I Overcomplicated The Mexican Pizza, AND IT WAS AMAZING!

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

refried beans

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Black beans are more nutritious, while canned beans are budget-friendly.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt is lower in calories and higher in protein, while cream cheese can be cheaper.

Ask for a Mexican pizza at a restaurant as a joke.

Explain that the version being made is different from the restaurant's.

Gather fresh ingredients including fresh pizza dough, tortilla, Cotija cheese, jalapeno, cherry tomato, diced red onion, sliced black olives, chopped cilantro, taco seasoning, Ortega taco sauce, ground beef, refried beans, pepper jack cheese, cheddar cheese, Tapatio, and habanero sausage.

Fry a tortilla for crunch and prepare fresh pizza dough as the base.

Cook the habanero sausage on a Wildfire four in one charcoal grill for flavor.

Brown the ground beef in a pan, add 2 tablespoons of taco seasoning, and 2 tablespoons of taco sauce. Mix and add 1/3 cup of water, then reduce the mixture.

Flour the surface and hands to stretch the pizza dough, shaping it into an oval.

Add taco sauce as the pizza base, followed by pepper jack and cheddar cheese, then chunks of cooked habanero sausage, refried beans, tomatoes, jalapenos, red onion, and black olives on top.

Add mesquite wood chunks to the coal bed for flavor and ensure the pizza stone is at 450 degrees.

Launch the heavy pizza onto the grill, checking the bottom of the crust for doneness.

Fry a tortilla in hot oil until it puffs up, indicating it’s ready.

Once the pizza is done, add cilantro, Cotija cheese, and dollops of sour cream on top.

Add pieces of the fried tortilla to the pizza for extra flavor.

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