This Taco Bell Mexican Pizza copycat recipe tastes better (and is healthier) then the one from the drive thru, and so fun for any night of the week.
Our Mexican Pizza is just another example of how homemade is best!
Our Mexican Pizza is just another example of how homemade is best!The only reason I've ever tried Mexican pizza from Taco Bell is my husband loves that place. But he's the first to admit homemade Mexican pizzas are supreme; better tasting and better for you! Made with higher quality ingredients, customized to your liking with taco meat, refried beans, and melted cheese inside crispy corn tortillas. This is a fun one for kids to make, too. I recommend using fresh shredded cheese (rather than packaged) and if you want to be extra, make the corn tortillas from scratch.
If you love copycat recipes, try my Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich, Applebee's Salad, and Nothing Bundt Cake.
How to make Mexican Pizza:
Assemble and Bake: Cook ground beef, season with taco seasoning and water, stirring to combine. Lightly pan fry the corn tortillas in a little oil until crisp. Spoon a thin layer of enchilada sauce on top, then refried beans, cheese and place a second corn tortilla on top. Spread another thin layer of enchilada sauce and another sprinkle of cheese. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Garnish with olives, tomatoes, green onion, and sour cream then cut into wedges and serve with Mexican Rice and Horchata, if desired.
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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 (158g)
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 20 corn tortillas
- 2 cups refried beans (260g), (or 16 oz can refried beans)
- 1 1/4 cups red enchilada sauce (240g), (or a 10oz can red enchilada sauce)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (226g)
- 1 Roma tomatoes , diced
- 1/2 cup sliced olives (71g)
- 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.1 lb lean ground beef, 1 packet taco seasoning (or homemade), 2/3 cup water
- Crisp tortillas: 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.1 Tablespoon oil, 20 corn tortillas
- Assemble: Spoon a thin layer of enchilada sauce on top of one corn tortilla. Spread a layer of refried beans, then spoonful of taco meat. Sprinkle cheese, then place a second corn tortilla on top. Spread with another spoonful of enchilada sauce and cheese.1 ¼ cups red enchilada sauce, 2 cups refried beans
- Bake at 400 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Garnish with olives, tomatoes, green onion and sour cream. Cut into wedges to serve.1 Roma tomatoes, ½ cup sliced olives, 3 green onions
Notes
Macros Recipe Adaptation
2 ½ cups roma tomatoes, 2 lbs. ground turkey.Per Serving Amount
2 Tbsp red enchilada sauce, 1.6 oz. refried beans, 3 Tbsp cheddar cheese, 2 Tbsp roma tomatoes, 0.4 oz. black olives, 2 corn tortillas, 75.5 grams meat.Macros
346kcal, Fat: 11g, Carbs: 34g, Protein: 27g (serves 10) | MFP: Mexican Pizza (TBFS Macros)Nutrition
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I originally shared this recipe July 2019. Updated April 2023 and April 2025.
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Very misleading. Your recipe says COPYCAT TACOBELL when it is most definitely NOT! Not even close. Would not recommend if you are trying to duplicate the Taco Bell version.
Calm down.
Our family absolutely loves these. They are so easy to make. However, I make the enchilada sauce from scratch and for me it’s an all day thing. I like to simmer it for several hours but the process to make the pizza’s is easy and Oh So Yummy!
Can I use flour tortillas
Sure!
Hi. I’m here looking for a Taco Bell copy cat Mexican Pizza and am curious how you decided on corn tortillas vs flour like TB? Thanks!
These were excellent! Taste just like Taco Bell.
My husband has requested these 3 times in 3 weeks. His new favorite! I will have to keep the ingredients on hand now. Thanks for the recipe.
This was great!! I was looking for a recipe, because I had a lot of tortillas (both corn and flour), plus, leftover taco meat from another Taco Bell CopyKat recipe. I made my taco meat with homemade taco seasoning and my sour cream was homemade. Amazing! I can’t believe that my sour cream turned out so good. I would love to master homemade tortillas. My Rotel and Enchilada sauce were homemade and I cooked my pinto beans at 3:00pm, so that they would be ready by 6:00 pm. I just mashed them and they were great. No pan frying, as one would think. I used a Pinterest recipe for everything.
The first time I made these I cooked the tortillas in oil like the recipe states–and I HATE that smell of cooking oil in my house. So the second time I sprayed the tortillas with avocado cooking spray and baked them in the oven. Problem solved. Also, I had a heck of a time getting my beans to spread over the enchilada sauce and I didn’t think it really made a difference, so the second time I spread the beans first and then the sauce. Problem solved. I made mine vegetarian–I put the taco seasoning in the beans (about a half a package). Messy to eat but worth it. And don’t skimp on the toppings–those green onions and stuff is really what makes these great.
Great idea, thanks for sharing!
I made these tonight hoping for a recreation of that delicious crunchy Mexican pizza from TB.
I didnt get that. I even fried my tortillas longer but it seemed after baking them they went back to being soft.
Flavor was still good, husband and kids gave it a thumbs up.
I’ll make it again but will likely skip cooking the tortillas separately…which is honestly the most tedious part of this recipe.
If you have an air fryer,slide a spatula under it and air fry it for about 4 mins on 400′
So good! I used homemade enchilada sauce and refried beans.
I bet those two homemade steps took them over the top! YUM!
I made my own enchilada sauce and refried beans, too. Great addition.