Monday Night Victory

So... Yay! 1 of 6 recipes completed. Tonight I made my version of chicken tostadas. PS, I did not go by the recipe I posted at all. Here's my version:

Ingredients:

6 chicken breasts 

1 red onion

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 or 2 tomatoes (I just had one, so I just used one)

2 small cans of green chiles

3/4 cup cream cheese

1 packet of Old El Paso original taco seasoning 

10 Mission white corn tortillas (cut into quarters)

1 cup Smart Balance veggie oil

1 cup of water

Sour Cream and Mexican cheese for topping 

**optional: Black beans or refried beans for sides (I used both and mixed them together)

Prep Work:
Dice 1 red pepper + 1 green pepper + 1 red onion + 1 tomato
Cut Mission white corn tortillas into quarters (I used about 10, which yielded 40 chips and we have leftovers).  
Start cooking your side dish over low/med heat and set aside while doing everything else 
...prep work complete ;)

Instructions:

1. 6 small chicken breasts + 1/2 coarsely chopped red onion dumped into a pot of boiling water for about 20 minutes (or until chicken is cooked through) set aside to cool

2. Sweat out peppers, tomato and 1/2 red onion in a saute pan for about 10 minutes

3. While veggies are cooking, chop up your chicken 

4. Heat 1/2 veggie oil in separate frying pan (I started on high heat, then backed off to med-high)

5. Add shredded chicken to veggie mix

6. Add green chiles to chicken/veggie mix

7. Let cook for about 5 minutes over med heat

8. Add 1 cup of water to chicken/veggie mix

9. Add packet of taco season to chicken/veggie mix. 

10.  Add cream cheese, stir well, and let simmer for about 20 minutes over low/med heat

Now.. start making your tortillas

1. Add corn tortilla triangles to the veggie oil you had heating up 

2. Once golden brown transfer them to a paper towel lined baking sheet (be sure to keep an eye on these, otherwise they will burn!)

3. Repeat these steps until all pieces are cooked, then sprinkle with a touch of kosher salt! Enjoy!! 

I served this with the chicken mixture as the main dish, and beans and chips as the side- adding a healthy dollop of sour cream and cheese after plating. Here is the finished product:

It was delish- I will admit, not the healthiest meals I've ever made, but I felt better frying the chips using the Smart Balance (that evened things out, right??)