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Lamb Tostadas

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We stopped into a little restaurant for the first time a few weeks ago and I tried this dish on a whim. Seemed like a good idea since almost everyone else in the restaurant were ordering it and raving about it. Loved it. Came home and tried to recreate it. This is really close, if not it!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Cooked Rice
  • 1 can (15 Oz. Can) Black Beans, Drained
  • 1 cup Water, Divided
  • 2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika, Divided
  • 1 pound Ground Lamb
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons Dutch Processed Chocolate
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 pinch Pepper
  • ½ cups Mayonnaise
  • ½ cups Plain Yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons Pureed Chipotle In Adobo Sauce
  • 8 whole Tostada Shells
  • 1 cup Queso Blanco, Crumbled Or Pepper Jack, Shredded
  • 2 cups Shredded Lettuce
  • 1 whole Tomato, Diced
  • 1 whole Jalapeno, Diced

Preparation

Cook rice according to directions.

Place black beans in a small sauce pan. Add half the water and half the smoked paprika. Stir and heat on low while you make the rest of the dish.

In a large skillet, combine the ground lamb, remaining smoked paprika, cinnamon, Dutch processed chocolate, salt, pepper, and remaining water and allow meat to brown. Stir often to break up meat and mix flavors. Allow to simmer for about 15 minutes.

Combine mayonnaise, yogurt, and chipotle peppers and put in a squeeze jar. (You won’t use it all on this recipe but it makes for great burritos, quesadillas, and tacos!)

When meat is cooked, assemble tostadas on a thin bed of rice. First layer is black beans, then meat, then cheese, lettuce, tomato, and jalapeno. Drizzle with the chipotle sauce and enjoy!

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Melissa H from So. Fla. on 5.3.2011

I’ve never had lamb before, but I’m eager to try this. It looked so yummy this morning posted on the blog.

Thanks for sharing. :)

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prairiebakegirl on 5.24.2011

Oh my oh my.. these are AMAZING!!!!
Made a few changes: I added chopped red onion to the toppings, and omitted the rice (because, well, I forgot to make it!). I doubled the recipe, but only ended up using 1x the amount of cocoa (used instead of chocolate). Any more than that would have been, in my humble opinion, totally overpowering. Finally, I waaay increased the chipotles in the sauce – used half a can of them, so probably about 8-10 diced finely. Also added a dash of lime juice the sauce.

I know that sounds like a lot of changes, but it really wasn’t. These were awesome.

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