Spicy Chipotle Pork Tostada With Avocado and Tomatoes

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://motherrimmy.com/wordpress/?p=4278

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Kristi Rimkus

Ingredients

8 ounces boneless pork chops, cubed into bite sized pieces

1 small onion, chopped

1 tablespoon garlic oil

1 small lime, juiced

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon Chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce, finely minced

4 ea corn tortillas, 8″

1 cup low fat cheddar cheese, shredded

1 medium avocado, mashed

2 smalls Roma tomatoes, diced

1 cup baby spinach, shredded

4 tablespoons low fat sour cream

Preparation

Heat garlic oil over medium heat in non-stick skillet. Add onions and cook for 5 minutes until very tender and starting to brown. Add pork, lime juice, chili powder, cumin and Chipotle and cook another 5 – 8 minutes until pork is no longer pink. Remove from heat.

Heat heavy skillet over medium heat and toast one corn tortilla for 1 – 2 minutes on one side, then flip. Top with 1/4 cup cheese and cook until cheese melts.

Remove tortilla and top with 1/4 pork mixture, some spinach, tomato, mashed avocado and sour cream.

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I won’t try to convince you that these tostadas rivaled the Carne Asada at our favorite restaurant, but they were really good. I have to admit, I saved a few hundred calories too!