Chicken Tinga Tostadas

⏱️ 10 min 👥 12 servings 📊 Easy
Mexican antojos
Chicken Tinga Tostadas
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Catchy and irresistible, starting with the name, Chicken Tinga is easy to prepare, packed with flavor, and once you make it, can be refashioned in a thousand ways, such as on tostadas.

📝 Ingredients

  • 12 corn tostadas (such as Guerrero or Mission)
  • 1 1/2 cups refried beans (warmed up (can be home made or store bought))
  • 3 cups chicken tinga (recipe above)
  • 1 cup iceberg or romaine lettuce (thinly sliced)
  • 1 ripe Mexican avocado (pitted, peeled, and sliced)
  • 1/2 cup queso fresco (Cotija or farmers cheese, crumbled)
  • 1/2 cup Mexican or Latin style cream
  • Salsa of your choice (such as salsa verde, optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Place the tostadas on a large platter.
  2. 2Layer a couple of tablespoons of refried beans on the tostada. Spread a couple tablespoons of chicken tinga on top and garnish with about 1 or 2 tablespoons lettuce, 1 or 2 slices of ripe avocado, 1 or 2 tablespoons of crumbled queso fresco and Mexican cream.
  3. 3Serve the salsa on the side for people to drizzle as much as they want.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by Pati Jinich on patijinich.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.