Chicken Tostadas

My good friend and former co-worker, GeorgeAnne, made these for dinner one night, and brought the left-overs into work for her lunch the next day.  Oh my goodness, they smelled soooooooo good!  I kept commenting on how delicious they looked and smelled, in hopes of getting offered one.  Fortunately, my plan worked (or maybe Gigi just got tired of me hinting), and she shared a much-coveted tostada with me.  

The combination of flavors were just fantastic.  She married into a family that has Mexican ancestry, and I think that is where she learned how to make them.  I asked her for the recipe, and she gave me the "a couple shakes of this" and "a few spoonfuls of that" proportions, as well as the ingredients she used.  I came home, and pieced her directions together into in this recipe.  You can easily double or triple this if you're cooking for a crowd, and they make great left-overs.

The trick is finding the right ingredients.  These two may be hard to find:  Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning (the lemon pepper variety, the one with a yellow lid), and Chipotle Sauce.  Meijer is the only grocery store chain that carries the chipotle sauce around here, but you can usually get it at any Mexican specialty grocery store.  

Chicken Tostadas

Recipe from GeorgeAnne Ramirez

Ingredients:

• 2-3 boneless chicken breasts
• 1 onion, cut in half
• 2 teaspoons of Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning (about 20 shakes)
• 3 tablespoons chilpotle sauce (or more if you like it spicy) 

Toppings:

• corn tostada rounds
• lettuce
• tomatoes
• sour cream (this helps off-set the spiciness)
• cheddar cheese, shredded
• avocado

Directions:

1. Fill stock pot with water (about 6 cups), and bring to a boil.
2. Drop chicken breasts, Adobo seasoning, and onion halves into boiling water, and cook until chicken is done (about 5-7 minutes). 
3. Remove chicken from boiling water, and shred (you can discard the onions and water). 
4. Place shredded chicken into a non-stick skillet, and add 2-3 tablespoons of chipotle sauce (more or less, depending on your preference for spiciness). 
5. Spread sour cream on tostada round, top with chicken, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and avocado (or whatever toppings you wish to use).