Easy Vegan Chipotle Chickpea Tostadas
An easy and delicious tostada recipe made with a chickpea mash base and topped with your favorite taco or burrito toppings.
Ingredients
- 2 cans chickpeas drained
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 2 tbsp chopped tomato about 1/2 of a small tomato
- ½ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp salt
- lemon juice of 1/2 large or one small
- ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
- 12 tostada shells these can be made in the oven or purchased premade
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and olive oil.
- Cook onion until it starts to get soft and translucent (this takes 5-8 minutes). Then add garlic. Cook until it is fragrant.
- Add the vegetable broth, chickpeas, cumin, tomato, cayenne, paprika, and salt. Cover and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Mash the mixture with a potato masher or use an immersion blender.
- Stir in the cilantro and lemon juice.
- Serve on tostadas and top with guacamole, salsa, lettuce, chopped tomatoes or any other toppings!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gSodium: 576mgCalcium: 36mgVitamin C: 2mgVitamin A: 209IUSugar: 1gFiber: 2gPotassium: 128mgCalories: 192kcalSaturated Fat: 3gFat: 10gProtein: 2gCarbohydrates: 25gIron: 1mg
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