Pull-Apart Mexican Pizza – a fun twist to taco night! Refrigerated french bread dough, topped with taco sauce, taco meat, cheese, corn, and black beans. Ready in under 30 minutes! Top the pizza with your favorite taco toppings. The whole family gobbled this up. this recipe is great for a party or quick lunch or dinner.
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This Pull-Apart Mexican Pizza is a delicious twist on two classic dishes – tacos and pizza! It is effortless to make and packed full of delicious Mexican flavor! French bread dough topped with a quick homemade taco sauce, taco meat, cheese, corn, and black beans. Such an easy weeknight dinner recipe!
How to Make Pull-Apart Mexican Pizza
This dish is super easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. In a small saucepan, stir together tomato sauce, salsa, and half of a packet of taco seasoning. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Set aside.
In a large skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Drain excess grease; add the remaining half of taco seasoning packet and water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Place a loaf of refrigerated dough on a cutting board. Cut dough in half lengthwise. Slice each dough half crosswise into 16 slices for a total of 32 bread dough slices. Repeat with the remaining can of dough. You will have a total of 64 bread dough slices when you are done.
Arrange the dough slices on a pizza pan in a circular pattern. Spread the homemade taco sauce in an even layer over the bread slices. Top the sauce with the taco meat. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the pizza. Top with corn and black beans. Bake in a preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Garnish with cilantro, tomatoes, and jalapenos.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- Can use ground turkey or chorizo for ground beef.
- To cut down on the prep time, you can use canned enchilada sauce or jarred taco sauce.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Taco Seasoning: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-taco-seasoning/
- What can I add to the pizza?
- red onion
- bell peppers
- black olives
- I use a shredded Mexican cheese blend. You can use any shredded cheese that you enjoy. Sharp cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese,
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat leftovers in the microwave or air fryer.
What to Serve with Taco Pizza
This pizza has quickly become a favorite at our house. Top the pizza with your favorite taco toppings. Lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, sour cream, and green onions. Serve the pizza with some refried beans and Mexican rice. Don’t forget the chips, salsa, queso, and guacamole! Add this to your Cinco de Mayo party menu! It is sure to be a hit with your family too!
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Pull-Apart Mexican Pizza
Ingredients:
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- ½ cup salsa
- 1 (1-oz) package taco seasoning divided
- ½ lb lean ground beef
- 6 Tbsp water
- 2 (11-oz) cans french bread dough
- 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
- ¼ cup corn kernels
- ¼ cup black beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly grease a round pizza pan or pizza stone.
- In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, salsa and half of taco seasoning. Simmer for 5 minutes and remove from heat.
- In a small skillet, brown ground beef. Drain fat; add the remaining half of the taco seasoning packet and water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place one loaf of refrigerated dough on cutting board. Cut dough in half lengthwise. Slice each dough half crosswise into 16 slices for a total of 32 bread dough slices. Repeat with remaining dough. You will have a total of 64 bread dough slices when you are done.
- Arrange dough slices on pizza pan or pizza stone. Top with taco sauce, cheese, taco meat, corn, and black beans.
- Bake 14–16 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Notes:
- You can use any pizza toppings that you enjoy. I used sliced pepperoni and Italian sausage in the photos. We also like Canadian bacon, mushrooms, peppers, olives, and onions.
- Here is our recipe for homemade pizza sauce: https://www.plainchicken.com/easy-homemade-pizza-sauce/
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Taco Seasoning made with chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-taco-seasoning/
- I use two cans of refrigerated Pillsbury French Bread Dough. It should be near the refrigerated biscuits at the grocery store.
- Can Pull-Apart Pizza be made in advance? Sure! You can assemble the pizza ahead of time and refrigerate it overnight before baking.
Steph
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What size is your pizza stone? I have one from Pampered Chef, probably a common size. 64 pieces of dough sounds like a lot! This looks really good!
I have the pampered chef stone too. Not sure what size it is – 16 or 18 inches is my guess. I'm out of town so I can't measure it.