Dinner/ Lunch BY:Mireille PUBLISHED: 06/22/2021 UPDATED: 02/03/2024

Chicken Tostadas

Oh yes, it is tostadas time, chicken tostadas to be exact!

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These are gluten-free tostadas made with corn tortillas and the best-shredded chicken you ever tried. A very simple recipe but with great taste. So, are you ready to learn how to make chicken tostadas? Let’s get started!

What You Need For This Recipe

To make this chicken tostadas recipe you need just a couple of ingredients and the most important one is the soft shredded chicken.

To make this recipe you need the following ingredients:

Tortillas – tostadas are best made with corn tortillas but if you only have flour tortillas you can use them as well
Chicken – you can use any type of chicken. Leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken
Vegetable oil – to prepare the chicken you need oil
Refried beans – the first layer of the tostada is made with refried beans
Onion – use regular or sweet white onion
Bell pepper – add some sweet red bell pepper
Avocado – cut into small cubes
Scallion – finely dice
Seasoning – season the meat with some taco seasoning

Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.

How To Make Chicken Tostadas

To make this recipe start with the Mexican tortillas or corn tortillas. Spray these tortillas on both sides with cooking spray. Preheat your oven to 400℉/200℃ and bake the tortillas for 6 minutes per side crisp and crunchy.
In the meantime, thinly slice the onion using a mandoline slicer. Then preheat a skillet and add olive oil to the pan.
Add the sweet peppers to the pan and pan-fry them soft and translucent. Now add the onion but keep half to decorate the tostada.
Then shred chicken or if you have a whole chicken or a rotisserie chicken you can use those as well. Stir the chicken through the sweet pepper and onion mix in the skillet.
Add a teaspoon of taco seasoning to flavor the chicken. Thinly slice the scallion and add it to the skillet as well. Keep on stirring for 4-5 minutes to warm up the chicken.
Make the refried beans. Take the baking sheet out of the oven and spread refried beans on the corn tortillas then 2-3 tablespoons of chicken mix.
Sprinkle some diced avocado on top and serve your tostadas immediately.

See How To Make Shredded Chicken

As shredded chicken is one of the main ingredients in this recipe, take a look at the recipe video in the recipe card below. It provides step-by-step instructions to make the empanada dough so you can easily follow along.

Delicious Tostada Recipe

Tostadas are such a great dish to prepare. You can prep it any way you want with all of your favorite toppings and you have it on the table in no time. Tostadas are also great to add your leftover ingredients.

It is such an easy dish that you can eat for lunch but can easily turn into a full meal. They can be quite difficult to eat but with some tips on how to eat a tostada, it is very easy.

With some Mexican potatoes, Mexican fries or Tex-Mex rice as a side dish, you have all you need to serve an amazing dinner.

What Is A Tostada?

So, in case you are wondering what is a tostada? A tostada is an oven-baked or pan-fried corn tortilla or flour tortilla.

The tortillas are stacked up with several ingredients like:

Lettuce
Beans
Egg
Poultry
Meat
Corn
Tomatoes
Sweet Pepper
Onion

They are usually made with corn tortillas or small tortillas but you can easily serve them using medium-sized tortillas as well.

As the tortillas are baked crunchy you run the risk of the tostadas falling apart. However, it is so easy to learn how to eat a tostada without making a mess.

More Tostadas Garnishes

You can serve these tostadas as described in this recipe but if you like you can simply add some more garnishes like:

Cherry tomatoes
Sun-dried tomatoes
Olives
Boiled eggs
Guacamole
Sour cream
Roasted tomato salsa
Carrots
Cilantro

Can You Make Tostadas Ahead Of Time?

You can make them ahead of time but tostadas are best eaten fresh, just when they are made. I recommend you separate the tostada shells and toppings.

When you store them, combined chances are the tostada shells will get soft and soggy.

How To Store Tostadas?

The best way to store crispy tostadas is to put them in an airtight food container or in a Ziploc bag. Store them in a kitchen cabinet or on the counter at room temperature.

Just like bread tostadas do not refrigerate well. They lose their crispness when stored in the fridge.

How To Reheat Tostada Shells

You can reheat the tostada but it is necessary when you add warm toppings. This will warm the tostada shells as well.

You can reheat them in:

Oven – preheat your oven to 350℉/175℃. Put the tostada shells on a baking sheet and heat them in the middle of the oven for 3 minutes or until warm
Air Fryer – preheat the Air Fryer 325℉/163℃ for 3 minutes. Put the tostadas in a stack in your Air Fryer basket. Heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until warm

More Tostadas Recipes

If you like this recipe, you will love these tostada recipes so take a look:

Ground turkey tostada – a great recipe to make on a busy weeknight
Tuna tostadas – made with flour tortillas baked in the oven
Vegan tostada – medium-sized tortillas filled with beans, lettuce, guacamole, corn, and salsa
Shrimp avocado tostada – small tortillas pan-fried and stacked with avocado, large shrimp and sweet peppers
Pulled pork tostadas – made with oven-pulled pork, and a homemade barbecue sauce on top of a crunchy tostada shell

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