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easy salsa verde chicken tostadas pressure cooker crockpot meal recipe- Mexican food

Easy Salsa Verde Chicken Tostadas

Crockpot Pressure Cooker Recipe
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8 tostadas

Equipment

  • Crockpot™ Express Oval Pressure Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 chicken breast
  • 12 oz freshly made salsa verde (or store bought fresh from deli section)
  • 1 bag Corn Tostadas (or bake or fry corn tortillas to make your own tostadas)
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 lime, sliced
  • 2 avocados, diced
  • 1 cup lettuce, shredded
  • 1 jalapeño, sliced (Optional)
  • 1/2 cup carrots in escabeche, chopped (Optional)

Instructions
 

  • Place sliced red onion into a small bowl. Add juice of one lemon and let sit.
  • Add chicken and salsa verde to Crockpot™ Express Oval Pressure Cooker. Cook on poultry setting and high pressure for 35 min.
  • To make an avocado crema, add avocado, juice of one lime and pinch of salt to the blender. Set aside.
  • Once chicken is ready, let it naturally release pressure so that the chicken stays juicy. Open lid and shred chicken apart with two forks.
  • Spread avocado crema onto tostadas.
  • Top with salsa verde chicken (replace chicken with pinto beans for plant-based option), shredded lettuce, lemon infused red onion, cilantro, jalapeño and carrots in escabeche.