Mexican Fiestada for School Lunch recipe

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Ingredients

1 (1.25 ounce) package dry taco seasoning mix
1 cup ground beef
1 (14 ounce) package prepared pizza dough, or as needed
½ cup pizza sauce
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
1 pinch salt
1 ¼ cups shredded mild Cheddar cheese

Nutrition Info

511.3 calories
carbohydrate: 56.4 g
cholesterol: 55.3 mg
fat: 19.8 g
fiber: 1.8 g
protein: 22.9 g
saturatedFat: 9.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1747.5 mg
sugar: 7.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

  2. Sprinkle taco seasoning on ground beef. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.

  3. Divide pizza dough in half and flatten each half into a thin crust over a nonstick baking sheet.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 3 minutes. Remove but leave oven on.

  5. Mix pizza sauce, cumin, and salt together in a bowl. Spread 1/2 of the mixture over each pizza crust. Sprinkle beef and Cheddar cheese evenly on top.

  6. Bake until crusts are crunchy and cheese is melted, 10 to 12 minutes.

Recipe Yield

2 small pizzas

Recipe Note

Back-to-school lunch version of Mexican fiestada.

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