Recipe for Chicken Tostadas with Red Tomato Salsa

This easy to make recipe for chicken tostadas can be completed in about thirty minutes. Tostadas make a nice light lunch and are very kid friendly. Tell your kids that they are eating flat tacos. They will get a kick out of it.

Chicken tostadas can be assembled from scratch or from store bought ingredients. We usually use refried beans from a can and a homemade salsa.

For this version of chicken tostadas, I used a red tomato based salsa, but you can you use almost any salsa that you like.

Ingredients for Chicken Tostadas

Prepare the Chicken Tostadas

Bring 6 cups of water to a boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer the chicken breasts until just cooked through. Remove from the chicken breasts from the water and allow to cool to the touch. Shred the chicken breasts with a fork and set aside.

Heat the refried beans in a pan over low heat. Shred two cups of lettuce. Slice half an onion into rings.

Once the beans are warm assemble the tostadas. Spread the refried beans on the tostada. Add a quarter cup of shredded chicken. Add the shredded lettuce and a few onion rings. Cover with the red tomato salsa and a dollop of Mexican cream. Serve immediately.

Recipe makes 8 chicken tostadas.

A tomatillo salsa recipe that goes well with tostadas.