Skillet Tostadas

5 from 1 vote

These Beyond Meat Tostadas are an easy weeknight meal. Beyond Meat Sausage, caramelized mini peppers, & cilantro lime rice bring nuanced flavor.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time35

Servings: tostadas

4 cups cooked white rice, I prefer Basmati (in my rice cooker, 4 cups cooked white rice equals 1 ½ cups dry white rice)
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp butter or Earth Balance, (or substitute with another 2 Tbsp olive oil)
½ - ¾ tsp sea salt
¾ cup cilantro, minced
1-2 Tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed

4 links Beyond Meat Sausage links, I prefer Hot Italian or Original Brat
½ onion, thinly sliced
7 sweet mini peppers, thinly sliced (use a mix of red, orange, and yellow mini peppers, if you can)
1 tsp sea salt
2 Tbsp olive oil

Thinly slice the onion and peppers. Be sure to remove the seeds from the peppers.
For the Beyond Meat Sausage, begin by cutting each sausage link in half, length-wise. You will end up with 8 sausage link halves. Now cut each sausage link half into ½ inch slices. (So we are ultimately cutting the sausage to ½ inch thick half moons.)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Place the sausage, sliced onion, sliced peppers, and salt on a standard-sized baking sheet. Drizzle the olive oil over the top, and toss everything in the olive oil with you hands until evenly coated.
Spread the sausage, sliced onion, and sliced peppers out evenly on the baking sheet. Roast for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, take the baking sheet out of the oven, and flip everything with your spatula so a different side of each sausage, onion, and pepper is touching the baking sheet. Don’t worry if not everything turns over, this can be a very casual flip.
Put the baking sheet back in the oven, and roast for another 8-12 minutes, until the sausage is cooked through and slightly browned.

While the sausage roasts, compile the cilantro lime rice.
Before adding anything to rice, allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes. The rice should be warm when we add the cilantro, lime juice, etc., but not too warm. If the rice is too warm it will lose its shape and clump during mixing.
Once the rice has cooled for 10-15 minutes, add the olive oil, butter/Earth balance, cilantro, ½ tsp salt, and lime. Mix everything together until incorporated. Taste, and add the additional ¼ tsp salt or more lime juice, if needed.

Once the sausage, onion, and peppers are done cooking, add them to the cilantro lime rice. Just mix them into the rice with a spoon or spatula until completely incorporated.

Take a tostada shell and pile it with the cilantro lime rice/Beyond Meat sausage mixture, black beans, cheddar (omit to keep vegan), lettuce, avocado, salsa, and any of your favorite tostada toppings.

This recipe is vegetarian.

This recipe is gluten-free.

This recipe is vegan if you don't use cheddar, or use vegan cheddar.