Plantain and Black Bean Tostadas

🥘 Ingredients

• avocado
  2 unit
• black beans
  2 box
• cilantro
  ½ oz
• cumin
  2 tsp
• feta cheese
  1 c
• flour tortilla
  8 unit
• honey
  2 oz
• lime
  2 unit
• olive oil
  2.667 tbsp
• pepper
• radishes
  6 unit
• red onion
  2 unit
• salt
• yellow plantain
  2 unit

🍳 Cookware

• strainer
• small bowl
• large pan
• baking sheet

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Peel and slice the yellow plantain into ½-inch rounds. Drain and rinse the black beans with a strainer , reserving ¼ cup liquid. Thinly slice the radishes . Halve, peel, and thinly slice the red onion . Halve, pit, and thinly slice the avocado . Halve the lime , then cut one half into wedges.

   yellow plantain: 2 unit, black beans: 2 box, radishes: 6 unit, red onion: 2 unit, avocado: 2 unit, lime: 2 unit
2. 

   2

   Pickle the red onion: Toss ¼ of the onion in a small bowl with the juice of the lime half.
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the remaining onion to the pan and cook, tossing for ⏱️ 5 minutes , until softened. Add the black beans and cumin to the pan and toss until heated through. Mash the beans slightly with a fork, adding some of the reserved liquid as necessary to reach a creamy texture. Season with salt and pepper . Remove from the pan and cover to keep warm.

   olive oil: 2.667 tbsp, cumin: 2 tsp, salt, pepper
4. 

   4

   Place the flour tortilla on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for ⏱️ 6 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

   flour tortilla: 8 unit
5. 

   5

   In the same pan you used for the beans, heat a thin layer of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the plantain slices to the pan and cook for ⏱️ 4 minutes per side, until very soft and golden brown. TIP: Reduce the heat if the plantain begins to brown too quickly. Once cooked, remove from the pan and drizzle with 1 teaspoon honey . Season with salt and pepper.

   honey: 2 oz
6. 6

   Assemble the tostadas: Top the tortillas with the beans, plantains, avocado slices, pickled red onions, radishes, and a few sprigs of cilantro . Finish with a sprinkle of feta cheese and a squeeze of lime. Enjoy!

   cilantro: ½ oz, feta cheese: 1 c