Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza
Recipe: #8695
March 21, 2013
Categories: Snacks, Beans, Ground Beef, Copycat or Clone Recipes Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Beef Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"I never got a chance to try this at Taco Bell but I heard it were good, when I came across this recipe I had to give it a try!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (331.3 g)
- Calories 390.2
- Total Fat - 21.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.2 g
- Cholesterol - 99.7 mg
- Sodium - 889.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 14.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.6 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 35.3 g
- Calcium - 400.8 mg
- Iron - 4.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Step 2
Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium high heat until no longer pink. Drain off an excess fat and pour in the taco seasoning and water. Mix then bring to a light boil, reduce to low and simmer and cook on low for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Heat the refried beans in the microwave.
Step 4
Place a cooling rack in a baking sheet and set aside.
Step 5
Heat about 1/2 - 1 inch of vegetable oil in a large pan over medium high heat until it sizzles when the back of a wooden spoon is inserted into the hot oil.
Step 6
Fry tortillas, one at a time, for 30 seconds on each side or until brown and crispy then flip and repeat on the other side.
Step 7
Place a rack onto a baking sheet and place five of the tortillas over the top of the rack.
Step 8
When crispy, remove to the rack keeping them as flat as possible.
Step 9
Spread 2 - 3 tablespoonful of warm refried beans on each tortilla then top with 1/4 cup seasoned beef.
Step 10
Top with the remaining 5 tortillas and spread each with 2 tablespoons of salsa.
Step 11
Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top of all the pizzas, then sprinkle with the diced green onions.
Step 12
Bake for 8 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Step 13
Serve topped with sour cream.
Tips
No special items needed.