Taco Pizza
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Serves: Serves 4
 
Fresh pizza dough, ground taco beef, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, nacho chips all baked and then topped with a delicious fresh salsa.
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. pizza dough
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1/2 package taco seasoning
  • 1 1/2 cups chunky salsa -divided use
  • 1/2 cup water
  • salt and pepper
  • Toppings
  • 2 cups shredded cheese - I used mozzarella and sharp cheddar
  • 2 cups taco chips like Doritos - crushed
  • Sliced Olives - optional
  • Salsa
  • 2 tomatoes - chopped
  • 1 - 2 garlic cloves - minced
  • 1 cup chopped peppers
  • 2 - 3 jalapeno peppers - chopped
  • 4 - 5 green onions or 1/2 cup chopped regular onions
  • handful fresh cilantro - chopped
  • salt
  • Serve with sour cream.
Instructions
  1. Brown the ground beef with the seasoning, salt and pepper. Add the water and cup of salsa and cook for about 10 minutes. Take off heat and let cool, add remaining 1/2 cup salsa.
  2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  3. Roll out the pizza dough on the back of a sprayed cookie sheet. Top with the hamburger mixture. Add the cheese. Top with olives if using.
  4. Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes. After the pizza has been in the oven about 10 minutes add the crushed taco chips to the top of the pizza. Finish baking until the crust is cooked, about 15 minutes total.
  5. Mix the salsa ingredients together while the pizza bakes. Set aside.
  6. Remove from oven, let set a few minutes before cutting. Serve with the salsa and sour cream.
Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2014/01/07/taco-pizza/