# Taco pizza is surprisingly unsatisfying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 16, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791 "2022-08-16T23:14:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/21 "2022-08-17T14:48:55Z")
I hear ya. I sometimes will lightly toast a piece of bread, then spread leftover pasta sauce on it, then top it with a slice of American cheese. It goes into the toaster oven to melt the cheese. I call it pizza, but it obviously isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/22 "2022-08-17T15:59:41Z")
Them’s pizza toasts. Slice an onion, add a little olive oil, cook it in the microwave, mix in tomato puree, spread on your toast\*, squeeze anchovy paste on top, cover with sliced or grated cheese (olives and capers are acceptable additions) and either grill or microwave. Lunchtime treat! j \* - to finish in a microwave you have to prepare very dry toast as the base. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/23 "2022-08-17T16:12:25Z")
I have had good taco pizza and bad taco pizza. It’s the quality of the ingredients and how they’re assembled that make the difference. I’m not a purist – at all – about pizza. Most of my favorites are very non-traditional. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/24 "2022-08-17T16:14:33Z")
Mmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/25 "2022-08-17T17:45:10Z")
Pizza Hut had taco pizza in the 1970’s. I loved that version. It had refried beans and hamburger as the base. After cooking they dressed it with lettuce, onion, and tomato. Maybe guacamole? Packets of Mexican sauce came on the side. I never use that stuff. Even at Taco Bell. Really, what Pizza Hut offered was a tostada using a pizza crust. A great tostada starts with a layer of refried beans. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/26 "2022-08-17T17:52:44Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > This is a good summary of my opinion. If you change pizza too much it starts to become something other than pizza. That isn’t to say it can’t be good but, beyond a certain point, it can’t be good pizza because it isn’t pizza anymore. For example, replacing tomato sauce with salsa (or anything else) is probably a deal breaker. Refried beans on the pie is likely to get it struck from the list, too. Nah, pizza is a blank canvas, quite like “taco” and “sandwich.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/27 "2022-08-17T18:45:20Z")
I don’t know about taco pizza… seems like the crust and sauce would be the real sticking points. If I had to do it, it would be a thin crust, and something like the Old El Paso/Ortega taco sauce as the sauce, and then cheddar cheese topped with taco meat, tomatoes and onions (all kind of sparingly), and then _after_ baking, maybe serve with shredded lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream as people want. I’m still not convinced it would be all that great though. We once made a “hamburger” pizza because we had made sliders a few days before, and still had leftover [slider sauce](https://www.copymethat.com/r/bpQRlK1XW/sliders-cooks-country/), a small amount of leftover ground beef, and other burger staples like cheddar cheese, dill pickle slices, etc… Basically we used the slider sauce as the sauce, cheddar cheese as the cheese, and used pickles and ground beef as the toppings. It was unexpectedly delicious. Maybe not exactly like having a burger, but at least reminiscent, and tasty nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791/28 "2022-08-17T23:41:12Z")
I’ve had attempts at nacho pizzas that were less than successful. They included chips on the pizza. Although not completely successful, if you’re a college student and free pizza while on shift is a significant part of your budget, you’ll go for all kinds of odd things after a few weeks/months of regular, regular, regular. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791.md?page=1)