Easy Carnitas Tostadas

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I’m on a Carnitas tear I realize – this is the fourth post this week that includes it in some way. But you too could make slow cooker carnitas and serve it up for days just naming it different things. (Jim Gaffigan fan? You’re welcome (audio clip).) Today, it’s tostadas.

The trick to assembling a perfect tostada is to stack the crispy tortilla with just enough toppings so that you can lift it to your mouth and take a bite without everything toppling off.

I’m terrible at it.

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I’m the same at a salad bar, building a mountain of lettuce, cucumbers, cauliflower, tomatoes, carrots, green peas, corn, mushrooms, pickled beets and croutons that no mere mortal could balance all the way back to the table without a rolling rogue tomato or two. So when you assemble these, try to be realistic. Or don’t….

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