Oven Baked Tostadas Recipe
These oven baked tostadas are perfect as a build-your-own dinner option for families.
Does your family love Mexican food? We sure do. It is such a family friendly option, with many dishes being self-serve and super easy to adapt flavors. Tacos and nachos are our staple dishes but every now and then we like to add in something different. We have even made our own homemade flour tortillas for soft tacos, and we recently added these delicious oven baked tostadas to our family dinner menu.
Oven Baked Tostadas
Traditionally, tostadas are made from corn tortillas fried in oil to make them crisp and piled with various toppings. I wanted a healthier version so I baked the tortillas in the oven before inviting the family to add their own meat and salad vegetables.
This is such a versatile dish, you really can use whatever ingredients you have on hand and each family member can create their own tostada with their choice of toppings.
You will find the complete recipe in the recipe card below but here are a few tostada tips before you begin;
- We tried baking flour tortillas too but they didn’t turn out as crispy as the corn tortillas which made them difficult to cut when eating.
- Many recipes for oven baked tostadas recommend brushing the tortillas with a little oil before baking. We found this wasn’t necessary and the tortillas went golden brown and crispy without it.
- I love to present tostadas as a build your own dinner option. It’s a great opportunity for you to offer some new vegetables for your kids to try such as barbecued corn off the cob, avocado, tomatoes, spinach, green onions, olives and red capsicum. You never know, they might just find a new fave topping.
- Don’t want to use sour cream? Try natural yogurt or fresh tomato salsa as the dressing.
Oven Baked Tostadas Recipe
These oven baked tostadas are perfect as a build-your-own dinner option for families.
Ingredients
- 1 packet corn tortillas
- Refried beans, heated according to packet directions
- Shredded barbecue chicken
- Your choice of salad ingredients - shredded lettuce, grated carrot, sliced capsicum (bell peppers), barbecued corn cutt off the cob, mashed or sliced avocado, tomatoes, green onions, olives
- Grated tasty cheese
- Low fat sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC and line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
- Place 2 corn tortillas on each tray and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Remove the tortillas from the oven when golden brown.
- Transfer the crispy tortillas to dinner plates.
- Spread each tortilla with refried beans.
- Top with shredded chicken, salad vegetables and cheese.
- Dollop on sour cream.
Notes
- We tried baking flour tortillas too but they didn’t turn out as crispy as the corn tortillas, which made them more difficult to eat.
- Many recipes for oven baked tostadas recommend brushing the tortillas with a little oil before baking. We found this wasn’t necessary and the tortillas went golden brown and crispy without it.
- Present the tostadas as a build your own dinner option. Include some new vegetables for your kids to try such as barbecued corn off the cob, avocado, tomatoes, spinach, green onions, olives and red capsicum.
- Don’t want to use sour cream? Try natural yogurt or fresh tomato salsa as a dressing.
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