tostada
IPA: toʊstˈɑdʌ
noun
- (often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this. Usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
- (southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
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Examples of "tostada" in Sentences
- It also refers to the finished dish using a tostada.
- And wonderful on a tostada with fresh slices of avocado!
- A chalupa is a kind of tostada platter in Mexican cuisine.
- It also refers to the finished dish using a tostada as a base.
- It also refers to the finished dish using a 'tostada' as a base.
- Either the shrimp tostada, which is loaded with shrimp and slices of avocado, or a shrimp cocktail.
- There were several surprises, not the least of which was the sausage mole tostada created by the team with Bosco syrup.
- Or order a tostada/taco salad with beef or chicken minus the rice and beans and leave the tostada itself, just as you would a plate.
- Many foreigners shy away from these, but the gelatinous consistency of the trotters is a good contrast with the crispness of the tostada.
- For this reason, I think that olives and capers also go very well with fish, thus making this salsa a perfect topping for a Mexican fish dish such as a tostada or a taco.
- Other Blue Barn dishes include a $9 tostada salad with chopped romaine, toasted corn, black beans, jicama, cherry tomatoes, cheddar, pumpkin seeds and spicy chipotle-agave vinaigrette.
- (Pineapple juice sounds like an interesting (and delicious!) addition, though) There's a wonderful hole-in-the wall Veracruz-style Mexican seafood restaurant in my Texas hometown that first introduced me to ceviche on a tostada years ago, and I've been hooked ever since.
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