Tomato Salsa Tostadas

These tomato salsa tostadas are a quick and easy Mexican style treat that you could make for dinner on a weekday.

Mexican food is fantastic – I’m sure everyone agrees with that, and who wouldn’t want an evening meal that tastes like nachos but is much better for you? These tostadas are bright, tasty and you can easily omit the cheese and soured cream to make them vegan. I’m too much of a dairy fan to do this though.

If you haven’t made tostadas before, do it! They’re like little pizzas on a tortilla, and you can use any toppings you like. I love these ones because they embrace Mexican flavours – but you don’t need to do that at all – you could easily make Greek ones with black olives and feta (similar to my Greek Style Flatbread Pizzas) or you could use any of your favourite pizza toppings.

These ones are surprsingly filling because of the avocado, and so I don’t think you need any meat. If you really wanted to add some, you could top with some cooked chicken breast or prawns.

These tostados will be ready in 20 minutes, and will serve 2.

Ingredients, Substitutions and Variations

• Tortilla wraps – you can use either white or whole meal.
• Olive oil – vegetable oil would also work.
• Onion, chopped tomatoes, borlotti beans, coriander, yellow pepper, smoked paprika, cinnamon– these are your salsa ingredients. You could switch the beans for another type of tinned bean (kidney beans work well), and you can use red or green instead of yellow pepper.
• Cheddar, soured cream, avocado, spring onion, red chilli – optional toppings.

Top Tips

1. Double up The salsa can be doubled up so that you can use it with other meals throughout the week, maybe a chilli or some nachos. It keeps well in the fridge.
2. Get creative Once you have made these, get creative with your toppings! The great thing about tostadas is that they are so versatile.

Tomato Salsa Tostadas

Harriet Young

June 8, 2024

Easy, quick Mexican style tostadas topped with a beany tomato salsa, avocado, cheese and soured cream.

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Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 2 People

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tortilla wraps
• 2 tbsps olive oil
• 1 onion
• 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 x 400g tin borlotti beans
• 1 handful coriander
• 1 yellow pepper
• 2 tsps smoked paprika
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 20 g grated cheddar
• 20 g soured cream
• 1 avocado
• 1 spring onion
• 1 red chilli

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius. Place the tortilla wraps flat on a baking tray (use 2 if you need to), drizzle with half of the olive oil and bake in the oven for approximately 5 minutes until starting to crisp. Remove from the oven.
• Pour the rest of the olive oil into a saucepan. Chop the onion and add to the saucepan. Cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes, then add the chopped coriander stalks (reserve the leaves for later).
• Add the chopped tomatoes, borlotti beans, sliced yellow pepper, smoked paprika and cinnamon. Simmer for 10 minutes, until thick.
• Spoon the tomato mixture onto the tortillas, as you would a pizza sauce onto a pizza base. Top each one with grated cheese, then put back in the oven for 5 minutes until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are golden.
• Top each tostado with a dollop of soured cream, sliced avocado, a handful of coriander leaves and some sliced spring onion and chilli. Enjoy!

Keyword vegetarian

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• Tomato, Red Pepper and Coriander Soup with Nachos
• Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken Burritos
• Roasted Vegetable Quesadillas
• Tasty Black Bean Quesadillas
• Smoky Halloumi Fajitas
• Chilli Pie
• Chickpea and Courgette Vegetarian Chilli
• 15 Minute Pork and Pineapple Tacos
• Smoky Pork and Black Bean Tacos

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