# Chipotle Beef Tostadas

A delicious recipe for Chipotle Beef Tostadas featuring tender beef chuck, a smoky chipotle sauce, and refreshing corn esquites.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 Lbs beef chuck
- 1 red onion
- 10 cloves garlic
- 15 oz fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 can Chipotle sauce
- 3 ancho chilis
- 3 New Mexico chilis
- 0.5 cup chili water
- 0.25 cup white vinegar
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tbsp salt
- 30 oz canned corn
- 0.33 cup Mayo
- 0.25 cup cotija cheese
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 Juice of lime
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup mexican crema
- 0.25 cup chipotle hot sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 0.5 tsp chili powder
- 0.5 tsp paprika
- Salt to taste
- Tostadas or fried corn tortillas
- Avocado
- lime
- salt
- Corn
- Chipotle sour cream
- pico
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Slice the beef chuck into large cubes.
2. In a very hot oil pan, sear the beef until a deep brown color is achieved.
3. Remove the beef from the pan and char down an onion and garlic.
4. In a blender, combine fire roasted tomatoes, chipotle peppers in adobo or chipotle sauce, soaked New Mexico and ancho chilies, charred onions and garlic, oregano, paprika, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
5. In a slow cooker, pressure cooker, or crock pot, add the seared beef.
6. Smother the beef with the blended mixture.
7. Cover and cook on low and slow until the meat shreds easily.
8. For the corn esquites, squeeze mayo on top of canned corn, add chili powder, lots of cotija cheese, and lime juice.
9. Fry corn tortillas in hot oil or use pre-made tostada shells.
10. Smear each tostada with avocado and lime.
11. Pile the chipotle beef onto each tostada.
12. Top with the corn esquites.
13. Add a little pico.
14. Finish with chipotle sour cream.

## Equipment

- hot oil pan
- blender
- slow cooker
- pressure cooker
- crock pot

## Tips

- Slice beef chuck into large cubes for more browning and maximum flavor.
- Sear beef until it has a deep brown color; do not skip this step.
- The meat is done when it shreds like butter.
- Be careful not to overload the tostadas to prevent them from falling apart.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVYm6K_ju87/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c0553b96-8e1f-4b11-b63e-53e711e54fa2
- Extracted: 2026-03-02

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