These Easy Turkey Tostadas fusion of flavors that bring around a new way to use up any leftover turkey meat. They make a great lunch or dinner and takes the boredom of reheating leftovers day after day!
The tostada shells offer a crispy crunch while the turkey mixture and chipotle cranberry sauce pack a punch of flavor and is a new recipe your whole family will love!
❤️ Why you'll Leftover Turkey Tostadas
Easy dinner: Just a quick stir in the frying pan and heat up in the oven and you have a delicious dish in just 30 minutes.
Bold flavors: spicy sweet flavors that take the boredom out of Thanksgiving leftovers!
Repurposing leftovers: this turkey tostadas recipe is a great way to use up leftover turkey and cranberry sauce from the holiday leftovers!
🥘 Ingredients for Turkey Tostadas
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Onion: feel free to use white, yellow or red onions for this recipe.
Poblano peppers
Red bell pepper
Leftover turkey
Refried Beans I like to make my Homemade Refried Beans, but canned refried beans, or mashed black beans will work for this recipe as well.
Cranberry Chipotle Sauce (the link goes to a recipe on my website)
Queso Fresco is a mild Mexican cheese that will easily crumble and is perfect for balancing out spicy foods.
Fresh cilantro
Fresh Limes
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add olive oil, sliced onions, poblano pepper, and red peppert and saute 6 minutes, or until onions is has softened and begun to brown.
- Combine turkey and garlic with pepper mixture. Saute 2 minutes or until turkey is warmed through. Season with salt and black pepper.
- Spread tostada shells with refried beans and turkey mixture. Drizzle with cranberry chipotle sauce and sprinkle with quest fresco.
- Bake turkey tostadas for 10 minutes, or until tostada shells are golden brown. Garnish with cilantro, lime juice, and more cranberry chipotle sauce.
🥄 Equipment
Large nonstick skillet
Flat head wooden spoon
🥫Storage
Refrigerate: store turkey mixture in an airtight container up to 4 days.
Reheat: take the chill out of the turkey mixture by warming in the microwave or on the stove top. Assemble tostada and heat as directed.
📖 Variations
- Use cooked ground turkey or ground beef in place of the leftover turkey meat. Season with a 1-½ tablespoons of homemade taco seasoning while cooking to add flavor.
- Instead of refried beans, try leftover stuffing as a layer on the tostada shell!
- Sprinkle top of tostada with shredded cheddar cheese instead of the queso fresco.
💭 Tips
- Make your own tostadas by frying corn tortillas or flour tortillas (if preferred) in hot oil until golden brown.
- Add a 1-3 teaspoons chili powder to the turkey mixture for a boost of spicy flavor.
- Substitute the Cranberry Chipotle Sauce with Homemade Taco Sauce
📚 Related Recipes
Thanksgiving Eggs Benedict are a great way to make breakfast or dinner extra special with Thanksgiving leftovers.
Turkey Cranberry Sliders are a fun hand held treat perfect for game day.
These Air Fryer Turkey Enchiladas are a great way to use ground turkey and are easy to make
Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Casserole is a traditional casserole that is packed with all the goodies from Thanksgiving dinner in one dish!
🍽 Serve with..
Serve turkey tostadas with your favorite toppings, a drizzle of cranberry chipotle sauce, a dollop of sour cream, and garnish of fresh cilantro.
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📖 Recipe
Crispy Turkey Tostadas: Easy Leftovers Recipe
Equipment
- Large baking sheet
- Flathead wooden spoon
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Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add olive oil, sliced onions, poblano pepper, and red peppert and saute 6 minutes, or until onions is has softened and begun to brown.
- Combine turkey and garlic with pepper mixture. Saute 2 minutes or until turkey is warmed through. Season with salt and black pepper.
- Spread tostada shells with refried beans and turkey mixture. Drizzle with cranberry chipotle sauce and sprinkle with quest fresco.
- Bake turkey tostadas for 10 minutes, or until tostada shells are golden brown. Garnish with cilantro, lime juice, and more cranberry chipotle sauce.
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