These low carb chicken tostadas are a wonderfully light Mexican-inspired lunch dish.
The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you!
Have you had tostadas before? They’re a bit like an open faced quesadilla, but more salady. If you have all the ingredients like guacamole, salsa and cooked chicken, this light lunch takes only a few minutes to prepare.
Place low carb tortillas on a baking tray lined with a silicone mat. One tortilla per person is usually enough. I’m currently using Mission Carb Balance Fajita size right now – 3g net carbs per tortilla.
Place under a preheated broiler until crispy but not burnt. Turn over and crisp the other side.
Meanwhile, prepare all the toppings like slicing up some lettuce and cooked chicken meat. I usually buy pre-shredded cheese so that makes things even quicker!
Start loading everything onto the crispy tortillas. The order is totally up to you, but I usually start with lettuce, chicken, then salsa. Oh and the chicken can be warm or cold, whichever you prefer.
Then add guacamole (try my Easy Creamy Guacamole recipe!), shredded cheese (I use a Mexican blend), sour cream and sliced jalapeños.
Low Carb Chicken Tostadas #lowcarb #lowcarbmexican Click To Tweet
Ingredients
- 2 small low carb tortillas
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- 9 oz cooked chicken cold or warm, as preferred
- ¼ cup salsa
- ¼ cup guacamole
- ½ cup shredded cheese
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 jalapeño deseeded and sliced, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler.
- Place the tortillas on a baking sheet and toast on both sides under the broiler until crispy.
- Load up each tortilla with the remaining ingredients.
Recipe Notes
7g net carbs per serving (based on using tortillas with 3g net carb each)
Check out my Low Carb Mexican Recipes Ebook!
If you adore Mexican food, you'll love this ebook collection of 18 delicious low carb Mexican recipes!
Kim | Low Carb Maven says
November 3, 2016 at 4:54 pmTacos and tostada in California are almost required eating. Unfortunately, thats not very easy to do when following a low carb diet. We usually use lettuce for our taco fixins, but a nice low carb tortilla tastes even better! yum!
Maya | Wholesome Yum says
November 4, 2016 at 9:48 amSo thankful for low carb tostadas! These look like the perfect healthy dinner!
Taryn says
November 4, 2016 at 2:53 pmI love Mexican food! Great recipe!
Katrin says
November 4, 2016 at 2:56 pmThis looks like a perfect quick lunch to me. I’d definitely add some jalapenos to spice things up, they make everything taste better!
STACEY says
November 4, 2016 at 7:12 pmI love Mexican food so much! It is so great to have low carb options. These look so simple but flavorful!
KELLY says
January 25, 2019 at 9:58 pmGreat recipe!, maybe in the future you will have a corn flavor tortilla & tostada keto recipes made with non GMO corn flavoring, coconut flour and/or almond flour, chia seeds or that husk fiber & maybe more crispy for the tostada recipe.