Mexican Pizza is a copycat of the Taco Bell classic. Fried tortillas, refried beans, seasoned ground beef, enchilada sauce, and gooey, melted cheese!
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza (+Video)
This Taco Bell Mexican Pizza recipe is made with fried tortillas, refried beans, seasoned ground beef, enchilada sauce, and melted cheese!
Prep: 20min
Total: 30min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 483 kcal, Carbohydrate 34 g, Protein 27 g, Fat 24 g, Saturated Fat 9 g, Cholesterol 80 mg, Sodium 1751 mg, Fiber 6 g, Sugar 9 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 8 flour tortillas (taco size)
- 15 ounce can refried beans
- 10 ounce can enchilada sauce
- 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
- diced tomatoes
- sliced green onion
- sliced olives
- sour cream
Instruction:
- Preheat oven to 400F. In a large skillet, brown and and crumble 1 pound ground beef.
- Drain excess grease. Place cooked beef back in skillet and add 1 packet taco seasoning and 3/4 cup water and stir. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer until thickened.
- In a separate large skillet, heat up 1 cup vegetable oil medium heat. Add one of the 8 flour tortillas (taco size) and cook for about 3-4 minutes (flipping frequently) until crisp. Continue with the rest of the tortillas. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat up 15 ounce can refried beans in a microwaveable-safe bowl. This will make it easier to spread the beans onto the tortilla shells.
- On each fried tortilla, slather a generous layer of refried beans. Then top with seasoned ground beef.
- Place another tortilla on top. Slather about two Tablespoons from the 10 ounce can enchilada sauce on top. Then place some of the 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend on top of the sauce. Continue assembling the rest of the pizzas.
- Place the pizzas on a large nonstick baking sheet and bake for about 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve with your favorite toppings like diced tomatoes, sliced green onion, sliced olives and sour cream.
Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
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Total: 20min
Yield: Serves 6 (serving size: 1 pizza)
Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup masa corn flour, optional
- 12 (6-in.) thin flour tortillas
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- ½ cup taco sauce (such as Ortega taco sauce)
- ¼ cup red enchilada sauce
- ¾ cup pre-shredded Mexican cheese blend
- ¾ cup pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 ¼ cups refried beans, heated through
- ¾ cup cooked ground beef seasoned with Taco Bell taco seasoning mix
- ½ cup sliced black olives
- ½ cup finely diced tomato
Instruction:
- Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium. If using corn flour, lightly dredge 1 tortilla at a time in corn flour, and dust off any excess.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of the oil to skillet, and add a tortilla; cook, turning often, until lightly golden and crisp, about 4 minutes. Set aside on metal rack or paper towels. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
- Stir together taco sauce and enchilada sauce in a small bowl; set aside. Combine cheeses in another bowl; set aside.
- Preheat oven to broil. Spread about 3 tablespoons beans on 1 tortilla; add about 2 tablespoons taco meat. Top with a second tortilla; spread 2 tablespoons sauce mixture evenly over top tortilla, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of the cheese. Top with 1 tablespoon each of tomatoes and olives. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Repeat building process with remaining ingredients to make 6 pizzas. Place baking sheet in center of oven, and broil 1 to 2 minutes until cheese is melted. Let stand 3 minutes before cutting into quarters.
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