Quick weeknight meal, this Taco Bell Mexican Pizza recipe is a twist from the fast food version. Healthy and delicious. If you have leftover beef from another recipe you can save a ton of time by substituting that meat and skip the "Beef and Fixings" section of the recipe.
- 1 Pound Ground Beef I used leftover meat from French Dip Sandwiches
- 1 Tablespoon Canola oil
- 1/2 Small Onion Diced
- 16 Ounces Enchilada sauce or homemade enchilada sauce
- 14 Ounce Refried beans or sub drained, mashed black beans, my personal favorite
- 2 Whole Roma tomatoes diced or sub drained can of diced tomatoes
- 2 Cups Shredded cheese cheddar, or a blend is nice
- 1 Whole Green onion sliced, green and white parts
- 12 6 inch Flour tortillas
- 10 Whole Black olives sliced
- 1/4 Cup Sour cream
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Bake tortillas for about 5-8 minutes or until crispy and golden flecks. Keep an eye on the tortillas so they don’t over crisp. Remove tortillas from oven and reduce temperature to 375 degrees.
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Chop onion. While tortillas crisp, heat oil in skillet and add chopped onion. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
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Add beef to the onions. Sprinkle with a pinch of kosher salt and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir, breaking up beef so that it can cook evenly. When cooked through drain the excess fat.
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While meat is cooking, if using black beans drain and then mash with a fork.
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If the refried beans are hard to spread, you can heat them gently until they become a little thinner, but this isn't necessary.
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Chop tomatoes, slice green onions and black olives.
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Line a baking tray with parchment paper (or brush with oil), place 6 crisped tortillas on paper lined tray. Spread a thin layer of beans on tortillas (1/6 of the can). Then spread some meat (1/6 of the total). Top with another crisped tortilla.
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For a “Supreme” Mexican Pizza, repeat with beans and meat and top with another crisped tortilla. Most of us will skip that extra layer, but men and teenagers seem to like that triple decker action.
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Then on the top tortilla, top with ¼ cup shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, sliced green onions and black olives and any other toppings of your choice.
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Place assembled Mexican pizzas in oven for 5-10 minutes to melt the cheese and heat up the other ingredients.
Suggested toppings:
Shredded lettuce
Black olives
Sour cream
Guacamole
Salsa
Crumbled cooked bacon
Traditional toppings for the actual Taco Bell Mexican Pizza is just cheese and tomatoes, they also add an enchilada sauce on the top but we've already added that to the meat.
Substitution: Switch out the ground beef for shredded cooked chicken.
No tortillas, not problem. Toast a plain bagel then top with the seasoned meat and toppings. Great for eating at your desk or in a lunchbox.
Time Saver: If you have leftover slow cooker beef roast instead of the ground beef and taco seasonings, it makes an incredible meal. It's no longer a taco pizza, but who cares, it's delicious!
For a quick alternative you can buy deli roast beef and just dip it in au jus. Done!