Recipe: Perfect Taco Braid

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Taco Braid. This easy recipe is a great alternative for Taco Tuesdays! Start with taco seasoned ground beef, cheese and tomatoes and wrap it up in a pizza dough. This pretty braided sandwich loaf is a winner!

Taco Braid Pizza dough to me usually means Italian, but this Taco Braid is filled with the flavors of your favorite Mexican cuisine. Only FIVE INGREDIENTS, this Taco Braid made with crescent roll dough (or pizza dough) is such an easy and delicious dinner, you are going to want to make it again and again. This Taco Braid is a fun way to eat a taco without the shell crumbling into little pieces on the first bite. You can have Taco Braid using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Taco Braid

  1. It's 1 can of refrigerated pizza dough.
  2. It's 1 lb. of hamburger.
  3. Prepare 1/2 can of refried beans.
  4. You need 1/2 cup of salsa.
  5. It's 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.
  6. It's of Optional seasonings: pepper, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder.
  7. You need of Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy.

Love tacos but feeling like they're getting a little same-old, same-old? Looking for something new to try that incorporates all of your favorite Tex-Mex ingredients and flavors? You are going to want to make it again and again. Have the kids help out with dinner tonight, and enjoy this twist on a Mexican favorite.

Taco Braid instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook hamburger along with seasonings of choice until browned; drain and return to pot and stir in salsa..
  2. Open can of pizza dough and spread completely out on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Spread center with the refried beans. Once done cut strips along both sides of dough as pictured..
  3. Top with cooked hamburger..
  4. Top with cheese..
  5. Fold the strips together fastening on top of the filling and continue to braid all the way down. It is okay to leave the ends slightly opened as pictured..
  6. Bake for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Enjoy topped with sour cream, lettuce, tomato, taco sauce, anything you desire!.

Add the Extra Lean Ground Beef and cook until brown. Add the Homemade Taco Seasoning and water and mix until well incorporated..of and this taco braid tops the list of favorites, probably just under my all time favorite Taco Soup. How to make a Taco Braid: Heat olive oil on medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent. Taco Braid. click here to see more like this.