Tex Mex

Beef and Bean Tostadas

Name: Beef and Bean Tostadas
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tex Mex
Ingredients: 8 tostada shells; 1 lb ground beef; 1 packet taco seasoning; 15 oz canned refried beans; 2 cups lettuce, shredded; 1 tomato, diced; 1.5 cups shredded cheddar

Marisol @marisol_elpaso

Beef and Bean Tostadas is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Easy Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

8 tostada shells
1 lb ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
15 oz canned refried beans
2 cups lettuce, shredded
1 tomato, diced
1.5 cups shredded cheddar

How to cook it

Brown the ground beef in a skillet, breaking it up, about 6 minutes, then drain and stir in the taco seasoning with the water called for on the packet; simmer 3 minutes.
Warm the refried beans in a small saucepan or the microwave until spreadable.
Warm the tostada shells briefly in a dry skillet or the oven until crisp and hot.
Spread each tostada shell with refried beans, then top with the seasoned beef.
Scatter with lettuce, tomato, and cheddar and serve immediately while the shells are crisp.

Watch how to cook Beef and Bean Tostadas

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A Tex Mex dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Beef and Bean Tostadas, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Black Beans with Cumin and Lime
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Refried Beans
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Guacamole Casero
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Beef and Bean Tostadas carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Beef and Bean Tostadas
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Carne Guisada
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 640 kcal
Protein: 37 g
Carbs: 38 g
Fat: 38 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 1050 mg
Saturated fat: 15 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Beef and Bean Tostadas takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.