Recipe Background
A wonderful Tex-Mex experience can come in many forms, but rarely in forms quite as tasty as this! Mexican Flatbread Pizza starts with a buttery biscuit crust and then brings the layers of borderlands flavors — refried beans, vibrant salsa, juicy beef, and melty cheese! Top it with pico de gallo and some fragrant cilantro and you have the literal recipe for flavor success! Mexican Flatbread Pizza is a new way to do Taco Tuesday and Pizza Night simultaneously!
A wonderful Tex-Mex experience can come in many forms, but rarely in forms quite as tasty as this! Mexican Flatbread Pizza starts with a buttery biscuit crust and then brings the layers of borderlands flavors — refried beans, vibrant salsa, juicy beef, and melty cheese! Top it with pico de gallo and some fragrant cilantro and you have the literal recipe for flavor success! Mexican Flatbread Pizza is a new way to do Taco Tuesday and Pizza Night simultaneously!
Ingredients
For the flatbreads:
- flour to taste, for dusting a work surface
- 1 (16.3-ounce) can large biscuits not flaky
- olive oil to taste
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can refried beans
- 3 tablespoons prepared salsa
- 2 cups ground beef cooked and crumbled
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese grated
Optional, for serving:
- pico de gallo to taste
- iceberg lettuce to taste, shredded
- 5 tablespoons sour cream
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Using the flour, dust a work surface.
- Unwrap the biscuits and separate them.
- On the prepared work surface, roll out the biscuits until they are very flat.
- Lightly brush the rolled-out biscuits with the olive oil.
- Transfer the biscuits to a baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake the biscuits until they start to turn golden, about 8 minutes.
- Transfer the biscuits from the oven and set them aside.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the refried beans and the salsa and cook, while stirring, until combined and warmed, about 5 minutes.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add the ground beef and heat it in the microwave until heated through.
- Spread the refried bean mixture evenly over the top of each of the biscuits.
- Evenly top each of the biscuits with the ground beef and the cheddar cheese.
- Transfer the biscuits to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted, about 3 minutes.
- Transfer the flatbreads from the oven and top them with the pico de gallo and the lettuce.
- Add the sour cream to the top of each of the flatbreads.
- Serve garnished with the cilantro.
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