Chicken Tostadas with Poblano Cream Sauce
Chicken Tostadas with Poblano Cream Sauce is a Mexican hor d'oeuvre. One portion of this dish contains approximately 35g of protein, 41g of fat, and a total of 607 calories. This gluten free recipe serves 6 and costs $2.62 per serving. It is brought to you by Taste and Tell Blog. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. If you have avocados, juice of lime, corn tortillas, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 1210 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 77%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Poblano Chicken Tostadas, Chicken With Poblano Cream Sauce, and Baked Chicken Burritos with Sour Cream-Poblano Sauce.
Servings: 6
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
1-2 avocados, sliced
¼ cup chopped cilantro
cilantro
6 corn tortillas
juice from ½ lime
6 oz Sargento® Fine Cut Shredded 4 Cheese Mexican cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 poblano peppers
1 can (16 oz) refried beans
salt
salt and pepper
1½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
¾ cup sour cream
vegetable oil
Equipment:
oven
baking sheet
plastic wrap
bowl
food processor
blender
frying pan
paper towels
sauce pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat the oven to 425F. Place the peppers on a baking sheet and roast, turning a few times, until the skin has charred, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let the peppers sit until they are cool enough to handle, then pull the skins from the peppers. Remove the seeds and the stem from the peppers and place the peppers in a blender or food processor.Add the sour cream and lime juice to the peppers. Process until the mixture is smooth. Taste, and add salt to taste. Refrigerate until needed.Cut the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces. Season with salt and pepper.Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until cooked through and no longer pink. Remove from the heat and add the lime juice and cilantro and stir to combine.Heat about of vegetable oil in a small skillet. Add one corn tortilla and cook until it starts to brown and crisp, then turn over and cook on the second side. Remove from the oil to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, adding more oil if needed.Heat the refried beans in a small saucepan until warmed through.To assemble, spread some of the refried bean on each of the fried tortillas. Top with some of the chicken mixture, then some of the shredded Sargento cheese. Add a few slices of avocado and cilantro. Drizzle with the poblano cream sauce.
Step by step:
1. Preheat the oven to 425F.
2. Place the peppers on a baking sheet and roast, turning a few times, until the skin has charred, about 25 minutes.
3. Remove from the oven and place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
4. Let the peppers sit until they are cool enough to handle, then pull the skins from the peppers.
5. Remove the seeds and the stem from the peppers and place the peppers in a blender or food processor.
6. Add the sour cream and lime juice to the peppers. Process until the mixture is smooth. Taste, and add salt to taste. Refrigerate until needed.
7. Cut the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
9. Add the chicken and cook until cooked through and no longer pink.
10. Remove from the heat and add the lime juice and cilantro and stir to combine.
11. Heat about of vegetable oil in a small skillet.
12. Add one corn tortilla and cook until it starts to brown and crisp, then turn over and cook on the second side.
13. Remove from the oil to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, adding more oil if needed.
14. Heat the refried beans in a small saucepan until warmed through.To assemble, spread some of the refried bean on each of the fried tortillas. Top with some of the chicken mixture, then some of the shredded Sargento cheese.
15. Add a few slices of avocado and cilantro.
16. Drizzle with the poblano cream sauce.
Nutrition Information:
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