Tostadas Supremo with Beef

🥘 Ingredients

• Mexican cheese blend
  1 c
• Monterey Jack cheese
  ½ cup
• Southwest Spice Blend
  2 tbsp
• Tex-Mex paste
  2 unit
• black pepper
• cooking oil (olive oil)
  2.667 tbsp
• flour tortillas
  12 unit
• ground beef
  20 oz
• long green pepper
  2 unit
• onion
  1 unit
• sour cream
  3 tbsp
• tomato
  2 unit

🍳 Cookware

• large pan
• baking sheet
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Halve, core, and thinly slice long green pepper crosswise into strips. Halve and peel onion ; thinly slice one half. Finely chop remaining half until you have 2 tbsp. (For 4, thinly slice whole onion; finely chop a few slices until you have 3 tbsp.) Dice tomato .

   long green pepper: 2 unit, onion: 1 unit, tomato: 2 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and Southwest Spice Blend ; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, ⏱️ 4 minutes (it'll finish cooking in the next step). TIP: If there's excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out. **Swap in beef or organic beef for pork.**

   cooking oil: 2.667 tbsp (olive oil), ground beef: 20 oz, Southwest Spice Blend: 2 tbsp
3. 

   3

   Add green pepper and sliced onion to the pan with pork. Cook, stirring, until veggies are tender and pork is cooked through, ⏱️ 7 minutes . Add Tex-Mex paste and 1/4 cup water (1/3 cup for 4 servings). Simmer until thickened, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Season with black pepper . Turn off heat; cover to keep warm.

   Tex-Mex paste: 2 unit, black pepper
4. 

   4

   Meanwhile, drizzle flour tortillas with 1 tbsp olive oil (2 tbsp for 4 servings); brush or rub to coat all over. Arrange on a baking sheet in a single layer. Gently prick each tortilla in a few places with a fork. (For 4, divide tortillas between 2 sheets; toast on top and middle racks, flipping tortillas and swapping rack positions halfway through toasting.) Toast on top rack, flipping halfway through, until lightly golden, ⏱️ 5 minutes per side. TIP: Keep a close eye on them - tortillas brown quickly!

   flour tortillas: 12 unit
5. 

   5

   While tortillas toast, combine tomato, chopped onion, and a pinch of salt and pepper in a small bowl . Place sour cream in a separate small bowl. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt.

   sour cream: 3 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Evenly sprinkle toasted tortillas with Mexican cheese blend and Monterey Jack cheese . Return to oven until cheese melts, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Divide cheesy tortillas between plates and top with pork mixture, pico de gallo, and crema. Serve. **Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.**

   Mexican cheese blend: 1 c, Monterey Jack cheese: ½ cup