TACO BRAID



Ground-beef marinate in taco-spice, topping with shred cheese & tomatoes, & wrap in braid pizza dough. It's a fun & different method to eat  taco!


* Ingredients:

°1 lb / 480 g lean ground beef.

°Refrigerated pizza dough.

°2 cups shredded lettuce.

°1 cup shredded cheese: Fiesta Blend.

°1/2 C chopped onion.

°1/2 cup water.

°3 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning.

°2 tablespoons of olive oil.

°1 diced tomato + more for garnish

°2 tablespoons of melted * unsalted butter.

°Sour cream or taco sauce for serving.

* Directions :

Step 1:

Using parchment paper to organize folded baking traying by lining it.

I set oven temperature to 375 degrees F .

Step 2:

I heat olive-oil in  skillet on medium heat.

Adding chop onion also cooking about 5 min  To soft.

Adding lean beef, & cook on low heat until browned.

I added the water and the homemade taco seasoning and mixed them until well combined.

Reduce the heat and boil for 7 minutes.

Step 3:

In the meantime, I transferred the parchment paper to my storyboard.

I laid the parchment with the pizza dough and rolled it up so it measured 10.15 inches.

I make 1 1/2" & 3" tranches round long sides of crust use pizza cutter.

Placing mince meat in center of dough.

Using 3/4 cup of cheese to cover the beef then I added the tomato cubes.

I folded the end up, starting at one end of the braid, and wrapped the first two strands to secure it.

Step 4:

For the remaining slices, I only repeated the wrapping before the last two.
I folded the remaining end and wrapped it around to protect the last two strips.

Fifth step:

I gently brushed the top and sides with melted butter. Sprinkle over the remaining cup of cheese.

Step 6:

On an edged baking sheet, I transferred the parchment, and baked until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
Let it cool before serving for 5 minutes.

Step 7:

For toppings, I topped with chopped romaine lettuce and extra tomatoes. Serve taco cue with sour cream and taco sauce.

It was delicious like you said, and I really hope your families enjoy it. Mine definitely did.

Kids will enjoy eating it and it will be a great meal to take for a picnic.

Enjoy !