Shredded Chicken Tostadas with a Greek Twist. Just add Feta Cheese and Olives. So easy, this is a great weeknight quick easy meal.
Have you ever escabeche ‘d? I think my biggest takeaway from being a Rick Bayless devotee has been the discovery of dishes that use vinegar.
Use vinegar to either cook in or marinate in. I wouldn’t call it exactly “pickling”, but it sure adds a wonderful zing to your Mexican dish.
The simplest way to enjoy this method is to simply toss lettuce with a little red wine vinegar before sprinkling on your favorite taco recipe. Try it sometime – you’ll be glad you did.
And, would you like an easy method to make your own tostada shells from soft corn or flour tortillas. So easy! And so much better than packaged tostada shells.
Simply preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Grab a sheet pan and place your soft flour or corn tortillas on the pan. Brush each side with a little olive oil. You can even overlap the tortillas to make a larger batch.
Bake them 3 minutes, turn them and bake an additional 3 minutes. Voila – crispy wonderful homemade tostadas shells for any homemade tostada recipe. With that said, let’s take a look at this zesty chicken version.
Tip For Success
- For extra flavor, sprinkle each side of the corn tortilla lightly with salt and chile or chili powder before cooking.
With a chicken breast in the freezer, feta cheese that I keep on hand for salads, a tomato that’s been basking in the sunshine on the kitchen counter, black olives from the relish plate from the Super Bowl party and my homemade tostada shells fresh out of the oven, I was able to throw this super easy recipe together for dinner.
Chicken Tostadas with Feta and Olives
This is a really easy and delicious recipe that will become a staple around our house. And of course with tostadas, there are so many variations available if you don’t have all the exact items on hand. For instance take a look at this Black Bean Chicken Tostada Recipe … yum and easy. And you won’t want to miss this very special recipe for Adobo Grilled Shrimp Tostadas with Lime Slaw.
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Zesty Chicken Tostadas with Feta
Ingredients
- ¾ pound plum tomatoes chopped
- ½ cup black olives sliced
- ⅛ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 boneless skinless chicken breast about 1 pound. Cooked and shredded
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper fresh ground
- 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil plus more for brushing tortillas
- 8 small flour or corn tortillas
- ½ pound feta cheese about 2 cups, crumbled
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 450°. In a large glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine the tomatoes, olives, parsley, chicken, salt, pepper, vinegar, and the 3 tablespoons oil.
- Brush the tortillas on both sides with oil and then put on baking sheets, overlapping if necessary. Bake the tortillas until starting to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn the tortillas and brown the other side, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
- Remove the baking sheets from the oven and top each tortilla with an equal amount of the feta cheese. Return the baking sheets to the oven; cook until the cheese is just melting, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Top the tortillas with the chicken mixture.
Nutrition
Chicken Tostadas with Feta Cheese…It’s What’s For Dinner
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YUM! I love chicken and feta. I eat chicken and feta roll-ups at a Greek place here in town. This sounds like an open face version. Looks great!
Yum, great Saturday night fare!
Love the flower, my friend makes them for that company. (Up here)
I’ve never ordered a fruit bouquet before and I was impressed. The quality of the fruit was impressive and of course it looked so pretty. Thanks for stopping by Natashya
Sometimes what I have on hand determines what goes in the recipe!
Exactly! Thanks for stopping by Buff
Congratulations on getting your photo accepted! I love the recipe too… anything I can throw together at the last minute is always great!
Thanks Liz
The recipes you have everything for are my favorites–especially when they are easy and look and sound as good as this one. I love the pineapple flower. 😉
I love the Greek flavors going on here. It looks delicious!! Congrats on the Tastespotting submission. They are so hard to please. !! Nice going!
Thanks Donna, and thanks for stopping by
Kudos for getting one of your amazing food [porn] shots put on Tastespotting! (the photos are my favorite part of blogging) Great recipe – it’s got all the things I love – simple ingredients and quick to put together. Great post!
Thanks Vickie!
I do love it when I discover a recipe that I want to prepare and I have all the ingredients on hand. The pineapple flower that survived all the fingers in teh tray is really very pretty. Gives me an idea for entertaining.
The chicken and feta tostadas look delicious. I love anything with feta.
I’m sure those fruit bouquet places have a cutter that does that, but I’m sure it’s doable by hand. As always thanks for stopping by Velva.
Nice work and so sad about the fruit…what does everyone have against fruit!!
Well, I guess when there’s a gob of wine and beer included, folks go for the grease???? As always thanks for stopping by Cathy.
I have a better chance of winning the lottery than picking a recipe and having everything I need on hand. And it’s not some exotic ingredient (like thin sliced yak meat) that I’m lacking, it’s usually something basic like tomato paste.
LOL Chris, maybe I’m just a food hoarder, did you ever think of that? As always, thanks for stopping by.
I like anything with greek ingredients and that sounds real good.
Thanks Larry!
I know what you mean about everyone demolishing the plates of food. The pineapple is beautiful, you’re so detail oriented!
Oh i love that flower…i use my cookie cutters for shapes for veggies and fruits and love the results……
and love ur chicken n feta tostados so muc too….
Cookie cutters would work. Thanks for stopping by.
And of course they went for the meatballs… been telling you all that!
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Yes you have Dave!!!! As always thanks for stopping by.
whoop whoop on the photo deal… I never have the berve to be judged like that!
Thanks Dave, I’m in sales, very competitive, “No” just eggs me on. 🙂
Lea Ann ~ our “oops, I put the whole kit-and-caboodle” is a priceless line. I something get my “kit-and-caboodle” mixed up, too!
I must say the after business hour sounded like a great affair with some wonderful things to eat. I would have probably eaten the pineapple, as well.
Your “out-of-the-fridge” tostadas sounds terrific. I don’t have any feta, but I guess I could use goat cheese and get a similar result. Thanks for the idea…
The Business After Hours was a nice event and after all of that food was delivered I actually thought “I could have catered this” Easy stuff except the fruit bouquets and the sushi. LOL about the kit and caboodle stuff. I think any kind of cheese would work with this. However, some cheese may get mushy in that vinegar?? Not sure.