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Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas Recipe

January 8, 2016 by Anna

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Good morning! Anna here again with another easy and delicious recipe for you…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas

These Shredded Chicken Tostadas are family friendly and easy for a busy night.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Now, I said Shredded Chicken Tostadas, but now, you can make shredded chicken tacos or shredded chicken taco salad. Whatever your family prefers.

My family loves tostada/taco night, usually my son thinks that it should always be on Tuesday’s because of The Lego Movie. But tostada/taco night is an easy dinner so we always have it on our busiest night of the week.

Now, I make this extra easy on myself and I put boneless, skinless, chicken breast, usually about 3 lbs of it, in the crock pot for about 6 hours. Then I put it in a large mixing bowl and use hand hand mixer to shred it. I used to use two forks until my husband saw a video of someone shredding chicken with a mixer and after we tried it we will NEVER go back to using two forks. It’s seriously a cinch and only takes about 2 minutes instead of 15.

After the chicken is shredded, throw it all in a large skillet…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

sprinkle liberally with taco seasoning, you can use the prepackaged kind or make your own, I usually keep a big container of the premade kind on hand.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

mix the seasoning in well…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

while that heats up, gather your other ingredients: chopped tomatoes, sour cream, refried beans, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, & tostada shells…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Spread a thin layer of refried beans on a tostada shell…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

top with some of the shredded chicken…(the refried beans helps the meat to stay on)

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

add some shredded lettuce and shredded cheese…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

then top with chopped tomatoes and sour cream…

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

And voila! My husband and I usually add taco or picante sauce if we don’t have any tomatoes.

Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

 

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Easy Shredded Chicken Tostadas, a family friendly, and delicious dinner.

 

Written by Anna, who shares delicious recipes and a bit of fashion from the country on her blog Green Eyed Country Girl. See what she’s pinning on Pinterest and “like” Green Eyed Country Girl on Facebook.

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15 Comments

  1. Ducks n a Row says

    March 6, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    This is picture-perfect Anna. Yummed and pinned♥ You have a new follower here!
    Sinea ♥

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  2. Navy Wifey Peters @ USS Crafty says

    March 5, 2016 at 3:26 am

    This looks so delicious! I pinned it to my Yummy board. Thanks for sharing at Submarine Sunday!!

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  3. Easy Peasy Life Matters says

    March 5, 2016 at 12:52 am

    This looks to die for!!! Pinned! 🙂

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  4. Theresa @DearCreatives says

    March 3, 2016 at 2:27 am

    Looks so yummy! Thanks for joining the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned & shared. Hope to see you again soon.

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  5. Anita says

    March 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    This recipe looks so delicious! Hi, I’m Anita visiting from Creative Ways Link Party.

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  6. Maggie@ Louise at Home says

    February 29, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    I love me some Mexican food so when I saw your link I had to check this recipe out, and I’ve never actually had a tostada so I’ll be giving this a try! Thanks for sharing, stopping by from the Mad Skills Link Party!

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  7. Morgan @ Morgan Manages Mommyhood says

    February 28, 2016 at 10:19 am

    Yum! I have a bunch of corn tortillas that I had no idea what to do with – now I do!

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  8. Cara says

    February 27, 2016 at 8:15 am

    Looks delicious! I love any kind of mexican food- tacos, quesadillas, tostadas, you name it!Thanks for the recipe 🙂

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