This Sheet Pan Mexican Pizza Recipe is a delicious and easy way to enjoy all the flavors of your favorite Mexican food. If you’re looking for a quick and satisfying weeknight meal, give this recipe a try! Spicy and crispy and piled with your favorite toppings all made on a sheet pan!
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Why this Mexican Pizza Recipe is a Keeper
Take spicy taco meat, add tons of your favorite toppings and place it all on a golden-brown pizza crust and everyone will be running to the dinner table for this sheet pan taco pizza recipe.
- 35 Minute Meal: This is so quick and easy. just assemble and bake. Perfect for Taco tuesday.
- Family Friendly: Why? Everyone loves tacos and pizza!
- Adaptable: Can make the sheet pan Mexican pizza recipe anyway you and your family like.
- Makes Great Leftovers: Easy to reheat and have again. Or add a little taco bell sauce on top.
If you’re looking for more favorite recipes for Mexican inspired recipes, try these Mexican Burger, Loaded Taco Bites and Easy Chunky Guacamole.
Is this a copycat of the Taco Bell Pizza?
It is like the taco bell Mexican pizza recipe or the Domino’s pizza. However, this amazing pizza is my own special take. Imagine a giant taco on a crispy pizza crust. That’s sheet pan taco pizza! It’s a fun, all-in-one dinner made on a single sheet pan for easy prep and cleanup.
Ingredient Notes to Make Mexican Pizza
Make the taco pizza with simple, easy ingredients.
- Dough Ingredients: You will need flour, sugar, salt, active yeast and warm water.
- Sauce: Refried beans and taco meat.
- Toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, diced tomato and sliced black olives.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
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Variations and Substitutions for Easy Mexican Pizza
You can add your own spin pizza night. It tastes better than your normal pizza.
- Red Enchilada Sauce: If you want a lighter, spicier sauce. Try using a homemade or store-bought enchilada sauce. Taco sauce is also great for the homemade Mexican pizza sauce.
- Tortilla: Flour tortilla or corn tortillas can make a great mini tacos pizza.
- Use Ground Turkey: Make this copycat mexican pizza with turkey or chicken.
Special Equipment Needed for the Taco Bell Copycat
- Rimmed Sheet Pan: Include at least 1 full sentence why you need this.
- Vegetable Chopper: An effortless way to make your chopped onions, roma tomatoes etc.
Fun Fact
Pizza’s history spans over a millennium, with roots tracing back to ancient civilizations like the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, who enjoyed similar flatbreads adorned with various toppings.
How to Make Taco Pizza Recipe
Taco Bell brought you this pizza, but I made something like taco bell but even better.
These are the basic steps for making homemade mexican pizza. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Create the Dough
First, in a mixing bowl, sprinkle sugar, and add water and yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes. Second, add the flour, salt and stir well using a dough hook. Knead for 10 minutes until a ball forms.
2. Rest in a Vegetable Oil Bowl
Next, place dough ball in an oiled bowl and cover, let homemade pizza dough rise for 1-2 hours until dough doubles in size.
3. Preheat Oven to Bake, Roll Out Your Crust and Cook Ground Beef
Spray cookie sheet pan with oil and press dough. Then bake dough for 10 minutes on 375 degrees. Meanwhile in a large skillet brown ground beef add taco seasoning and water and set aside.
4. Add Seasoned Ground Beef and add Refried Beans
Remove pizza crust and spread refried beans, meat and cheese. Continue to bake for 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
5. Pizza Toppings
Finally, remove pizza, let it sit for a minute and add the lettuce, tomatoes and olives.
Recipe FAQs for Sheet Pan Pizza
These are several ways to make a pizza taste great and create a crunchy crust when you make it at home.
Preheating: Ensure your oven is fully preheated, high heat is essential for a quick rise and crispy crust.
Baking Surface: Baking on a preheated surface like a baking steel or stone helps transfer heat efficiently to the bottom of the crust, promoting crisping. A preheated baking sheet can also work, but a stone or steel will retain heat better.
You want that brown crunchy bottom and you do not want it to stick and ruin your efforts. Use any oil you want such as olive oil, vegetable oil or even avocado oil.
Skillet: This option is quicker than the oven (around 5-7 minutes) and offers a decent amount of crisp on the bottom crust. Heat a non-stick pan over medium-low heat. Add a few drops of water and place the pizza slice in the pan. Cover the pan and let the steam melt the cheese while crisping the bottom.
Expert Tips for Making This Copycat Mexican Pizza Recipe
It is simple to make and turns out great all the time. You can add a few different things to make this better than taco bell pizza that the whole family will love. It is better than the original.
- Individual: Personal size individual pizzas are fun for each family member to make. Fry tortillas and top with your favorite ingredients.
- Meat: Use your favorite meat, chicken steak, pork, ground beef or turkey with this Homemade Taco Seasoning.
- Short cut tip: A rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. Prepare all your toppings ahead of time and keep in the fridge for quick assembly.
- Variation tip: Feel free to add any of your favorite taco toppings. Such as: a dollop of sour cream, green onions, fresh cilantro or hot sauce or Easiest Homemade Guacamole.
- Air Fryer: Air Frying is a great way to cook this pizza too.
- Tortillas: A great time saver is to use tortillas instead of pizza dough for a thin crispy pizza.
- Mexican Cheese: You can use a Mexican blend cheese or use a vegan cheese and meat for a vegan Mexican pizza.
What to Serve with Taco Bell Mexican Pizza Recipe
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Sheet Pan Mexican Pizza
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups Flour
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 2 ¼ teaspoons Active yeast
- 1 ½ cups Warm water
- 1 Refried beans
- 1 pound Taco meat, prepared
- 1 ½ cups Cheese, shredded
- 1 ½ cups Lettuce, shredded
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 4 ounces Black olives, sliced
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add the sugar, water and yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Add the flour and salt and mix well using a dough hook. Knead for 10 minutes until a ball forms.
- Place dough ball in an oiled bowl and cover, let dough rise for 1-2 hours until dough doubles in size.
- Spray sheet pan with oil and lay out dough until it completely covers the pan. 10 x 15 pan. Use less dough for a thinner crust.
- Bake dough for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove pizza crust and top with beans and then meat.
- Add the cheese and bake for 5 more minutes.
- Remove pizza and add the lettuce, tomatoes and olives.
Expert Tips
- Individual: Personal size individual pizzas are fun for each family member to make.
- Meat: Use your favorite meat, chicken steak, pork, ground beef or turkey with this Homemade Taco Seasoning.
- Short cut tip: Use a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. Prepare all your toppings ahead of time and keep in the fridge for quick assembly.
- Variation tip: Feel free to add any of your favorite taco toppings. Such as: Sour Cream, hot sauce or Easiest Homemade Guacamole.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Air Frying is a great way to cook this pizza too.
- Tortillas: A great time saver is to use tortillas instead of pizza dough for a thin crispy pizza.
Estimated Nutritional Information
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This recipe is my personal adaption of an ethnic-inspired recipe. It is not intended to be an authentic recipe. I’ve recreated this recipe because I enjoy the flavors and I want to encourage my readers to expand their tastes and try new flavor combinations. The recipe, ingredients, and processes may have been adapted to make the recipe accessible to the average American. I have provided links to authentic versions of the recipe in the post above. I encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about the traditional version(s) of this recipe.
My kids loved this taco meal and it was so easy!
Thanks a bunch for this! Will have this again for sure in our gatherings! Loved it!