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Chicken & Sweet Potato Tostadas

Here's how you make Chicken & Sweet Potato Tostadas
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 450 grams sweet potatoes (peeled and cut into 2cm pieces)
  • 600 grams boneless skinless chicken thighs (fillets, trimmed)
  • 40 grams burrito spice mix (Mexican)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 425 gram black beans (drained)
  • 80 grams tortillas (8 tortillas specified)
  • 2 lettuce ( baby cos lettuces, shredded)
  • 250 grams cherry tomatoes (quartered)
  • 1 avocado, sliced
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Boil, steam or microwave potato until tender and then drain.

  • Step 2: Toss chicken in spice mix in a bowl and then remove chicken, reserving remaining spice mix.

  • Step 3: Heat half the oil in a large, deep frying pan over a high heat and add the chicken and cook for about 2 minutes on each side, or until browned and then add reserved spice mix and 1 1/2 cups water and simmer, covered, turning chicken halfway through, for about 10 minutes or until cooked and then remove and shred meat.

  • Step 4: Heat remaining oil in a medium saucepan over a medium heat and add onion and cook, stirring until soft and then add beans and potato and cook, stirring until hot.

  • Step 5: Meanwhile heat tortillas directly on oven racks in a hot oven (200C) for about 3 to 4 minutes, or until lightly browned and cool on wire racks until crisp.

  • Step 6: Serve tortillas with chicken, bean mixture, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and cheese.


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