Instant Pot Mexican Pizza

This Instant Pot Mexican pizza is an easy Instant Pot recipe we love to make with our kids for dinner with layered tortillas, ground beef and cheese.. Special thanks goes out to Foster Farms for sponsoring this post so we could share this quick meal idea with you. 😉

Ninja Foodi Mexican Pizza

I think we all love layers of meat and cheesy goodness for dinner. This is the ultimate in comfort food cooked in just 4 minutes! That is right!

If you don’t have a pressure cooker I’d highly recommend one. You can cook a traditional meal that normally takes several hours in your crockpot in just 15 minutes flat typically. Other brands that work the same are Crockpot Express and the Ninja Foodi.

If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:

• You can PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
• I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
  • You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.

For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

If your days are non stop dropping off kids, grocery shopping, cleaning, and working, you don’t have a lot of dinner prep time.  My days usually look something like this and I only have under an hour to prep, cook, and serve dinner for five of us. I’m all about a nutritious meal packed with protein and flavor, this one tops the list at our house!

Here’s how easy this cheesy Instant Pot Mexican pizza is to make. No wonder it’s on our list of Instant Pot kids recipes!First you will need a Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express or Instant Pot to pressure cook. We have a 6 qt. Instant Pot.

A 6″ or 7″ springform pan is necessary too. 6 inch worked great using small corn tortillas.

Mexican Pizza in Instant Pot

You are going to want some protein that has been precooked. You can use ground beef or lower fat ground turkey. We used Foster Farms brand, or lean ground beef works too.

You will want a lot of shredded Cheese – we used cheddar and pepper jack but any type works really.

And then for the layering you want some King size corn tortillas – about 7″ size will fit nicely into the pan without having to rip them to fit.

Enchilada Sauce is what we used for the sauce, we used medium heat but you could make spicy or use our tamale sauce instead.

And then to add goodies into the layers we like sliced black olives, green onions, the choices go on and on.

As for the necessary items you need a 6″ Springform pan, Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker.

Optional add ins:

• Taco seasoning packet – add in when cooking meat
• Can of diced tomatoes – to sprinkle in between the layers, or use pico de gallo salsa
  • or add in 1/2 cup with meat when cooking
• Refried beans – to add a thin layer when you’re layering

I am telling you this is so good and  perfect for two people to split!

Mexican pizza Instant Pot

The two different cheeses give it great flavor. Olives are great on everything and you can choose the heat level for your enchilada sauce.

This recipe below is enough to make two Instant Pot Mexican pizzas. If you only want 1 just cut it in half. Of course how much cheese, meat, and sauce you want to layer on is totally up.

Oven Mexican pizza directions:

• Follow these Mexican pizza casserole directions or:
  • Just layer like instructions state below
  • cover springform pan with tinfoil
  • put in your oven or toaster oven for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees
  • take out when cheese is melted.

How Long to Cook Instant Pot Mexican pizza

Time needed: 12 minutes

Instant Pot Mexican Pizza

1. Prepare Brown your ground turkey on the stove or inside your Instant Pot with olive oil on saute setting. Add minced or fresh onion and seasoning salt to taste.
   
   Remove from pot and rinse inside of pot. Shred your cheeses and dice green onion. Pour 1 1/2 c. water into your Instant Pot with a small trivet inside.
   
   Spray the inside of your springform pan with non stick spray.
2. Layer In your 6″springform pan start layering your Mexican pizza. 
   Layer tortilla, cheeses, cooked ground turkey, olives, green onions, enchilada sauce.
   
   Then the same layering continues until you’ve used 4 tortillas and topped the last layer of toppings.
3. Cook Cover with tinfoil, put on trivet inside your pot, and close your lid and steam valve. Set Instant Pot to manual, pressure, high, for 4 minutes.
   
   Allow to naturally release steam for 4 minutes, then release rest of steam. Lift out of pot carefully using hot pads.
   
   Place pan on a plate. Unhook side of springform pan and lift outside of pan off. Use a spatula to slide Mexican pizza off bottom of pan.
   
   Pour more enchilada sauce and chives or green onions on top, slice into 3-4 pcs. and serve! (This recipe makes 2 Mexican pizzas so if you only want 1 just cut the recipe in half)

Once your family has enjoyed this meal, try to steam tamales in Instant Pot as well as:

• Instant Pot tacos are here, I actually have 4 different ways to make them
• Pressure cooker Mexican casserole is great
• Our easy Instant Pot taco pasta recipe is a fave
• We have a ton of other Instant Pot ground beef recipes you can enjoy

If you want to make a “regular” Instant Pot pizza we have directions for that too.