TOSTADA PICTURE RECIPES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine red onions and lime juice. Set aside to quick pickle while preparing the rest of your ingredients. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter and heat oil. When oil is hot and butter is foaming, add yellow onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and translucent, 5 minutes. Add oregano and chili powder and season with salt and pepper and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Add beans and 1/2 cup water. Cook, mashing beans with a wooden spoon or potato masher, until desired consistency is reached. When beans are thick and almost all water has evaporated, remove from heat. In a medium, high-sided skillet, add vegetable oil until it is 1/2" deep. Heat oil until a drop of water sizzles when added to the pan. Using tongs, fry 1 tortilla at a time until golden and crisp, about 20 to 30 seconds per side. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate and salt immediately.  Build tostadas: Top each tortilla with about 1/4 cup refried beans, avocado, radishes, jalapeño, cilantro, and some quick pickled onions. Serve with lime wedges.

Steps:

• Cook ground beef, onions, crushed red pepper, cumin and chili powder in a skillet until no longer pink, stirring to break into crumbles.
• Stir in refried beans.
• Place equal amounts of the beef and bean mixture on each tostada shell.
• Top with cheese, lettuce and tomato; dress tostada with the optional toppings of your choice.