The Easiest Meatless Monday Recipe Ever – 15-Minute Bean Tostadas Recipe with Homemade CrockPot Refried Beans

This recipe for 15-Minute Bean Tostadas is perfect for busy weeknights, leftover night or like how I was inspired, and used up my leftover Homemade CrockPot Refried Beans.  I like serving tostadas on Thursday nights, for Thursday Night Football.  I will make the setup almost like I do for taco night, and then we can just assemble our tostadas and eat away.

Every time we go to a Mexican restaurant, I always order the tostada.  There is just something about that crunchy, salty corn tortilla, and the refried beans that makes my mouth smile.

A tostada is basically a flat taco, and if you wanted to, you could add all of your favorite taco toppings right on the top of the beans – even taco meat.  And, if you wanted to go one step further, perhaps serving Mexican at a dinner party, you can make homemade tostadas – just simply fry a corn tortilla in 375 degree oil for 2-3 minutes, or until crispy, transfer to a wire rack or a cookie sheet lined with paper towels, and season with salt.

Ingredients:

CrockPot Refried Beans
tostada shells – with the soft flour and corn tortilla shells
1, 8oz shredded Mexican cheese blend
shredded lettuce, optional
diced tomatoes, optional

Directions:

Cook CrockPot Refried Beans according to recipe directions.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and toast tostada shells for 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and carefully top with refried beans. 

Add shredded cheese and desired toppings.  We used lettuce, tomatoes and pickled jalapeños. 

Serve with homemade pico de gallo or restaurant style salsa.

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