Chicken Tostadas - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Marinade
    1/2 cup fresh lime juice (3 to 4 limes)
    1/4 cup soy sauce
    1/4 cup vegetable oil, plus
    1 tablespoon honey
    2 teaspoons garlic, minced
    1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
    Tostadas
    6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
    8 small corn tortillas
    1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded
    1 1/2 cups lettuce, shredded
    Additional toppings
    tomatoes
    green onion
    sour cream
    salsa
    cilantro
    avocado
Preparation
    Place chicken in a gallon size zip-lock bag with all the marinade ingredients. Press all air out of bag.
    Place in a bowl in refrigerator for at least 4 hours, turning bag occasionally.
    Take meat out of refrigerator 20 minutes before cooking.
    Take out meat and discard marinade.
    These can either be cooked on the grill or under the broiler.
    Cook chicken 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes before cutting it into 1/2\" strips.
    Lightly brush tortillas with vegetable oil.
    If using grill, grill on each side until they turn slightly brown, about 1 minute.
    Add cheese to browned side while other side is browning on grill.
    If using broiler put cheese on tortilla just until cheese melts.
    Serve by layering tortillas with shredded lettuce, chicken strips, remaining cheese and any additional toppings.

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