Many years ago, I worked at a Mexican Restaurant in Wisconsin Dells. It was really my first experience in the food industry – the good, the bad, the partying, the learning swear words en español, the ridiculously bright shirts we had to wear and eating Mexican food 5-6 times a week. Needless to say, between the partying and excessive amounts of chips and salsa I wasn’t in the best shape of my life. (Although I will say that it was a very fun summer!)
But that phase is long behind me – my friends now call me Nana, I’m at my healthy weight and thankfully I no longer own any of those ridiculous shirts, but every now and then I get those cravings for the Mexican food that I subsided off that summer.
I obviously had to rotate meals, but the tostadas was always one of my favorites and I always love a meal that can be customized!
Chicken Tostadas - 4 servings
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 8 oz salsa verde
- 1 can of refried beans
- tostada shells*
- toppings: lettuce, tomato, green onions, salsa, sour cream
Preheat oven to 350° F. Place chicken in glass container and cover with salsa verde.
Bake for about 40-45 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. (I always over-cook chicken, I blame it on my Food Microbiology class)
Let cool and shred chicken. Heat beans.
Put out toppings, beans and tostada shells and build your tostada!
*I made toastada shells by cutting sprouted tortillas into circles and then baking them at 400° F for about 2 minutes per side.
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You make such lovely meals – I don’t think I’d ever eat out. I also love your dishes and fun plates.
Oh I eat out plenty!!
Love a good restaurant!!
We love tostadas in our house! These look delicious!
i always prefer chicken over beef, must try this!
We do some version of tostados or tacos once a week. I usually have black beans and refried beans and several toppings and we all build our own. It is one of the messiest meals (toddlers and very breakable corn shells = instant mess), but they love making their own dinner.
I went to the Dells once when we lived in MN, it was a hoot.
Those look amazing Emily! Now why can’t that be in front of me for lunch shortly?! LOVE the photo of you girls – too cute!
“Many years ago”???? That was just yesterday,wasn’t it?? Cute pic and yummy food Em!
Haha, it sometimes feels like yesterday!
These look amazing! I have a weakness for mexican food, but I do try to health it up as much as possible. Thanks for sharing!
Mexican food is my favorite – this sounds delicious!
I used to work at a Mexican restaurant as well and it’s disgusting how many GIANT carne asada burritos I consumed! lol
Oh you should have seen the burritos at this place! Ridiculous!
Mmmmmmm Mexican food! I just finished lunch, but tacos or tostadas sound SO good!
I do love a good Mexican meal! Even though it is typically so heavy, I love that Mexican food can be lightened up very easily. This looks so delicious… now I’m craving Mexican LOL
Wow, those are some pretty bright shirts!
I worked in restaurants for seven years and yeah, a definite party environment! Tostadas look yummy, I was thinking about making those soon.
Mexican food is one of my favorites!!! Your recipe is so healthy! Now I can have my Mexican food fix in a healthy way.
yum! i’m a sucker for some good mexican food & i love making healthier versions at home. this recipe looks great!
i would look forward to our family vacation to the dells and noah’s arc each summer. all i can think about now when thinking of the dells is how many kids must pee in the giant water park pools each day. gross!
Yes, that is very disturbing to think about!!! Haha
What a simple, yet refreshing meal!! Love the shirts hahaha looks like fun memories!
I love healthy Mexican food – and this looks delicious!
This is really funny because we went to a dinner party at La Esquina in NYC last night and they had these. I have been trying to figure out how I was going to recreate them at home…and now I know!
Perfect!
i worked as a hostess at Ruby Tuesday’s one summer, where i gained weight because i would incessantly steal their oh so delicious croutons from the salad bar when i worked. then i got caught, and that stopped
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