Day 39: Mexican Pizza with homemade tortilla chips

Family came into town for my surgery and Jimmy's graduation. I decided this would be the perfect opportunity to use my 90-something tortilla wraps. Going against everything my doctor told me not to eat after surgery, I decided to make Mexican Pizza and homemade tortilla chips.

Mexican Pizza

(Grandpa's pizza)

(Jimmy's pizza)

Ingredient

• 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans


• 1 pound ground beef


• 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix


• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil


• 4 (6 inch) corn tortillas


• 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese


• 8 tablespoons sour cream


• 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped


• 2 green onion, chopped


• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles, drained


• 1/2 avocado, diced


• 1 tablespoon black olives, sliced

Directions

1. Heat the refried beans.


2. In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Stir in the seasoning packet.


3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


4. Place a small amount of vegetable oil in a large skillet. Let the oil heat, then place one corn tortilla in the skillet. After 15 seconds, flip the tortilla over and let it fry another 15 seconds. Repeat this process with the remaining tortillas, letting them drain on paper towels once they have been heated. When the tortillas have drained, arrange them on a cookie sheet.


5. Spread a thin layer of beans on the tortillas, followed by a layer of beef, and cheese.


6. Bake the tortillas in the preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Slice the tortillas into wedges and arrange them on plates or a serving platter and garnish them with the sour cream, tomatoes, green onions, chiles, avocado, and olives.
   

What we thought:

When we made these, we forgot the lettuce but substituted it with cilantro and left out the olives. I think everybody came to an agreement that these were a 9/10. The only thing wrong with these were the tortillas. They were kind of hard to cut. We tried to come up with an idea on how to make the lower tortilla softer, and keep the crispiness of the top tortilla. We added some mango-peach salsa we picked up at the store. Since I was not allowed any "spicy" foods, Jimmy picked out the mango-peach because it was not that spicy. We all were pleased, and we are looking for suggestions on how to make the pizza easier to cut through.

Tortilla Chips

See my "What we thought" section to learn on how to make homemade tortilla chips! We all thought these were a 10/10! They were tasty with the mango-peach salsa!