tostada

English

A tuna tostada (sense 2) dish in a Mexico City restaurant

Café con leche (coffee with milk) and tostadas (sense 3) in Puerto Rico

Alternative forms

tostado

Etymology

From Spanish tostada. Doublet of tostado.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

tostada (plural tostadas)

(often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
- 2008 February 3, Tatiana Boncompagni, “Tostadas to a Salsa Beat”, in New York Times‎:
  A platter of chicken and octopus tostadas and two ceviches arrived at the table .
(southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
Synonym: taco salad
A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
- 1995 April, Damien Simonis, Geoff Crowther, “The Rif Mountains”, in Morocco (A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), 3rd edition, Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “The Mediterranean Coast & the Rif” section, page 176, column 1:
  The Marina and Vicentino restaurants are good places for a coffee and tostada (toasted sandwich) for breakfast.
- 2013 April 2, Ingrid Hoffmann, “Sardine Antipasto Tostadas”, in Latin D’lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist, New York, N.Y.: Celebra, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 44:
  Tostada means any bread—tortillas or sliced loaves—that has been toasted. Any leftover bread or tostadas can be used in Torrijas (page 29) or ground into bread crumbs.
- 2018, Malcolm Coxall, “The Role of Baking in Spanish Society”, in Traditional Baking Recipes of Spain (Traditional Recipes of Spain; 4), Cornelio Books, →ISBN, section 1 (Introduction):
  A normal urban breakfast typically consists of a cup of coffee - and there are many combinations - which will often be accompanied by a tostada. A tostada is a slice of fresh bread, toasted and covered with jam, or tomato, olive oil and garlic purée, or ham and cheese.