🏷️ Category: antipasti
🌍 Cuisine: Mexican
⭐ Difficulty: Medium
⏱️ Time: 45 min
📝 Introduction
Elevate your appetizer game with these vibrant Vegetarian Tostadas featuring spicy black beans! Perfect for gluten-free and lacto-ovo vegetarian diets, this Mexican-inspired dish combines crispy corn tortillas with a zesty bean mash infused with chiles in adobo sauce. Topped with fresh spinach, juicy cherry tomatoes, tangy feta cheese, creamy dollops, and zesty salsa, each bite offers a delightful crunch and bold flavors. Ready in just 45 minutes, it's an affordable crowd-pleaser at $1.67 per serving, packed with 14g of protein. Ideal for gatherings or a quick, healthy meal that's sure to impress!
🥘 Ingredients
• corn tortillas4
• black beans15 oz
• onions0.25 cup
• garlic1 clove
• olive oil0.5 tablespoon
• chiles in adobo sauce1
• spinach1.5 cup
• spinkle of basil and garlic sea salt4 servings
• cherry tomatoes8
• feta cheese4 servings
• cream4 servings
• salsa4 servings
👨🍳 Cooking Steps
1
Heat a large saute pan on medium high heat.
2
Saute your onions and garlic in olive oil for 2-3 minutes.
3
Place your balck beans (BB) in a microwavble safe container and add the sauted onions and garilc to the BB.
4
Add the diced chiles in adobo sauce to the BB.
5
Sprinkle in some dried basil and garilc sea salt. Stir and microwave for 2 minutes, using a potato masher mash the warm BB to your desired consistency and return to the microwave for 1 minute.
6
Meanwhile take a paper towel and using the same saute pan wipe out any excess oil or browning from the onions. Spray with cooking oil and on high heat, toast your tortillas until crsipy anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes.
7
Assemble your tostadas by placing the beans on top, sprinkle with feta, top with spinach, sliced cherry tomatoes, dollop of sour cream and sprinkle with more feta and salsa
