Mission Mexican Pizza

This South-of-the-border twist on pizza is a great way to change up your dinner menu.

• Preparation Time: 12 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 602 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• 8 (6 inch) Mission® Fajita Flour Tortillas, cooked into crispy tortillas
• 1 cup refried beans, prepared
• 1 pound ground beef, chuck, raw
• 4 tablespoons pizza sauce, prepared
• 1 cup Mexican Cheese Blend, grated, prepared
• ½ cup Roma tomato, fresh, small chop
• 4 teaspoons cilantro, fresh, rough chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

To make the Mission® Crispy Tortillas: Place all 8 tortillas directly on the oven rack of a 350 degrees F oven and bake for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and reserve on your work surface.

Step 2

Heat the 1 cup of refried beans for 1 minute in the microwave to get hot and reserve for the recipe build.

Step 3

Season the ground beef with salt and pepper and saute for 8 minutes in a non-stick pan, drain and reserve hot for the recipe build.

Step 4

To build 1 Mexican Pizza: Place 1 crisp Mission® tortilla on work surface.

Step 5

Evenly spread tortilla with 1/4 cup hot refried beans.

Step 6

Evenly top refried beans with 1/4 (approximately 4 ounces) of the cooked ground beef.

Step 7

Top ground beef with second crisp tortilla and evenly spread 1 heaping tablespoon of pizza sauce over the tortilla.

Step 8

Evenly top the pizza sauce with 1/4 cup grated Mexican cheese blend and 2 tablespoons chopped tomatoes.

Step 9

Repeat steps 1 through 5 for remaining 3 servings.

Step 10

Place all 4 pizzas, at one time, in 350 degrees F oven on a cookie pan/flat pan, and bake for 2 minutes to melt the cheese. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro evenly over the top of each pizza. Serve each pizza whole.