Spicy bean & avocado tostados

I preheated the beans as suggested and piled homemade salsa on top with the avocado and it tasted great. However, I made this as my 5:2 meal for the day and it was not filling enough. Was left very very hungry and the calories are off - in the wrong direction of course :-(

added red chillies, an onion and heated the beans in the microwave like the reviews said. They were really tasty and my husband didn't even mind that there was no meat!

I agree, the refried beans are bland but when using these in any recipe I adapt by frying some onions & chilli then adding the beans plus seasoning and lots of chopped coriander. Works for me :)

Like others I found this a little tasteless and dry a bit of lime and more chilli/onion would really make this tastier. Think I'll try it with a fresh salsa next time too

My partners new favourite tea. We add jalapenos and soured cream at the end and decided it's like eating healthier nachos!!

I read that some people found this recipe a little bland so I added a little very finely sliced red onion to the bean and tomato mix and a few twists of salt and pepper, I then spread tomato pesto (thinned with a little olive oil) onto the tortillas prior to adding the tomato/bean mix. I also omitted the refried beans and used only red kidney beans. I didn't have any coriander to hand, so used basil instead. This seemed to work very well - it not only smelled delicious when I took it out of the oven, but tasted delicious too. Not at all bland! Perhaps red peppers may be a tasty addition too!

I would just mash/fry/spice up appropriately some Pinto Beans, whether freshly cooked or tinned. A bit of garlic and ginger chili works wonders unless one can suggest any mexican flabour combis.

Why buy a can when you have perfectly decent recipes on Chow and Epicurious it is basically fried mashed black beans!! theoretically one could add some compatible flavourings for je ne sais qau.

yummy scrummy, even my highly picky friend wolfed it all down after the first few cautious mouthfuls! Not much of a looker you could say but hell if that's ever mattered to me! would advise pre-warming the refried beans though!

i liked it alot. I did heat the refried beans before hand as was recommended here, that worked much better (and its easier to spread out on the tortillas as well) i dont know if i would use the refried beans again because they smell awfull out of the can, which kind of ruined my appetite ;) i think ill go with only kidney beans next time, overall good flavour, i used a red pepper for the extra spicyness and a bit off lime and sour cream to top which worked excellent! It looks just as great as on the picture and would make a fabulous appetizer for a party (maybe make some tiny tortillas out of the small ones?)