Beef & Cheese Tostadas

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I think my favorite cuisine is Italian and in a close second is Mexican. One of my favorite Mexican dishes is the tostada. I want to share a Tostada HELLO FRESH recipe with you, which I will top off with the guacamole dip I made.

The HELLO FRESH recipe is Beef and Cheese Tostadas with long green pepper, tomato salsa, and hot sauce crema.

The HELLO FRESH recipe ingredients:

  • 1 Roma tomato
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 1 long green pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of hot sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of Southwest spice blend
  • one packet of beef stock concentrate (I believe that translates to 1 tablespoon of beef stock)
  • ¼ of a cup of Mexican cheese blend
  • 4 ounces of cilantro
  • one lime
  • 4 tablespoons of sour cream
  • 10 ounces of ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon of chili powder
  • four tortillas

First step in preparation: preheat the oven to 450°

Next steps:

Dice the tomato.
Roughly chop the cilantro.
Halve and peel the onion.
Thinly slice one of the Halves of onion.
Finely chop the remaining onion until you have 2 tablespoons.
Quarter the lime.
Cut the green pepper in half, and then core. Then thinly slice the green pepper into strips.
In a medium bowl, combine the tomato, cilantro, chopped onion, juice from half of the line, and a pinch of salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, combine the sour cream with as much hot sauce as you like. Stir in water 1 teaspoon at a time until the mixture becomes a drizzling consistency.
Season with salt.
Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat, and add the ground beef.
Add the beef Southwest spice, chili powder, and a few big pinches of salt.
While cooking break the meat up into pieces until browned for five minutes
Once the beef is browned, add the green pepper, sliced onion, and a pinch of salt to the pan.
Cook, stirring until veggies are tender and beef is cooked thoroughly for approximately 5 to 7 minutes.
Add the Beef stock concentrate and 1/4 cup water. Simmer until thickened for approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
Season with salt: remove pan from heat and set aside.

Drizzle the tortillas with ½ a tablespoon of olive oil; brush or rub to coat all over. Arrange the tortillas in a single layer.
Bake on the top rack, flipping halfway through until lightly golden
brown approximately for 4 to 5 minutes (2-3 minutes per side).

I find step by step instruction with accompanying photos very helpful, so assuming that you might too:

Wash and pat dry the produce.
Dice the tomato.
Roughly chop the cilantro.
Halve and peel the onion. Thinly slice one of the Halves of onion. Finely chop the remaining onion until you have 2 tablespoons.
Cut the green pepper in half, and then core. Then thinly slice the green pepper into strips. Quarter the lime.
In a medium bowl, combine the tomato, cilantro, chopped onion, juice from half of the line, and a pinch of salt and pepper.
Mix and set aside.
Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat, and add the ground beef.
Add the beef Southwest spice, chili powder, and a few big pinches of salt. While cooking break the meat up into pieces until browned for approximately five minutes.
While cooking break the meat up into pieces until browned for approximately five minutes.
Once the beef is browned, add the green pepper, sliced onion, and a pinch of salt to the pan.
Cook, stirring until veggies are tender and beef is cooked thoroughly for approximately 5 to 7 minutes.
Add the Beef stock concentrate and 1/4 cup water. Simmer until thickened for approximately 1 to 2 minutes.

Season with salt: remove pan from heat and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine the sour cream with as much hot sauce as you like. Stir in water 1 teaspoon at a time until the mixture becomes a drizzling consistency.
Season with salt.
Drizzle the tortillas with ½ a tablespoon of olive oil; brush or rub to coat all over. Arrange the tortillas in a single layer. Bake on the top rack, flipping halfway through until lightly golden brown approximately for 4 to 5 minutes (2-3 minutes per side).
Divide the tortillas between the plates and top with the beef mixture.
Top the beef mixture with salsa.
Add the crema sauce.
I followed this recipe and then added two scoops of my guacamole. It was delicious.
The HELLO FRESH recipe spread the cheese on the tortillas before adding the beef mixture, but I changed that and added the cheese as a final topping. I garnished with the lime.

Below are the recipe cards that are included with every HELLO FRESH meal. 

There are many recipes for Tostadas, and I hope you enjoyed my interpretation of this one.

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