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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
