Loaded Taco Pizzas with All Your Favorite Toppings
Colleen
These loaded taco pizzas combine seasoned taco meat, salsa, refried beans, and melted cheese on a crispy bagel base. Finish each one with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, jalapeños, or your favorite taco toppings for a customizable family dinner or game-day snack.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Cooling & Topping 5 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican American
Servings 6
Calories 421 kcal
- 3 bagels sliced in half
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
- ⅓ cup water
- ½ cup refried beans
- ½ cup thick salsa
- 1½ cups shredded Mexican-blend or cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded lettuce
- ½ cup diced tomatoes
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- ¼ cup sliced black olives
- Sliced jalapeños optional
- Sour cream guacamole, or taco sauce for serving
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Arrange the bagel halves cut-side up on a baking sheet and lightly brush them with olive oil.
Toast the bagels for 4 to 5 minutes, just until the surfaces begin to crisp. Remove them from the oven.
Cook the ground beef or turkey in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it into small crumbles as it cooks. Drain any excess grease.
Add the taco seasoning and water. Stir and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the meat is evenly seasoned and the liquid has mostly evaporated.
Spread a thin layer of refried beans over each toasted bagel half. Spoon salsa over the beans and divide the seasoned meat evenly among the pizzas.
Sprinkle each pizza generously with shredded cheese.
Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the edges of the bagels are crisp.
Let the pizzas cool for about 5 minutes. Top with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, black olives, jalapeños, sour cream, guacamole, or taco sauce before serving.
- Use thick salsa to keep the pizza bases from becoming soggy.
- Toast the bagels before assembling the pizzas for a crispier crust.
- Add lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and sour cream only after baking.
- Substitute English muffins, mini naan, pita bread, or flatbread for the bagels.
- Ground turkey, shredded chicken, black beans, or seasoned lentils can replace the ground beef.
- Nutrition information will vary depending on the base, meat, cheese, and toppings selected.
Calories: 421 kcal | Carbohydrates: 35 g | Protein: 30 g | Fat: 18 g | Saturated Fat: 8 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g | Trans Fat: 0.3 g | Cholesterol: 75 mg | Sodium: 931 mg | Potassium: 459 mg | Fiber: 3 g | Sugar: 3 g | Vitamin A: 588 IU | Vitamin C: 3 mg | Calcium: 242 mg | Iron: 3 mg
Nutrition information has been calculated using an autogenerating online calculation and is intended for informational purposes. For accurate nutritional information, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used.
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