Chickpea and Chorizo Tostadas

A flavorful Mexican-inspired dish featuring crispy tostada shells topped with spicy chorizo, mashed chickpeas, and a tangy lime-yogurt sauce, garnished with fresh cilantro.

4 servings
28 min

Ingredients

  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1 whole lime
  • 8 sprigs cilantro
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 to taste Kosher salt
  • 2 links fresh chorizo
  • 4 pieces tostada shells

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Measure out 1/2 cup chickpeas; reserve remaining chickpeas for another use. Finely grate zest of lime into a small bowl. Cut lime in half and squeeze juice from one half into bowl with zest. Cut remaining half into wedges; set aside for serving.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    Gather cilantro on a cutting board. Starting at the stem end, finely chop until you get to the leaves; reserve leaves for serving. Add stems to bowl with lime. Add yogurt to bowl and mix well. Season with salt.

    5 min

  3. 3.

    Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium. Cook chorizo, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until partially cooked, about 3 minutes. Add chickpeas and season with salt. Cook, mashing some of the chickpeas with spoon until chorizo is cooked through and crisp, 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat.

    13 min

  4. 4.

    Spread yogurt mixture over tostada shells. Top with chorizo mixture, then with reserved cilantro leaves. Serve with reserved lime wedges for squeezing over.

    5 min