Tostadas

  We prepared Tostadas for the Friday lunch party main dish.  "Tostadas" means crispy fried corn tortillas and when you top them with several ingredients to make a dish, it's also called "Tostadas".  We had tortillas and all other toppings ready on the table so each guest can make his own.  The toppings were the most classics in Mexico; refried beans, shredded chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese and sour cream.

Ingredients (for 12 Tostadas)

 ...<to cook chicken>

3 pieces/about 1lbs of chicken breasts

1 tsp. salt

half a onion

2 cloves of garlic

1 can of refried beans

half a head of iceberg lettuce

2 small tomatoes

1 avocado

200g/7oz feta cheese

150g/5-6oz sour cream

Directions

1. Cook chicken in water with onion, garlic and salt for about 15 min.  Drain, cool and shred.

2. Fry tortillas in a skillet with a plenty of vegetable oil, until they get crispy.  Drain excess oil on paper towels.

3. Shred lettuce thinly. Chop tomatoes into small dices.  Slice avocado.  Crumble feta cheese.

4. On a tortilla, spread refried beans and layer with chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, feta cheese and sour creamas, as the photos below.      
* Optional topping we used is sliced red onion with diced habanero in lemon juice.