Beef Trotter Tostadas

Name: Beef Trotter Tostadas
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Ingredients: 14 oz cooked beef trotter (about 400 grams); 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar (about 80 ml); 2/3 cup thinly sliced onion, divided (about 80 grams); 1 cup refried beans (about 240 grams); 1/2 head lettuce, cleaned, shredded, and rinsed; 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed by hand; 1/2 cup thick sour cream (about 120 ml); 1 cup finely shredded queso fresco (about 120 grams); Pickled jalapeños, to taste; 8-10 tostada shells; 1/3 cup water (about 80 ml); 1 avocado

María Carmen @cook_2662513

Mexico

Here in Mexico, tostadas are a very common dish. You can find them with chicken, pork, chorizo, beef trotter—the list goes on. Today, I went to the grocery store and found cooked beef trotter. I didn’t hesitate for a second to buy some and make these. They’re truly delicious.

María Carmen @cook_2662513

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Ingredients

40 minutes

Serves 4 servings

14 ozcooked beef trotter (about 400 grams)
1/3 cupapple cider vinegar (about 80 ml)
2/3 cupthinly sliced onion, divided (about 80 grams)
1 cuprefried beans (about 240 grams)
1/2 headlettuce, cleaned, shredded, and rinsed
1 teaspoondried oregano, crushed by hand
1/2 cupthick sour cream (about 120 ml)
1 cupfinely shredded queso fresco (about 120 grams)
Pickled jalapeños, to taste
8-10tostada shells
1/3 cupwater (about 80 ml)
1avocado

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Rinse the beef trotter thoroughly.
2

In a pot, add the water, vinegar, oregano, 1/3 cup of the onion, and the beef trotter. Bring to a boil for a couple of minutes, cover, and let cool.
3

Once cooled, remove the beef trotter and strain. Reserve some of the vinegar mixture.
4

Heat the refried beans.
5

Spread a layer of beans on each tostada shell, then top with beef trotter, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, avocado slices, and pickled jalapeño strips.
6

Enjoy!