Looking for something out of the ordinary for Pizza Night? This Burrito Pizza is full of your favorite burrito flavors: hearty beans, spicy jalapenos, and a mix of melty cheese all atop a delicious pizza crust. This easy black bean pizza recipe is one of my favorite pizza toppings when I want pizza that’s just a little bit different than regular pizza.
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Food mashups can be so fun. Combine two favorite foods into one and you have a plate of deliciousness. Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas? Mexican Lasagna?
One of the best ways to combine your favorite burrito with pizza, the Friday night classic, is to make a Burrito Pizza or what some call a Black Bean Pizza. Talk about a good cheap eat!
We all know that beans are inexpensive, but can they work on a pizza? Yes, yes, they can!
This Burrito Pizza may prompt a raised eyebrow, but trust me. Black Bean Pizza gets gobbled up every time I make it. It’s great to serve with game night snacks.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make a burrito pizza:
pizza dough – You can make a homemade pizza dough, like this whole wheat flour pizza dough or this sourdough pizza crust, or you can buy the fresh dough already made at the grocery store. Unlike a “Mexican pizza” that often starts with a flour tortilla, this Black Bean Pizza is built on a traditional pizza crust. You can use another type of pizza base, like a naan bread if you like.
black beans – This can be black beans you cook yourself (I love the ease of cooking black beans in the pressure cooker!) or rinsed canned beans. In a pinch, feel free to use pinto beans if that’s what you have. The bean layer comes in place of the pizza sauce. Remember, trust the process.
cheese – I like to use a combination of cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. You can also add parmesan cheese or even cotija cheese in keeping with the Mexican food theme if you like or your favorite pizza cheese blend. Remember you can freeze cheese if you won’t use the leftovers right away.
cooked chicken breast – This can be leftover rotisserie chicken or any cooked chicken that you like using in Mexican recipes. If you don’t have chicken, you can leave the burrito pizza meatless or use chorizo or Italian sausage crumbles or leftover taco meat. You can even use my leftover pulled pork which is seasoned specifically to complement Mexican food as well as BBQ!
veggies – Think about the veggies you might use for a burrito filling, such as chopped fresh tomatoes, diced green peppers, fajita veggies, chopped red onions, sliced black olives, sliced jalapeños or other chili pepper. You don’t need a lot, just a few.
for serving – It’s nice to top the cooked pizza with fresh cilantro and serve it with sour cream, guacamole, and salsa. Enchilada sauce is also a good condiment as well as crushed red pepper flakes.
Instructions for Making a Black Bean Pizza
It’s so easy to make a burrito pizza. Here’s how!
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Spray a 12-inch pizza screen or a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. (I don’t use a pizza stone because pizza screens work so beautifully!)
- On a floured surface, fit the pizza dough into the pan, stretching to fit. (If it helps, by all means use a rolling pin.
- Spread the beans across the dough to cover. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle over the chicken, tomato, onion, cheddar cheese, jalapeno slices, and sliced olives in layers over the pizza’s surface.
- Bake the pizza for 8 to 9 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is crisp. Remove to a cutting surface to slice. Top with chopped fresh cilantro and then serve it with salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.
To Make Ahead: assemble according to the recipe and store the uncooked pizza in the fridge until ready to bake, up to 12 hours. Alternatively, you can freeze the pizza for a later day. Do not thaw before baking. You can also freeze baked pizzas as well!
Serving Suggestions: This makes an excellent lunch or Friday night dinner. Serve Black Bean Pizza as you would any other pizza or Mexican food, with a simple green salad or Mexican coleslaw. Be sure to serve the recommended burrito pizza toppings.
How to Make a Meal Prep: You can divide the cooked pizza into single-serve containers for meal prep. Or you can make four mini pizzas. Bake and store in the fridge for up to 4 days. Freeze for longer storage.
Make a Plan for Leftovers: Leftover pizza is delicious reheated in the air fryer or toaster oven the next day. Promptly refrigerate leftovers and use within 4 days. Remember that food should not be left at room temperature for longer than 2 hours.
Recipe Tips
Here are some of the strategies you can use to make this Black Bean Pizza recipe easier and more economical:
- Shop your kitchen. Clean out the veggie drawer and use up any little bits of leftover meat and cheese from Taco Night to embellish your Burrito Pizza.
- Stock up on ingredients when they are on sale. Whether it’s beans, jalapenos, shredded cheese, or olives, I stock up when things are on sale.
- Shop Costco. Costco has the best price on shredded mozzarella. I buy the big five pound bag and divide it into smaller bags to store in the freezer.
- It’s worth investing in a small arsenal of favorite pizza tools that make the Friday night pizza experience super quick and simple.
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Burrito Pizza
Equipment
- pizza screens
- pizza cutter
Ingredients
- 1 12-inch pizza dough
- 1 cup black beans rinsed and drained
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese (shredded) (1 cup)
- 1 cup chicken (cooked and cubed)
- 1 roma tomato seeded and diced
- ¼ onion chopped
- 2 oz cheddar cheese (shredded) (½ cup)
- ¼ cup sliced black olives
- 1 jalapeno thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Spray a 12-inch pizza pan or screen with nonstick cooking spray. Fit the pizza dough into the pan, stretching to fit.1 12-inch pizza dough
- Spread the beans across the dough to cover. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle over the chicken, tomato, onion, cheddar cheese, jalapeno slices, and sliced olives in layers over the pizza’s surface.1 cup black beans, 4 oz mozzarella cheese (shredded), 1 cup chicken (cooked and cubed), 1 roma tomato, ¼ onion, 2 oz cheddar cheese (shredded), ¼ cup sliced black olives, 1 jalapeno
- Bake the pizza for 8 to 9 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is crisp. Remove to a cutting surface to slice.
Notes
Nutrition
This post was originally published on July 23, 2010. It has been updated for content and clarity.
Kimberly
This is a great recipe. I added a spread to this that I felt gave it an awesome treat! Before adding anything on top of the pizza dough; mix together these ingredients and spread on top of dough, followed by the rest of the ingredients.
Spread: mix together
6-8 ounces of sour cream
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp of black pepper
1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning
Kelly
We’ve done green pizza. White sauce with spinach and artichokes on top, with extra parmasan before putting mozzarella on top. Lots of garlic in the white sauce. 🙂
Alicia
What do you use for sauce?
Jessica
@Alicia, no sauce. Just as it’s directed. Beans, cheese, etc. It’s not dry, though I can understand why you might wonder.
Cynthia Matzat
This might sound like a silly question, but how do you freeze pizza dough?
Jessica
I only let it rise for 30 minutes the first time, divide into dough balls and freeze in sandwich bags. It helps to oil the dough first. Then pull out however many you want the night before or morning of baking and put in a greased dish to thaw/rise.
Amy S.
this looks fantastic! I am saving it to my recipe box!
laura
This looks fantastic!
Tammy from Ca
Hi, loved the post.I just came back from the mid west Mo & Ks Olathe .(daughter #2 lives off 119th st) We had a taco pizza from Caseys ( believe or not it’s a gas station for those of you not from the area) that we really liked .It had refried beans,lettuce,tomatoes,cheddar cheese, ground pork,and on top you added taco sauce.I always had them precook the crust alittle more before they added the toppings.Yummy
Jessica
I lived in Olathe for 5 years and never heard of Casey’s. I missed it! 😉
Tammy from Ca
I will ask my daughter if theres a Caseys around her.We have a small cottage back there about 25 miles south of Sedalia Mo that we go to every yr and I know Sedalia,Lincoln,Warsaw all have Caseys .I forgot to add they crumble doritos or like doritos on top of their pizzas too.After its baked.Yummy We hope to move back there after hubby retires about 8 yrs or so depending on the Ca construction.He’s a union carpenter (28 yrs in)and work here in San Bernadino County is REALLY bad right now so it might be 10 yrs.LOl
Vanessa B
Hello, I am thoroughly enjoying this recipe and discussion of Casey’s amazing taco pizza! I am a lifetime Olathian and although we don’t have a Casey’s in Olathe there are many in the metro area especially some of the more rural areas. People always think I’m crazy when I sing the praises of a gas station taco pizza.
Jessica Fisher
Ha! I still haven’t been able to figure out what it’s like. Is it baked with the toppings?
Nancy
sounds good. our most recent pizza experiment was a new favorite — 1/4 c. of ranch instead of red sauce + chopped, cooked chicken + a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar + chopped, cooked bacon and diced tomatoes. very, very yummy.
Kelly
@Nancy, That sounds delicious! I think we’ll try it!
Christi
This is totally something that I could do on Friday nights with the kids instead of regular pizza! I think they would love it!