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Butternut Squash Tostadas

Filled with cozy fall ingredients like bourbon apple chicken sausage, sautéed greens, butternut squash and fresh herbs, these flavors all come together on a bed of refried black beans and a crispy tostada. Crunchy, savory & a hint of sweetness!

Prep:

5

minutes

Cook:

30

minutes

TOtal:

35

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups butternut squash, chopped
  • 1.5 bags Ducal black refried beans
  • Dash of cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, grated
  • 3 Bourbon Apple chicken sausage links, chopped* (see note above)
  • 1 Honeycrisp apple, diced
  • 1 cup baby spinach
  • 1/2 lemon, freshly squeezed
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
  • 6 white corn tortillas
  • Garnish: pomegranate seeds, pepitas & Cotija cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425. Season butternut squash with olive oil, salt and pepper and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
  2. Meanwhile, dice 3/4 of the sweet onion. Reserve half. With the other 1/4, sauté over a skillet with olive olive, a dash of cumin, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Cook for about 5-8 minutes until fragrant on medium-low heat. Once translucent, add 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce and 2 tablespoons of water. Allow to simmer for about 30 seconds. Add a little more olive oil to pan and add beans until smooth and throughly heated. Add more olive oil as needed until consistency is like pasta sauce. Cover and keep warm until serving.
  3. In a separate medium saucepan, sauté remaining onion and garlic. After a few minutes, brown sausage in the same pan. Add applies, rosemary and spinach. Then add lemon juice and sauté until greens are wilted.
  4. Remove butternut squash from the oven and keep warm in foil. Lower oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Place tortillas on a cookie sheet and brush each side with a generous amount of olive oil. Sprinkle both sides with salt. Bake for 4 minutes on each side in the oven. Let cool for a few minutes.
  5. Layer time! Use the tostada as the base, spoon beans, then sausage & greens mixture, top with butternut squash and garnish with toppings! Serves 6 – enjoy!