Father’s day dinner!

We were sent the ingredient list beforehand so we could have that all on hand prior to starting the class. Maggie offered lots of really helpful cooking tips throughout the class as well as suggestions on how we could alter the recipe if we so chose. You can use whatever greens or cheese you want!

The end result was super tasty (even my parents enjoyed it–this is saying a lot because we’ve legit been eating Chinese food every day since sheltering in place unless my brother and I revolt and pick up takeout from elsewhere)! I definitely learned a lot and would love to get to attend more events like these in the future!

Chorizo Tostadas

Chorizo Tostadas

From fairyburger at https://www.fairyburger.com/chorizo-tostadas/

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Yield: 6 tostadas

You'll Need...

• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 9 oz fresh chorizo*
• 6 8" corn tortillas
• 1 16oz can refried beans
• 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded**
• 4 oz spinach mixed with drizzle of lemon juice
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, diced
• 4 small radishes, thinly sliced
• ~1/4 cup guacamole salsa***
• 1/4 cup sour cream mixed with ~2 tbsp water****

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Heat 1 tbsp EVOO in a large skillet over medium heat, then add chorizo and cook until browned (~4 min). Remove chorizo and transfer all but 1 tbsp of the drippings into a bowl.
3. Divide tortillas across 2 baking sheets and brush each with the chorizo-EVOO mixture. Bake until tortillas are crisp and lightly golden (~5 minutes).
4. Heat skillet with remaining 1 tbsp of the drippings over medium heat, then add the refried beans and cook until warm/spreadable (~3 min). Spread the beans over the tortillas top with chorizo + shredded cheese.
5. Place back into the oven until the cheese melts (~5 min).
6. Remove from oven and top with spinach, cilantro and radishes, then drizzle with guacamole salsa + sour cream.

Additional Notes

*We used beef, but you can go for plant-based for a vegetarian option!)
**You can use other types of cheese too (e.g. mozzarella, cheddar), but try to opt for actually grating it vs getting the already-shredded variety, since that contains ingredients/preservatives that make it harder for it to melt!
***The original plan was to use fresh/thinly sliced avocado, but there weren't any ripe ones at the grocery store, so we improvised!
****You don't have to do this, but this helps to make it drizzle-able, vs having just a glop on top.

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Chorizo Tostadas

Make your own tostadas at home with this simple recipe! (I learned how to make these as part of a Yelp Elite virtual event!)

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 395kcal

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 9 oz fresh chorizo*
• 6 8" corn tortillas
• 16 oz can refried beans
• 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese shredded**
• 4 oz spinach mixed with drizzle of lemon juice
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro diced
• 4 small radishes thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup guacamole salsa***
• 1/4 cup sour cream mixed with ~2 tbsp water****

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 F.
• Heat 1 tbsp EVOO in a large skillet over medium heat, then add chorizo and cook until browned (~4 min). Remove chorizo and transfer all but 1 tbsp of the drippings into a bowl.
• Divide tortillas across 2 baking sheets and brush each with the chorizo-EVOO mixture. Bake until tortillas are crisp and lightly golden (~5 minutes).
• Heat skillet with remaining 1 tbsp of the drippings over medium heat, then add the refried beans and cook until warm/spreadable (~3 min). Spread the beans over the tortillas top with chorizo + shredded cheese.
• Place back into the oven until the cheese melts (~5 min).
• Remove from oven and top with spinach, cilantro and radishes, then drizzle with guacamole salsa + sour cream.

Notes

• *We used beef, but you can go for plant-based for a vegetarian option!
• **You can use other types of cheese too (e.g. mozzarella, cheddar), but try to opt for actually grating it vs getting the already-shredded variety, since that contains ingredients/preservatives that make it harder for it to melt!
• ***The original plan was to use fresh/thinly sliced avocado, but there weren't any ripe ones at the grocery store, so we improvised!
• ****You don't have to do this, but this helps to make it drizzle-able, vs having just a glop on top.

Learn more about Maggie’s company (Whisked Away) here!

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