Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas with Mango Salsa

Looking for a change from your regular taco recipe? Try these tostadas!

Switch up your taco night with these Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas!

Spicy guacamole, knock-your-socks-off shrimp and fresh sweet mango salsa all on a crispy tortilla–let’s have Mexican night every night!

What’s a tostada?

Tostada means “toasted” in Spanish. Tostadas are popular Mexican street food.  No wonder they’re so well-loved:  they’re a healthy casual meal that’s fun to eat and fun to make, too.

Tostadas begin with a crispy base made with a toasted corn tortilla. This foundation is spread with something delicious and creamy that will help hold the remaining ingredients in place, like beans or guacamole. Diced and fried meat or seafood is next, followed by toppings to enhance the meat, like cheese, sour cream, lettuce and tomato, and salsa.

But the best thing about tostadas? NO RULES!

You can add what you like and leave out what you don’t! Create your own combinations, but to help your tostadas be your version of deliciousness, follow some simple guidelines.

Tips for making Tostadas

Begin by preparing all your ingredients and have them laid out, ready to assemble. You’re going to want to devour these while they’re hot and fresh. Set up a cooling rack over paper towel near your stove.

You have two options for frying the tortillas, depending on how much oil you want to use:

• Heat 1/4 inch of oil (use one with a high smoke point) in a skillet over medium heat. Check to make sure it is hot enough by dropping in a small piece of tortilla. If it bubbles up, you’re ready to go.  Using tongs, fry one tortilla at a time for 30 seconds or until lightly browned and bubbly, then turn and cook on the other side. Remove from the oil and drain on the cooling rack. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
• Deep frying will produce a crisper tostada. If you don’t want to use the amount of oil that deep frying requires, just fry each tortilla in a hot skillet with about 1/2 teaspoon of oil. They won’t turn out quite as crispy but if you cook them long enough, they will be sturdy enough to support the toppings.

Now assemble the three layers:

1. something to spread (usually beans or guacamole)
2. some protein, like diced or ground beef, chicken, or shrimp or other seafood
3. toppings, like salsa, or cheese, sour cream, avocado, pickled jalapeños, lettuce and tomato.

How to Make Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas

I chose to spread my toasted tortillas with guacamole–fresh jalapeño guacamole–(and definitely not that store-bought green mixture.)

I added grilled shrimp, but again, not just any grilled shrimp! I used the sweet and spicy chipotle-peach glaze that I use in this recipe for Easy Chipotle Peach Glazed Chicken and brushed the shrimp with it as they sizzled on the grill.

Then, to cool things off and make sure these Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas had a perfect balance of flavours, I added some refreshing sweet and crunchy mango salsa.

Garnished with a few slices of lime, they were ready to go!

Looking at the recipe below, it seems like it would be complicated and time-consuming, but really, it’s not. Mix the glaze in a blender and the mash and mix the guacamole ingredients with a fork. Probably the most time-consuming part is chopping the ingredients for the salsa, and that only takes about 5 minutes.

Enjoy your Mexican night with Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas!

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Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas with Mango Salsa

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

4 mins

Total Time

34 mins

 

Switch up your taco night with these Chipotle Peach Shrimp Tostadas! Spicy jalapeño guacamole, knock-your-socks-off shrimp and fresh sweet mango salsa all on a crispy tortilla makes a healthy meal that's fun to eat.

Course: Entrée/Main Dish

Cuisine: Tex-Mex

Servings: 6 tostadas

Calories per serving: 159 kcal

Author: Flavour & Savour

Ingredients

• 12 large wild shrimp peeled
• 6 corn tortillas soft 6-inch diameter

Chipotle Peach Glaze

• 1/2 cup peach slices fresh or frozen and thawed
• 3/4 tsp chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
• zest of half a lime

Jalapeño Guacamole

• 1 avocado peeled and seeded
• 1 tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
• 1 clove garlic finely minced
• 1/4 cup cilantro finely chopped
• salt to taste
• 1/2 medium jalapeño finely minced

Mango Salsa

• 1 mango peeled and finely diced (aboaut 3/4 cup)
• 1/4 cup cucumber finely diced
• 1/4 cup red onion finely diced
• 1 tbsp cilantro minced
• 2 tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
• 1 tsp lime zest

Instructions

Chipotle Peach Glaze

1. Put glaze ingredients in a food processor blender and process until smooth.

   
   

Jalapeño Guacamole

1. Mash avocado with a fork and stir in remaining ingredients

2. Soak wooden skewers in water for at least an hour, then skewer 3 shrimp on each one.

3. Grill shrimp on indoor grill pan (or outdoor grill) for 2 minutes on each side, brushing with Chipotle Peach Glaze. Remove from grill when they are no longer translucent. Avoid overcooking. Shrimp become rubbery very quickly if overcooked.

4. Fry tortillas in a skillet with 1/4 inch of oil, one at a time.* See note below.  Drain, then spread with jalapeño guacamole, add grilled shrimp and top with mango salsa. Garnish with lime slices or cilantro leaves and serve right away.

Recipe Notes

Deep frying will produce a crisper tostada. If you don't want to use the amount of oil that deep frying requires, just fry each tortilla in a hot skillet with about 1/2 teaspoon of oil. They won't turn out quite as crispy but if you cook them long enough, they will be sturdy enough to support the toppings.

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