November 01, 2012

Rural Thursday #41: Homemade Tostadas




I've been meaning to make this go-to, busy-day recipe and today was the day.

Warm fried bread, beef and chile beans, melty cheddar cheese and fresh sour cream.

An inexpensive delicious Mexican meal the whole family will enjoy.

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Homemade Tostadas

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef or ground turkey
1 can chile beans in sauce
1/2 cup salsa (I used my homemade salsa)

2 cups Mexican Maseca Instant Corn Tortilla Masa Flour Mix
1 cup water (or more to achieve proper consistency)
Olive or corn oil
Tortilla Press (optional)

Toppings
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Sour Cream
Salsa

Directions

Brown and drain ground beef.
Add can of chile beans and salsa.
Simmer. 

Mix tortilla mix with water until moist consistency is achieved.
Divide into equal golf-ball size portions.
Roll out 8" tortillas or use tortilla press.

Heat 1/2" olive or corn oil in hot skillet.
Fry each tortilla until slightly browned. 

Top warm tortilla with ground beef mixture. 
Top with cheese, sour cream and salsa.

You can freeze any leftover tortillas, placing a sheet of wax paper between each one.

Enjoy.

PS: My husband loved these! True story. 

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53 comments:

  1. I just had chicken tostadas yesterday!

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  2. Oh yum! Once my tummy settles down I'll be making this!

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  3. Delícia de prato! Ótimo dia! beijos,chica

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  4. We love Mexican food. I am printing out this recipe. I had no idea making tortillas was so easy. Thanks, Nancy!

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  6. Darn it, now I´m starving! :-)

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  8. Yumm! I've never made tortillas before - these tostadas look delicious!

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  9. Yammie !! delicious !!...i am hungry !!...love Ria...xxx..

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  10. Looks and sounds really good! Mmmmm!

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  11. The tostadas sound scrumptious!

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  12. Goodness...that sounds (and looks) delicious, Nancy!

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  13. oh yum, i love tostados and homemade tortillas are the best! i need a tortilla press!

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  15. I would love this but about the only Mexican food style Hubby will eat is beef burritos. Picky man, eh?

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  16. Oo I bet I could make those meatless - yum!

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  17. I make them here quite often, they are so quick and easy.. oh an yummy! Thanks for hosting, Nancy... xo

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  18. That sounds so delish just my kind of warming dish.
    Thanks for sharing
    Sheila x

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  19. I could add some veggies instead of meat and fix these when our vegetarian girls come to visit. Or just for me. Erik always loves the meat.

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  20. Oh that sounds delicious I wonder if I can make it for breakfast. B

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  21. Love tosadas ~ great photo ~ and looks delish! ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^

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  22. This is terrible when you read such great food posts so early in the morning♥ I too posted about food this morning. Thanks for the party Nancy...it is always a pleasure coming to visit you.
    Laurie

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  23. So funny because I actually had veggie tostadas for dinner last night! Hubby and I went to a Mexican restaurant :)

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  24. looks like the dinner I made the other day - homemade tacos with a roasted chicken though!

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  25. I think they look great - we make Mexican food a lot! Yum. Thanks. sandie

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  27. Tostadas are one of our favorite foods and your recipe is one I will try. Looks great!

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  28. This sounds delish. I wish I could copy it with darker lettering.

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  29. Thank you for the link up. My husband is an Alaskan Fisherman. Being in Alaska is tough for him, and tough for us to be apart. We hope to move our family out to Alaska next spring.

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  30. I made fry bread once and it was soooo good. I need to do it again!
    LOL...."true story".
    You always make me smile when I come here. :)

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  31. This looks delicious! I love homemade tortillas, but don't have a tortilla press - I'm thinking that would make my life a lot easier :-)

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  33. These sound and look delicious!
    I'm going for groceries tomorrow so just might have to try this one! :)

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  34. Hi Lisa and Nancy
    Thanks for hosting, this is a very nice linking party.
    Lisa, thanks for visit my blog, I'm happy you liked the pictures of the owl.
    Have a wonderful day :0)

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  35. Oh yum yum these look and sound so tasty, your picture is pretty impressive too. :)

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  36. I'm drooling over this recipe! thanks for sharing, dearest :) xxo

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  37. Although the Pres isn't fond of "mexican" he may eat these...he isn't fond of hard shells (tacos)...I'll give it a shot! I know I'lll love them!!!!...:)JP

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  38. My hubby would definitely love these too! Thanks for the recipe!! :)

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  39. That really looks delicious. May have to try that soon. I'm making old fashioned beef stew tonight.

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  40. Homemade tortillas, huh? I would have to get mine out of a package, but I'm sure everything would taste good, anyway. We had chicken fajitas last night....always a favorite. (I almost missed linking up because I couldn't do it last night.)

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  41. OK! Here it is 9 PM and I am hungry and I see this fantastic photo of tostadas and all I can do is look! Thanks Nancy....a lot! lol

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  42. OMG! These look so good I could cry...especially since we can't get anything fresh in the stores here due to Sandy. I'm so hungry for something delicious like this!!!

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  43. They look and sound marvelous.

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  45. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I am going to try soon!

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  46. this looks totally irresistible!
    thanks for the great recipe!

    xx

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  47. So glad I found this blog. I live in a semi rural area. There is still one longhorn pasture on our main shopping street.

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  48. Since the weather is getting colder we are switching from granola to hot cereal for breakfast. I linked three ways to eat your oatmeal:
    http://foyupdate.blogspot.com/2010/03/hot-cereal-three-ways.html

    As well as how I made perfect for fall peanut butter molasses cookies.
    http://foyupdate.blogspot.com/2010/05/peanutbutter-molasses-cookies-recipe.html

    Thanks for hosting!

    I hope you’ll share with us at our link party too! I co-host Eat Make Grow Thursdays.

    Stop on by if you get the chance:
    http://foyupdate.blogspot.com/search?q=eat+make+grow&max-results=20&by-date=true

    Foy

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  51. Delicious recipe, very rich ...

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  52. I love tostadas. I haven't made them is quite a while though.

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  53. that is a delish tostada. Thank you for joining in the fun at the Thursday Favorite Things hop. Happy Monday wishes xo P.S. sorry I'm so late visiting :-)

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