These copycat Mexican Pizzas are better (and healthier) than the ones you love from Taco Bell! They’re made with ground beef, refried beans, and cheese baked inside corn tortillas.
If you love a good restaurant copycat recipe don’t miss my Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich, Applebee’s Salad, or Nothing Bundt Cake.
My husband loves Taco Bell, and it was because of him that I ever tried their Mexican Pizza. I love this copycat recipe because it uses higher quality ingredients and they’re easy to make.
Ingredients in Mexican Pizza:
- Ground beef
- Taco seasoning (homemade, or 1 packet)
- oil
- Corn tortillas
- Refried beans (store-bought or homemade)
- Red enchilada sauce (store-bought or homemade)
- shredded cheddar cheese
- roma tomato
- sliced olives
- green onions
How to make Mexican Pizza:
- Cook ground beef. Add taco seasoning and water and stir to combine.
- Cook corn tortillas. Lightly pan fry them in a little bit of oil.
- Assemble. Spoon a thin layer of enchilada sauce on top of one corn tortilla, spread refried beans on and top with a spoonful of taco meat. Sprinkle cheese over the meat and place a second corn tortilla on top. Spread thin layer of enchilada sauce on top of the tortilla and sprinkle with more cheese.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Garnish with olives, tomatoes, green onion and sour cream. Cut into wedges to serve.
I think these homemade Mexican Pizzas taste best warm from the oven, but feel free to store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can reheat them in the oven, air fryer, in a skillet on the stove, or in the microwave.
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Recipe
Easy Mexican Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning (or homemade)
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 20 corn tortillas
- 2 cups refried beans (or 16 oz can refried beans)
- 1 1/4 cups red enchilada sauce (or a 10oz can red enchilada sauce)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 Roma tomatoes , diced
- 1/2 cup sliced olives
- 3 green onions , chopped
Instructions
- Cook ground beef, crumbling it into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Remove any grease. Add taco seasoning and water and stir to combine.
- Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, cook corn tortillas one at a time until golden and slightly crisp on both sides, flipping half way through. Remove to a paper towel.
Assemble Pizzas:
- Spoon a thin layer of enchilada sauce on top of one corn tortilla. Spread refried beans on and top with a spoonful of taco meat.
- Sprinkle cheese over the meat and place a second corn tortilla on top.
- Spread with another thin layer of enchilada sauce and sprinkle with more cheese.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for about 10 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Garnish with olives, tomatoes, green onion and sour cream. Cut into wedges to serve.
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I originally shared this recipe July 2019. Updated April 2023.
Can these Mexican tacos be frozen and reheated or made and freeze after the topping is put on then defrost add cheese and bake
Can you use tostadas instead of frying corn tortillas?
Yes, sure—they will just be crunchy, so don’t cut them like a pizza–eat them whole.
Could you use flour tortillas?
You can if you’d like.
We don’t really LOVE refried bean paste. Would mashed avocado work as well?
Sure!
I made the Mexican Pizza tonight using ground turkey. It was very good. Next time I’ll still use the air fryer to cook it all & melt the cheese, but temp on 350-375. Bc I almost overcooked the cheese! This will be a new dish and remake it ! Thank you 👍👍.
Mexican pizza I think you could garnish it with a slice of jalepino instead of black olive or both kick it up a notch
I totally improvised with what I had on hand, but appreciated the inspiration to make this really easy, filling and tasty meal. It WAS better than Taco Bell too!