Can’t decide between tacos and pizza? Then combine them with this Taco Pizza! This flavorful dish combines all your favorite taco ingredients, like seasoned ground beef, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese, with a crispy pizza crust. Perfect for a fun family dinner or game night with friends.
Let’s all go pizza crazy! We love getting creative with our pizza night. Some of our other favorites are this Meatball Pizza, this Cheeseburger Pizza, or this BBQ Chicken Pizza. Or check out any of our other pizza recipes.
I love tacos. I would be more than happy to have taco night at least once a week. In fact, when my husband and I first started dating, tacos were the first meal that we made together.
Another family favorite in our house is pizza. We have pizza a lot.
So I decided to combine two of my favorites – tacos and pizza. Seriously – they are totally a match made in heaven!!
I think I’m going to have to start combining foods more often, because these were mighty tasty. Now I just need to think of the next thing my tacos would taste good on top of!
Ingredients
- Pizza Dough: I like to use my homemade pizza dough recipe. It really makes this pizza amazing! But you can use store bought dough if you don’t want to make your own.
- Ground Beef: Sub in ground turkey for the beef, if that is what you like better.
- Taco Seasoning: You can use homemade taco seasoning or store bought.
- Refried Beans: Again, you can use homemade refried beans or store bought.
- Cheese: I like to use shredded cheddar cheese because that is what we put on our ground beef tacos.
- Toppings: You can get creative here! I like to add shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
How to Make Taco Pizza
- Cook your ground beef, then add the taco seasoning. While that is cooking, heat the beans up until they are warm and spreadable.
- Roll or stretch your dough out into a large circle. (I make mine as wide as the parchment paper.)
- Spread the beans over the dough, then top with the ground beef mixture, followed by the cheese.
- Bake until the dough is golden and the cheese is melted.
Tips and Tricks
I am a huge believer in using a pizza stone. They are fairly inexpensive and make a big difference.
If you don’t have a pizza stone, you don’t need to preheat your oven for the full 30 minutes.
I like to use parchment paper when I bake my pizza. I’m not great at sliding the dough from the paddle to the pizza stone, so this trick has been a lifesaver for me!
If you like an extra crispy crust, you can par-bake the crust for a few minutes before adding the toppings.
You can add the toppings to the top of the pizza before serving, or you can let each person add their own desired toppings.
The first time I made this recipe, I made 4 mini pizzas from the dough. The kids love them when they are mini!
More Taco Inspired Recipes
Taco Pie
Taco Salad
Taco Casserole
Taco Skillet
Taco Burgers
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Taco Pizza
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Preheat Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Mexican
Description
Can’t decide between tacos and pizza? Then combine them with this Taco Pizza! This flavorful dish combines all your favorite taco ingredients, like seasoned ground beef, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese, with a crispy pizza crust. Perfect for a fun family dinner or game night with friends.
Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough*
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 1/2 teaspoons taco seasoning
- 1 cup refried beans
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- Optional toppings – shredded lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, or guacamole
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450ºF. (If using a pizza stone, place it in the oven and preheat for at least 30 minutes.)
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add the ground beef. Cook until almost no pink remains, and sprinkle in the taco seasoning. Continue to cook until the beef is cooked through.
- Place the refried beans in a small pot and cook over medium heat until warmed through.
- Stretch or roll the pizza dough out into a 12” circle. Top the dough with the refried beans, followed by the taco meat. Then top with the cheese.
- Bake the pizza in the preheated oven until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and top with your desired toppings before serving.
Recipe Notes:
*I like my pizza crust a little thinner, so I will use about 12 oz of dough per pizza instead of 1 pound.
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide. Nutrition information is calculated using 1 pound of pizza dough. Optional toppings are not included in nutritional information.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 302
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 519 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 39 mg
Keywords: taco pizza
Jenn@slim-shoppin says
Love this idea! I will make you jealous because I have tacos (or mexican themed) once a week and pizza once a week!
My kids would love this!
lisa@cookingwithcurls says
Those are so adorable!!!
Chels R. says
Deborah, these look amazing! I want to have these for lunch today!
Tracey says
Tacos + pizza? Yes please!! And because they’re mini I can have at least 2, right? 🙂
Bree says
Those look fantastic! And so creative too!
Karly says
I want this taco pizza and I want it now. I’m a taco freak, too. In fact, we’re having burrito bowls for lunch and tacos for dinner. My husband kinda hates me.
Bev @ Bev Cooks says
YESSSSSS YEYSEYSYESYEYSEY. Seriousy, wet dream right there.
Nutmeg Nanny says
These look awesome! I love making pizza, it’s relatively simple and always delicious 🙂 especially when it’s taco.
teresa says
oooh, i love that soft bread with taco fixins, delicious!
vanillasugarblog says
your photos are so crisp and clear!
like scratch & sniff clear!
I miss bread, carbs, tacos….
I need to make a paleo version of tacos with tons of spice!
Joanne says
I love making up new taco combinations…and new pizza combinations…and so I can’t believe I’ve never thought to turn one into the other! Great idea.
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
I want this as a snack right now!
dishing up the dirt says
Taco pizza? yes please! These are so stinking cute and sounds fantastic! yum
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
You’ve seriously combined all of my favorite things into one glorious pizza!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction says
Taco pizza is one of my favorites! Love this twist!
June says
Love this! I’m with you…I could eat tacos or Mexican food about every night and not get bored. We use pitas for super fast individual pizzas alot. I will try both ways- with the real dough and pitas.
Emily says
Another recipe for Taco Tuesday–yay!
Asiya says
My kids love tacos and pizza…this would be a huge hit in our home!
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
These look SO good. And so much more fun than normal tacos… you’re right!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Love these pizzas, Deborah! Perfect for Friday night dinner or as an appetizer!
carrian says
These are delicious, Deborah! Can’t wait to try our own!
Heidi @foodiecrush says
Yep, these are winners for sure, I love mixing flavor combos.
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious says
I love these!!
Ali | Gimme Some Oven says
These look so great! Love all of that guac on there!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Oh these look so yummy! I love all those ingredients and mini does make everything better because obviously then you aren’t eating as much right?! 🙂 Thanks for linking to my Taco Chex Mix too!
Cassie | Bake Your Day says
This is genius, Deborah. I love everything about these!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
What a great idea! I LOVE this! Definitely going to remember this for an easy meal idea 🙂