Tostadas con Chorizo
By Bill Dwyer
This traditional Mexican dish is a favorite at our house. Tostadas can be made using meats other than chorizo, of course –or no meat at all. One tostada makes a good lunch, Two tostadas make dinner.
Ingredients:
- 4 small corn tortillas
- 1 small tin of refried beans
- 6-8 oz chorizo con chili
- 1 cup grated jack cheese, such as Monte Rico
- 4 tbsp natilla
- 4-5 lettuce leaves, washed, dried, and shredded
- vegetable oil
For the salsa:
- ½ medium-size tomato, finely diced
- ½ medium-size onion, finely diced
- ½ avocado, finely diced (optional)
- ½ cup minced fresh cilantro
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp ground coriander seed (culantro)
- juice of ¼ lime
- salt, to taste
- hot sauce or minced chipotle peppers, to taste (may be omitted if your chorizo is spicy)