Change up your regular Tuesday Taco Night with this deliciously different recipe!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- Quick and easy! Using refrigerated crescent roll dough makes this a 30 minute meal.
- Works great as a casual appetizer, snack, or light main dish.
- Add your favorite taco toppings for great Tex-Mex flavor.
I don't know about you but I LOVE meals that take less than half an hour to finish AND don't create a lot of extra dishes.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
When you've had one of those days you'll want to have the ingredients for this crescent roll taco pizza in the house! It's a favorite recipe for busy weeknights.
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
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- ground beef
- Cheddar cheese
- cream cheese
- taco seasoning mix
- sour cream
- tomatoes
- lettuce
- cilantro
- refrigerator crescent rolls
- taco sauce
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Unroll the crescent rolls but don't separate. Press dough into baking pan. Bake until golden brown and let cool.
- Cook the beef and add the taco seasoning.
- Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and more taco seasoning.
- Spread the cream cheese on the cooled crust then layer the rest of the ingredients over it. Finish with a drizzle of taco sauce.
🥄 Equipment
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🥫 Storage
This crescent roll taco pizza is best eaten within a few hours of making it. The longer it sits the more you risk a soggy crust.
If you must store it cover it with plastic wrap or put in an airtight container and refrigerate.
You could freeze this before you put the vegetables on it. Bake the crust as directed, let cool, then spread with the cream cheese mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- Use grilled chicken instead of taco meat.
- Add refried beans, black beans, or pinto beans.
- Spoon guacamole on top.
- Black olives are a delicious addition.
- Corn, especially roasted corn, works really well on this.
- Use Catalina dressing instead of taco sauce to drizzle over the top.
- You could make this with pizza dough if you prefer.
- Sprinkle chopped green onion over the top.
You might want to try this sausage and gravy breakfast pizza with a crescent roll crust. It's perfect for back to school!
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: The refrigerated crescent rolls work better for this recipe than the crescent rolls sheets.
- Be sure your baked crescent roll crust is cool before adding the rest of the ingredients or the cream cheese layer will melt.
- This is best eaten within a few hours of making. The crust gets a little soggy the next day.
- Easy taco pizza makes a great appetizer when you cut it in small slices.
- Wait to put the vegetables on top until just before serving.
👩🍳 FAQs
You can! I don't like the texture of them as well in the finished pizza but you can certainly use them.
All your favorite taco ingredients on either an easy crescent roll crust or a regular pizza crust.
📚 Related recipes
- Sloppy Joes have the same kind of easy, casual vibe - and really who doesn't love them?
- All the taco flavor in one skillet...
- We love this ever-so-easy one-pot taco spaghetti!
- If you're hungry for regular pizza try this beer pizza dough! Chewy and delish - and you can make it the day before and refrigerate the dough until you're ready to bake your pizza.
🍽️ Serve with...
- Make this a "finger food" dinner by adding these chicken crescent rolls.
- Although this recipe has lots of veggies you might want to add this black eyed pea salad (cowboy caviar).
- Chips and honey dew salsa are the perfect addition.
- This 10 minute hot chocolate cobbler lets you finish with something sweet without a lot of effort.
📞 The last word
Summer is coming.
I know it doesn't seem like it right now... in March... when the temperature is vacillating between freezing and scorching (at least in Texas) but it is.
Lighter, easier meals.
Less time in the kitchen.
This super easy taco pizza recipe is delicious any time of the year but if you want a taste of that summer freedom make it soon. Add an ice-filled glass of this Texas Mule cocktail for the perfect weekend meal.
Check out these other Mexican dinner ideas!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!
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📖 Recipe
Easy Taco Crescent Roll Pizza Recipe
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- 16 ounces crescent dough, from the refrigerated section
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 ounces taco seasoning
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cups Cheddar, shredded
- 1 cup lettuce, shredded
- ¾ cup tomatoes, diced
- ⅓ cup cilantro, chopped
- ⅓ cup taco sauce
- black olives,avocado, black beans, onions, jalapeno peppers, Optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unroll the crescent dough sheets and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Remove from the oven and cool 5 minutes.
- While the crust is cooling, cook beef in a heavy skillet until browned.
- Drain the fat if needed and add in one packet of taco seasoning and ¼ cup of water.
- Cook for 5 more minutes, stirring often.
- Remove from heat.
- Put the cream cheese in a microwave safe bowl and soften in the microwave for a minute or two.
- Add the sour cream, and one packet of taco seasoning to the softened cream cheese.
- Beat together until blended and smooth.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the crust and top with the taco meat.
- Drizzle with the taco sauce.
- Top the pizza with the cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro and optional ingredients of choice.
- Cut into 12 pieces and serve.
Notes
- Be sure your baked crescent roll crust is cool before adding the rest of the ingredients or the cream cheese layer will melt.
- Add in some chopped onions when you brown ground beef.
- This is best eaten within a few hours of making. The crust gets a little soggy the next day.
- Easy taco pizza makes a great appetizer when you cut it in small slices.
- Wait to put the vegetables on top until just before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
Nancy Smith says
Awesome