EASY Taco Pizza Recipe

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Quick and homemade pizza is just a few simple steps away for a weeknight meal. This easy homemade pizza dough topped with all your favorite taco toppings makes the perfect Taco Pizza.

For this Taco Pizza recipe, I used homemade pizza dough drizzled with oil, minced garlic, baked in the oven to a golden brown. Then topped with sour cream, seasoned taco meat, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, and cheese. Add slices of avocado, sliced olives, and roasted red peppers if you like. Or any other taco topping you prefer. You’ll have homemade pizza in less than 30 minutes! And homemade pizza is so much better than any take out! What type of homemade pizza do you love?

Nothing tastes better than homemade pizza, Glazed Donuts, or Apple Fritters. Especially when they are handcrafted with Fleischmann’s Yeast®. My mom had her own homemade baking business when we were little kids. And so much of that handcrafted, home-baked goodness stuck with me. Check out Fleischmann’s Yeast® website for more information about using yeast.

When you bake it yourself it means so much more. The effort put into mixing, measuring and pouring – brings such sweet pleasures of joy and makes it worth all the work. And with Fleischmann’s 150 years of experience, you can  proudly bake quality, yeast recipes you’re excited to share. Because sharing with friends, family, and neighbors what you’ve baked yourself expresses much more than any words. For some family favorite homemade meals try French Meat Pie, Boeuf Bourguignon, and Beef Tips with Mushrooms.

Family pizza night is a breeze with 30-minute homemade pizza crust. It’s so easy to make with Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast. No fancy equipment needed for this pizza dough recipe! Simply mix in a bowl with a wooden spoon and knead by hand. Top your pizza dough with marinara sauce, shredded cheese, and any toppings you prefer.

Easy Pizza Dough Recipe:

Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add very warm water and oil; mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. 

Knead** on a floured surface, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. (If using RapidRise Yeast, let dough rest at this point for 10 minutes.)

Pat dough with floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet. OR roll dough on a floured counter to 12-inch circle; place in greased pizza pan or baking sheet. Form a rim by pinching the edge of the dough.

**To knead the dough, add just enough flour to the dough and your hands to keep the dough from sticking. Flatten dough and fold it toward you. Using the heels of your hands, push the dough away with a rolling motion. Rotate dough a quarter turn and repeat the “fold, push and turn” steps. Keep kneading dough until it is smooth and elastic. Use a little more flour if dough becomes too sticky, always working the flour into the ball of dough.

Doesn’t this taco pizza look amazing!? It tastes so good! Feel free to add any topping you would like.

Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast helps simplify the baking process for new bakers so they can approach yeast recipes with ease. This yeast only requires one rise. Try making my Homemade Pizza Dough, Easy Cinnamon Rolls, and Sourdough Bread. Follow the directions on the package of yeast for creating great recipes.

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Taco Pizza Recipe

Servings 10 people

Author Jessica Robinson

Ingredients

Pizza Dough

• 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 envelope Fleischmann's® Pizza Crust Yeast OR Fleischmann's® RapidRise Yeast
• 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup very warm water 120° to 130°F*
• 3 tablespoons corn oil
• 1/2 to 1 cup pizza sauce
• Other toppings as desired
• 1 to 2 cups  (4 to 8 ounces or 125 to 250g) shredded mozzarella cheese

Seasoned Taco Meat

• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 1/2 large white onion, diced
• 1 pound ground beef (80% lean)
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• salt and black pepper to taste

Toppings for pizza

• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled, minced
• sour cream
• shredded cheese
• sliced cherry tomatoes
• shredded Iceberg lettuce

Instructions

Seasoned Taco Meat

1. In a large cast iron skillet or pan over medium heat. Cook the onion in the corn oil until translucent.

2. Cook the ground beef over medium heat until browned. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.

3. Once the ground beef is browned, add the packet of taco seasoning, water, and tomato paste. Stir to combine. Cook over low to medium heat until combined.

4. Remove the seasoned taco meat from the heat and set aside.

Pizza Dough

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add very warm water and oil; mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead** on a floured surface, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. (If using RapidRise Yeast, let dough rest at this point for 10 minutes.)
3. Pat dough with floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet. OR roll dough on a floured counter to 12-inch circle; place in greased pizza pan or baking sheet. Form a rim by pinching the edge of the dough.

4. Use the back of a large spoon to spread the pizza dough with corn oil. Top with minced garlic and basil.

5. Bake on lowest oven rack for 12 to 15 minutes, or until crust is browned.

6. *If you don't have a thermometer, water should feel very warm to the touch.

7. **To knead the dough, add just enough flour to the dough and your hands to keep the dough from sticking. Flatten dough and fold it toward you. Using the heels of your hands, push the dough away with a rolling motion. Rotate dough a quarter turn and repeat the "fold, push and turn" steps. Keep kneading dough until it is smooth and elastic. Use a little more flour if dough becomes too sticky, always working the flour into the ball of dough.

Taco Pizza

1. Once the pizza is cooked, top with sour cream. Use the back of a large spoon to spread it over the pizza crust.

2. Top with seasoned taco meat, shredded lettuce, cheese, and tomatoes. Carefully slice the pizza and serve immediately. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Recipe Notes

Recipe Note: Use crust to make one thick crust 9-inch pizza. Increase baking time to 20 minutes.