What is Taco Pizza?
Taco pizza is a fun, fusion twist on pizza for taco lovers. It has a soft crust making it almost taste like a Taco Bell Chalupa or even a Navajo Taco. The best thing about it? You can make it however you want. The recipe below is merely a guide to how we make our taco pizza, but you can make it any way you want!
It All Starts with the Crust
We like using our easy pizza dough recipe for this crust. The dough recipe makes 2 large pizzas so you can make them both up if you are having a party or you can save one for later. You can find great refrigerated bags of dough at Trader Joe’s and Winco that are the perfect size too. If you are really in a rush you can always use a premed crust or make a crust with crescent dough on a sheet pan.
Taco Pizza Sauce
For the “sauce” on this pizza we do a refried bean layer topped with nacho cheese. If you aren’t a fan of nacho cheese you can always use enchilada sauce or even salsa. We like doing the refried bean layer on the bottom because it keeps the sauces from absorbing into the dough and making it too dry. A dry crust is usually the biggest problem with taco pizza and refried beans is an easy way to solve it!
The Meat
The most popular taco meat for taco pizza is usually ground beef. It’s the one we almost always go for. It is so fast to cook up and it is easy to distribute evenly. You can make it vegetarian and omit the meat altogether or you can try it with our shredded Mexican beef recipe, shredded chicken, or shredded sweet pork.
Taco Pizza Toppings
Here’s the fun part. The toppings! You can totally go crazy here and add whatever toppings you like. Here are some ideas:
shredded lettuceshredded cheesediced tomatoessliced olivessour cream sauce (in the recipe below)sour creamtaco saucehot saucesalsaguacamolejalapeño pepperscilantro green onion
Make it Taco Bar Style
If you are serving for a large group or for picky eaters, it may be best to serve the pizza “taco bar” style. Simply slice the pizza right after adding the taco meat and serving the toppings separately. That way guests (and kids) can add toppings on their own and make it just the way they like. This is also ideal if you are planning on having leftovers.
How to Reheat Taco Pizza
As mentioned above, if you plan on having leftovers, it is best to serve the toppings separately. That way you aren’t picking off toppings before trying to re-heat. Lettuce typically doesn’t taste great when heated. Especially on leftover taco pizza. To re-heat, you can microwave individual slices, put a slice of two in the air fryer for 4-5 minutes (preferred method), or reheat in the oven at 450-degrees F for 8-10 minutes.
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