Chicken Tostadas with Spicy Cabbage Slaw

Name: Chicken Tostadas with Spicy Cabbage Slaw
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 12 (6-inch), corn tortillas; 1/3 cup, vegetable oil; 2 (16-ounce) cans, pinto beans; 1 tablespoon, finely chopped jarred pickled jalapeño, plus 5 tablespoons jalapeño brine; , Salt and pepper; 1 , (16-ounce) bag coleslaw mix; 1 cup, queso fresco, crumbled; 1 , rotisserie chicken, skin discarded, meat shredded into bite-sized pieces (about 3 ounces); 1/2 cup, sour cream; 3 tablespoons, juice from 2 limes

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2009

SERVES6

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Cooking canned pinto beans for our Chicken Tostadas with Spicy Cabbage Slaw in a skillet along with some of the juice from the can gave them a creamy texture similar to refried beans. Tasters preferred queso fresco—a fresh, soft Mexican che...

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