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Friday, April 3, 2015

Chicken Tostadas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (3 to 4 limes)
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil, plus
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 8 small corn tortillas
  • 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups lettuce, shredded
  • tomato
  • green onion
  • sour cream
  • salsa
  • cilantro
  • avocado

Recipe

  • 1 place chicken in a gallon size zip-lock bag with all the marinade ingredients. press all air out of bag.
  • 2 place in a bowl in refrigerator for at least 4 hours, turning bag occasionally.
  • 3 take meat out of refrigerator 20 minutes before cooking.
  • 4 take out meat and discard marinade.
  • 5 these can either be cooked on the grill or under the broiler.
  • 6 cook chicken 4 to 5 minutes per side. transfer chicken to cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes before cutting it into 1/2" strips.
  • 7 lightly brush tortillas with vegetable oil.
  • 8 if using grill, grill on each side until they turn slightly brown, about 1 minute.
  • 9 add cheese to browned side while other side is browning on grill.
  • 10 if using broiler put cheese on tortilla just until cheese melts.
  • 11 serve by layering tortillas with shredded lettuce, chicken strips, remaining cheese and any additional toppings.

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