Healthy Food Dinner Diet Recipes

Mission Mexican Pizza Recipe

Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by admin in Beef Pizza

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

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 8 (6 inch) Mission® Fajita Flour Tortillas, cooked into crispy tortillas
* 1 cup refried beans, prepared
* 1 pound ground beef, chuck, raw
* salt to taste
* pepper to taste
* 4 tablespoons pizza sauce, prepared
* 1 cup Mexican Cheese Blend, grated, prepared
* 1/2 cup Roma tomato, fresh, small chop
* 4 teaspoons cilantro, fresh, rough chopped

DIRECTIONS

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.
2. Heat the 1 cup of refried beans for 1 minute in the microwave to get hot and reserve for the recipe build.
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.
4. To build 1 Mexican Pizza: Place 1 crisp Mission® tortilla on work surface.
5. Evenly spread tortilla with 1/4 cup hot refried beans.
6. Evenly top refried beans with 1/4 (approximately 4 ounces) of the cooked ground beef.
7. Top ground beef with second crisp tortilla and evenly spread 1 heaping tablespoon of pizza sauce over the tortilla.
8. Evenly top the pizza sauce with 1/4 cup grated Mexican cheese blend and 2 tablespoons chopped tomatoes.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for remaining 3 servings.
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.

Tags: Main Dish, Mission Mexican Pizza