Looking for big game time entertaining food or an easy weeknight meal? Well I’ve got you covered with The Ultimate Sheet Pan Taco Pizza plus you can enter to win a 2018 Ford-F-150 with #RicosCheesePlease. Keep reading for details.
{This post is sponsored by Ricos. All thoughts and opinions are my own.}
My family has an obsession with pizza. We love pizza any and every which way you can imagine. (Like this BBQ Chicken Pizza.) I would say some version of pizza whether homemade or takeout is in our regular meal rotation. The more homemade the better and when the traditional pizza just doesn’t cut it, time to mix it up! As the saying goes, “variety is the spice of life”.
This is where I take 2 of my family’s favorite foods, combine them, and cook them on my favorite pan…the sheet pan. Pizza + tacos + sheet pan = deliciousness. You can’t go wrong.
The sauce for this pizza is the key. It’s that guilty pleasure we see people walking around with at events that have concession stands. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the one food you just have to have…nachos. Let me tell you, the cheese sauce is more than just a dip for chips. It’s the perfect sauce for pizza.
Ricos Cheese in a can is my favorite brand. Did you know you can actually buy this guilty pleasure at your local Walmart? You don’t have to wait for the next concession stand to order nachos. Check out the options you can find at your local Walmart.
This recipe calls for a specific cheese that totally makes the perfect sauce. The Gourmet Nacho Cheddar Cheese Sauce makes The Ultimate Sheet Pan Taco Pizza perfect. You can pick your toppings but the sauce has to be Ricos.
Easy Peasy Pleasy Tips
- In anticipation of this post I used one of my favorite tips. I cooked a double batch of taco meat (2 pounds ground meat cooked with 2 packages of taco seasoning) last week. One pound of cooked seasoned taco meat was used for that dinner. I saved 1 pound of cooked seasoned taco meat for this recipe.
- Anytime I cook meat for tacos, I cook a double batch and save or freeze for another meal.
- Use refrigerated seasoned taco meat in a few days or freeze.
- Thaw frozen seasoned taco meat in refrigerator and use immediately.
- You can make this recipe vegetarian by eliminating the taco meat and use refried beans instead.
Sheet Pan Taco Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated pizza dough
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pkg taco seasoning
- 1 15 ounce can Ricos Gourmet Nacho Cheese Sauce
- 1 16 ounce can refried beans (optional)
- 2 cups shredded cheese, mexican blend
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped lettuce
- 1 large tomato, chopped or cherub tomatoes, sliced
- 1 small can sliced olives (optional)
- 1 to 2 jalapenos, sliced
- Salsa and Guacamole for optional toppings
Directions
Preheat oven according to pizza dough package directions. Using a 18x13x1 inch sheet pan follow directions for baking the pizza crust. While oven preheats and crust bakes, cook 1 pound ground beef until browned. Follow directions on taco seasoning package. Spread nacho cheese sauce over prepared pizza crust. (Optional- top cheese sauce with refried beans.) Next, add cooked taco meat evenly over cheese sauce. Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly over the taco meat. Place back in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Let taco pizza cool for a minute then evenly sprinkle finely chopped lettuce, tomatoes, olives, and jalapenos over your pizza. Cut and serve with salsa and guacamole. Add or take away toppings to your liking. Eat and Enjoy!
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Cheese steak Egg rolls with Avocado Queso Blanco
DIY Nacho Bar For Easy Tailgating
What’s your favorite way to use Ricos Cheese Sauce?
This looks so wonderful and great for game day!
Thank you so much! Yes, it would be and easy addition to game day.
This looks amazing!! I can’t wait to try this recipe out!! Yummo!!!
I can’t wait either. let me know how it turns out.
We love Taco Pizza and will be making this very soon.
Yay! Y’all will love it!
Yum this look absolutely delicious!
Hi Amber. Thank you and thanks for stopping by.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this! What a great way to mix my two favorite things! Definitely going to try this one! #RicosCheesePlease
Thanks Jenn! Can’t wait to see what you think.
We have pizza every Saturday night, I think my boys would love your taco pizza. I looks delicious!
Hi Claire! You’ve found your next Saturday night pizza. Add or take off any of the fresh toppings to your boys liking.
I’m trying to find a good refrigerated pizza dough that fits this size pan. What do you use?
Rick
Great question! I have found that the thin crust refrigerated pizza dough works best. The tube is wider so the crust is super close to the width of the pan already. It just needs to be stretched to the length. Also original crusts will work but they take a bit more finesse when stretching. If you let the dough set at room temperature for a bit, it will stretch and hold it’s stretched shape. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Good eating Rick and thanks for stopping by!