Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
This Mexican Pizza recipe is a copycat of the Taco Bell classic (but better!) Fried tortillas, refried beans, seasoned ground beef, enchilada sauce, gooey, melted cheese and all your favorite toppings!
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet, brown and and crumble 1 pound ground beef, drain excess grease, stir in 1 packet taco seasoning and tomato sauce. Reduce heat and simmer on low.
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In a separate large skillet, heat up about 1 cup vegetable oil on medium heat. Add one of the 8 flour tortillas and fry for about 3-4 minutes (flipping frequently) until crisp. Continue with the rest of the tortillas, setting them on paper towels to drain excess oil.
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Meanwhile, heat up the refried beans in a microwaveable-safe bowl. This will make it easier to spread the beans onto the tortilla shells. On half of the fried tortillas, slather a generous layer of refried beans. Then top with seasoned ground beef.
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Place another tortilla on top of each of these and spoon two tablespoons of enchilada sauce on top. Then place some of the shredded Mexican cheese blend on top of the sauce.
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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.
Note
I've used a lot of different techniques to recreate Taco Bell Mexican Pizzas at home but I found this copycat version from The Country Cook and her suggestion for frying the tortillas instead of baking them really made all the difference! I've also spread butter on the tortillas and fried them up in a skillet like that and it tastes great, too without the oil.