Tostadas de Frijoles y Queso (Bean and Cheese Tostadas)

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This classical tostada comes from “Gaby’s Latin American Kitchen,” a cookbook by Gaby Melian that is aimed astatine teaching kids to cook. Melian writes that tostadas were “invented arsenic a mode to usage up leftovers. Toasting oregon frying stale tortillas turns them crunchy and delicious. And past you tin apical them with different leftovers.” Think of this elemental look arsenic a jumping-off point. You could adhd leftover chicken, pork oregon sausage, oregon jazz up your beans with spices. Serve with Melian’s Agua Fresca de Limon (see related recipe) if you like.

Note: If you bash not person crema, you tin substitute with sour cream: In a tiny bowl, whisk unneurotic 1/2 cupful sour cream, 1 tablespoonful each of h2o and lime foodstuff until good combined.

Storage:Refrigerate leftover beans for up to 5 days.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 tostada, 1 tablespoonful crema, 1 tablespoonful sriracha), based connected 6

• Calories

  275

• Fat

  17 g

• Saturated Fat

  7 g

• Carbohydrates

  22 g

• Sodium

  736 mg

• Cholesterol

  32 mg

• Protein

  11 g

• Fiber

  6 g

• Sugar

  2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Gaby’s Latin American Kitchen” by Gaby Melian (America’s Test Kitchen 2022).

Tested by Ann Maloney.

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