I love sour cream. It’s not a secret. I also love pizza, so making a pizza that I can also smother in sour cream? Awesome! It’s right up my alley and I gladly make it anytime I can get away with it. That being said, I named this the fajita pizza, but used ground beef instead of strips of steak, so maybe I should’ve named it the taco pizza instead? Either way, it’s deliciously satisfying.
It starts with the base. Mix equal parts of queso dip with mild salsa. Then spread it all over the rolled out pizza dough crust that you’ve placed on a floured pizza pan.
Next, plenty of melty mozzarella cheese! Then it’s time for toppings! Brown some ground beef (or sliced steak), drain the grease, and then add a packet of taco or fajita seasoning and mix well. In a separate skillet, saute sliced onions and bell peppers in a dash of oil, salt, and pepper until they become soft.
Load up the pizza with the meat and veggies and cook it in a preheated oven or smoker at 450 for 10-15 minutes. Once cooked, drizzle sour cream or guacamole over the top (or both!) and add any other desired toppings too! Chopped tomatoes, shredded lettuce, hot sauce, cilantro, or even a squirt of fresh lime! Enjoy your fajita pizza!
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Fajita Pizza
Equipment
- Oven or Smoker
Ingredients
- 1 Pizza dough crust
- 1 pound ground beef or sliced steak
- 1 pkg taco seasoning
- ⅔ cup water
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- ½ orange bell pepper sliced
- ½ yellow bell pepper sliced
- 1 onion sliced
- 2 Tbsp salsa
- 2 Tbsp Queso cheese dip
- mozzarella shredded
- sour cream
Optional Toppings
- guacamole optional
- tomato chopped
- lettuce shredded
- taco sauce
- cilantro
- dash of lime juice
Instructions
- You will need pizza dough spread out on a floured pizza cooking tray. Try my recipe for Perfect Pizza Dough which makes 2 pizzas worth of dough.
- Brown the ground beef in a skillet, drain the grease, then add the taco seasoning and water. Let simmer for 3-5 minutes.
- In a separate skillet, saute the sliced onions and peppers with a dash of salt and pepper until they are softened, about 5 minutes.
- While the beef and veggies are cooking, prepare the cheese sauce. Mix 2 Tbsp mild salsa and 2 Tbsp queso cheese sauce together.
Assembly:
- Once the dough is spread out over the floured pizza tray, spread the cheese sauce all over, leaving a small rim of dough untouched for the crust.
- Next, add the shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Then, spread the taco meat and the sauted onions and peppers around the top of the pizza.
To Cook:
- Option 1: My favorite option. Prep/turn on a smoker to 450° and cook the pizza for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melty and starting to brown, and the crust is crisp and golden.
- Option 2: Preheat an oven to 450° and cook the pizza for 10-15 minutes until cooked as specified in option 1 above. (My oven's sweet spot seems to be around 12 minutes)
- Once the pizza is cooked, drizzle sour cream and optional guacamole over the pizza, slice, and enjoy!
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