Recipe and photos by Launie Kettler
Tostadas are the cool cousin to the taco shell. Tostadas just let it all hang out. What you see is what you get. There aren’t secrets hidden in the fold, and they’re brazen with their ingredients.
“Feel free to gawk at my amazingly delicious and beautiful toppings,” the tostada murmurs as it sits languidly on the plate.
“I’ve got deliciously spiced meat and I’ve got slaw with a kick of heat. Go on. Take a bite. You know you want to get some of my tastiness.”
Bonus: They’re as perfect for a hurried weeknight meal as they are for a backyard cookout.
Now, that’s a versatile taco shell!
And our tostadas have pork cooked up in beer and spices you likely have at an arm’s length away from the stove. Then, just to proverbially gild the lily, we top them off with a fresh and limy slaw that has a kick of heat from hot smoked paprika.
So, get that cutting board ready, reach for your F.N. Sharp chef’s knife, Sanoku or utility knife, grab those forks (or those copious amounts of napkins) and let’s dig in!
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About the Recipe Creator
Launie Kettler is a food writer and photographer who cooks big food in a small kitchen in northern Vermont. Her husband and cats are tolerant of the fact that she plays the same Wilco and Son Volt albums over and over while pontificating about the beauty of cumin.
Launie is also the co-author of The Everything Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook and her recipes have been featured in Where Women Cook, Fresh Magazine, and on Salon.
You can find and follow Launie's adventures on her social handle @teenytinykitchenvt on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and her blog at TeenyTinyKitchen.com.