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Taco Pizza

Bring the family together with an easy dinner recipe that combines two of your kids' favorite meals -- tacos and pizza!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword cinco de mayo recipe, mexican pizza, taco pizza
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
0 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 slices (about 6 people)
Calories 297.3kcal
Author Blair Lonergan

Ingredients

  • 1 (13.8 ounce) can refrigerated pizza dough
  • 1 (16 ounce) can Old El Paso refried beans
  • 1 lb. lean ground beef
  • 1 (1 ounce) packet Old El Paso taco seasoning
  • ½ cup salsa
  • 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Old El Paso Mexican Style Taco Cheese Blend or Old El Paso Finely Shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • Optional toppings: sliced olives, chopped lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced avocado or guacamole, sour cream, cilantro, diced red onion or sliced green onion

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Spray a 15 x 10-inch baking sheet with cooking spray.
  • Unroll dough and press into the bottom of the prepared pan to form a crust. Bake crust for 8 minutes, or just until lightly browned.
  • While the crust bakes, cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat until meat is no longer pink. Drain and return to skillet. Stir in taco seasoning mix and 2/3 cup water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered for 3-4 minutes (stirring often), until thickened. Stir in salsa.
  • Spread refried beans onto the baked crust. Spoon beef mixture over the refried beans. Sprinkle with cheese.
  • Return to the oven and bake for an additional 6-10 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Cut into squares, garnish with optional toppings, and serve.

Notes

  • I prefer the Old El Paso Mexican Style Taco Cheese Blend for this recipe, because it's a perfect complement to taco meat. You can substitute with any of the other Old El Paso shredded cheeses. The Mexican Style 4 Cheese Blend and the Finely Shredded Cheddar are both favorites around here as well.
  • Any pizza dough will work for this recipe. I like the can of refrigerated dough because it's convenient, but you can certainly prepare your own dough from scratch, buy a ball of fresh dough from the store, or use a prepared, baked pizza crust and just add the toppings.
  • No matter which type of pizza dough you use, I recommend pre-baking the crust before adding the toppings. This helps the crust stay crisp and firm (and avoids a soggy, mushy mess), even when it's piled high with beans, beef and cheese.
  • Use the same ingredients to prepare your Taco Pizzas on flour or corn tortillas instead of a traditional pizza crust. I recommend pre-baking the tortillas (just like you would pre-bake the pizza dough) in order to prevent the tortillas from getting soggy.
  • Substitute with ground turkey or ground chicken instead of the beef.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 297.3kcal | Carbohydrates: 24.5g | Protein: 15.9g | Fat: 15.1g | Saturated Fat: 6.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3.4g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 937.7mg | Potassium: 98.7mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 3.3g