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Updated Mar 8, 2024
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Many of your delicious taco favorites—refried beans, enchilada sauce and melty cheese-- come together in this quick meatless pizza that’s on the table in 30 minutes. Whether you put it on the menu for Meatless Mondays or Taco Tuesdays, your family will love this tasty take on their most-loved dinner flavors.
Make it a part of your regular weeknight meal rotation: watch it disappear when served as an appetizer at your next game night or party. Or serve it up as an afternoon snack that the kids will drop their backpacks for.

No matter what the occasion, this easy pizza is a snap to put together, using Pillsbury™ Classic Crust Pizza Crust, Old El Paso™ refried beans and enchilada sauce and Mexican blend cheese!

You can enjoy it just the way it is—that irresistible combination of gooey cheese with refried beans is like a fiesta in your mouth. Or you can top it with your favorite taco toppings or customize the pizza by adding your own spin to it, with any of the ingredients suggested below.

How Do You Make Homemade Mexican Pizza?

This pizza is so simple, you could practically whip it together with your eyes closed! Our easy Mexican Pizza is about as easy as it gets. Look at the recipe for the complete directions, but here’s how to make Mexican pizza with just a few ingredients into the best Mexican pizza recipe this side of the border!
Unroll and Spread: The pizza dough gets unrolled on the pan and spread with refried beans and then enchilada sauce.

Sprinkle and Bake: Sprinkle the cheese over the enchilada sauce and bake until the cheese is bubbly and melty.

Top and Enjoy: Top with green onions (or totally leave them off-it’s up to you!) Serve with your favorite taco toppings or enjoy the pizza just the way it is.

What Do I Serve with Mexican Pizza?

This delicious homemade Mexican pizza is great on its own. For heartier appetites, you could pair it with a simple, crisp green salad, our flavorful White Chicken Chili or top-rated Beefy Nacho Soup. Offer a “Mexican pizza toppings bar” for everyone to top their own slices of pizza with favorites like shredded lettuce, guacamole, sliced ripe black olives and canned corn. Try one of our fresh salsa recipes and feel like you are at a Mexican restaurant!
You can use this easy pizza as the start of a Mexican-inspired appetizer spread, by serving it with restaurant-worthy Guacamole or Salsa-Corn Dip and chips. To keep to the theme, you will love this Tres Leches Cake for dessert!

Create a memorable meal to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, or dinner with friends by serving the pizza as an appetizer,
Creamy Chicken Enchilada as the main dish and enjoy the cake for dessert.

What Are the Mexican Pizza Ingredients?

We love this best Mexican pizza recipe for the smart use of delicious products that get it on the table faster than you can order take-out!
Pillsbury™ Classic Crust Pizza Crust: A super-easy way to have a delicious, homemade crust by simply unrolling the dough! What could be easier than that?

Old El Paso™ Refried Beans: These tasty beans serve as the first layer of flavor on the simple pizza. Adding a ton of flavor and heartiness, these beans get spread over the crust, right from the can!

Old El Paso™ Red Enchilada Sauce: This flavorful sauce adds the right amount of moisture and plays nicely with the refried beans and cheese flavors—making this pizza like an open enchilada!

Mexican Blend Cheese: This cheese gives the pizza the amazing melty quality that has everyone anxious to go for their first bite!

More About This Recipe

  • We love how this easy Mexican pizza delivers the flavors your family enjoys in a dish that is not the same tacos, week after week! If your family is requesting more Mexican-inspired meals, check out this delicious collection of our favorite Mexican recipes, for more quick and easy dinner ideas.

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Store Mexican Pizza

For the freshest pizza with the best texture and moistness, it is best to serve it right after making it. That way, each ingredient can stand on its own, in terms of flavor and texture, for a satisfying pizza-eating experience. Luckily, it’s super-quick to put together, even on your busiest of nights!
If the pizza is stored for an extended period of time, chances are the moistness of the toppings will soak into the crust, leaving the pizza to eat on the dry side and make the crust soggier.

For leftover slices, wrap the cooled slices in plastic wrap or aluminum foil and store in the refrigerator up to 1 day. To reheat a slice or two, unwrap the pizza, and place the pieces on a microwavable plate. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Microwave on Medium-High (70%) 1 to 2 minutes, depending on the number of slices, or until heated through.

Freezing is not recommended for this pizza.

What are Variations to this Mexican Pizza Recipe?

You can easily customize this pizza by swapping products or adding a few more, for a delicious twist, each time you make it:
Swap the Refried Beans: Use Old El Paso™ Green Chiles or Black Bean Refried Beans, for fun flavor change.

Swap the Enchilada Sauce: Instead of red enchilada sauce, make this pizza using Old El Paso™ green chile enchilada sauce instead. Or get creative and drizzle half the dough with half of a can of the red sauce, and the other half of the dough with half a can of the green chile sauce, so everyone can have their favorite!

Swap the Cheese: Rather than using a Mexican cheese blend, try shredded co-jack, pepper-Jack or even cheddar.

Add Bold Spice: Stir in Old El Paso™ chopped green chiles into the enchilada sauce before spreading on the pizza. Or stir in a shake or two of ground cumin, smoked paprika or chili powder.

Add Toppings: Sprinkle the pizza with cooked and crumbled ground beef or chorizo sausage or cooked and crumbled bacon or chopped smoked chorizo before topping with the cheese.

If you are looking for other delicious pizza recipes, try our Barbecue Chicken Pizza next.

How to Make Spicy Mexican Pizza?

If you love spicy Mexican pizza, you can add some heat in a variety of ways!
Sprinkle On the Heat: Before baking, sprinkle the cheese with drained Old El Paso™ chopped green chiles, or for more heat, arrange slices of fresh jalapeño over the cheese.

Stir It In: Bump up the temperature with a little of your favorite hot sauce, chopped fresh chiles or a few red pepper flakes stirred into the can of enchilada sauce, before it goes on the pizza.

Shake It On: Set out some hot sauce so that everyone can shake on just their perfect amount of heat to their own slices.

Easy Mexican Pizza

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Ingredients 7
  • Servings 6
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Ingredients

Pizza

Garnishes, as desired

  • 3 medium green onions, chopped (3 tablespoons)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup thick & chunky salsa

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 425°F. Grease or spray 15x10x1-inch pan.
  • Step 
    2
    Unroll pizza dough in pan. Using an offset spatula, spread beans over crust, leaving 1-inch border around edges. Spread with enchilada sauce; sprinkle with cheese.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake about 15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and melted. Sprinkle with green onions. Serve with sour cream and salsa.

Nutrition

300 Calories
11g Total Fat
13g Protein
38g Total Carbohydrate
5g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
300
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
16%
Saturated Fat
6g
29%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
30mg
10%
Sodium
960mg
40%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
38g
13%
Dietary Fiber
2g
11%
Sugars
5g
Protein
13g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
20%
20%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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