Taco-Inspired Pizza

This pizza mash-up creation is topped with seasoned ground beef, grilled avocado, cherry, onion, sour cream, tortilla chips and lettuce for a meal reminiscent of ground beef dorados tacos.

Course pizza

Cuisine American

Keyword romaine, taco, tomato

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Servings (10-inch) pizza

Calories 2350kcal

Equipment

Pizza Peel (optional)
Pizza Stone (optional)

Ingredients

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
½ pound ground beef 85/15
Kosher salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon cayenne powder
½ pound pizza dough
½ cup canned diced tomatoes
¼ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
¼ cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
¼ cup thinly sliced red onion
1 medium Haas avocado, halved, pitted and sliced
½ cup halved cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoon sour cream
1 cup shredded romaine lettuce
1/3 cup crushed tortilla chips

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 500ºF (260ºC). If you have a pizza stone then put it on the middle shelf and let it heat up with the oven.
Heat a medium sauté pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and heat through. Add the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Sauté the beef, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 3 minutes. Drain the fat from the pan and discard. Stir in the chili powder and cayenne until combined. Set aside.
On a lightly floured surface roll out one the dough into about a 10-inch circle. The dough should be fairly thin. Place the dough on piece of parchment paper on top of the pizza peel. If you do not have a pizza stone/peel then prepare the dough on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Rub the remaining olive oil over the pizza dough including the edges. Bake for 6 minutes so the crust is partly baked, then remove from the oven.
Top the pizza with the canned diced tomatoes, followed by the cheeses and onion, leaving about 1” around the edge of the pizza for the crust. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted, for an additional 6 to 8 minutes.
Top the pizza with the cherry tomatoes, avocado, sour cream, romaine and tortilla chips. Cut into equal pieces and serve immediately.

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