How to Use tostada in a Sentence

tostada

noun
  • The leftover beans can be used to make tostadas the next day.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Place the tostada shells on a large, rimmed baking sheet.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The spicy tuna tostada has some zing from a drizzle of spicy chile mayo.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Served as a tostada, the shrimp is soaked in lime juice for 12 hours, chopped and then married to fresh onion, tomato and cilantro.
    cleveland, 4 May 2020
  • Top each tostada with about 4 tablespoons of the sea urchin paste.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Still, the tostada format is a vaguely thrilling change from frozen taquitos.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 29 July 2022
  • Choose from starters like a lump crab tostada or crispy maple pork belly.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • There's Laja, which is worth the journey just to eat the vegetable tostada.
    Jeff Gordinier, Esquire, 12 Apr. 2017
  • Even with the impressive towers, the lobster rolls and the steamed clams, my heart belongs to the tostada.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • The sparse menu — four meats served as tacos, quesadillas, tostadas and mulitas — was painted on the wall.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The former is known for its burritos, tostadas and, of course, tacos — all of which come in huge, tasty portions.
    Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • My party of four attempted to cut the tostada in pieces.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • There also are burritos, tostadas and more — and the portions are huge.
    Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Try their ceviche, topped with guacamole and served with a squid ink tostada ($14).
    Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 4 May 2017
  • Order the tostada de atuún, aguachile de campechano, and a bottle of Mezcal Amores.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Among the menu items mentioned was a seafood stew in a tostada infused tomato broth with shrimp and masa dumplings.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Light food like oysters, ceviches and tostadas are central to the bar’s menu.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Under a wall display of masks, cooks served tostadas with fresh salsa.
    Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Most items like tostadas come with large portions of seafood, so come hungry or bring someone to share with.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Waiting on the table is a skillet with refried beans, a stack of tostadas and limes for easy grazing.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Here the large, thick fried tortillas are almost the size of small dinner plate and are treated more like a tostada.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Pearly slices of swordfish splashed with smoky chile sauce fan across a crisp tortilla, making for the hautest (and hottest) tostada around.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Some of the highlights are the seabass-ceviche tostada, pineapple-lime butter pork chop and Akaushi-beef French dip.
    Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Micheladas are served in terracotta mugs, and the raw tuna tostada is a must.
    Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
  • Spread on tostadas, top with chicken and sprinkle with cotija and pickled jalapeño.
    Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
  • Plenty of folks jumped at the chance to sample the insect in fritters, cookies, smoothies, tostadas and soup on Friday at the Fair.
    Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2019
  • A clean, mild ceviche of sea bass and lime, given a boost by pico de gallo, is strewn over a tostada.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 4 May 2017
  • The dish uses tostada shells instead of tortilla chips.
    Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Fish is the star of the menu, in the delicate flounder Milanese, lightly fried to a tender crisp, and in a small but mighty Arctic-char tostada.
    Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • Open only after dark, the taco stand doles out suckling pig tacos and tostadas until the early morning.
    Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2023

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