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    🏠Home » Recipes » Low Carb/Keto Recipes

    Tortilla Pizza—Quick & Easy

    Jan 5, 2010 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · Last modified: Nov 6, 2023 · 10 Comments

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    Quick and easy individual tortilla pizzas are perfect for lunch or dinner. Customize them with your favorite toppings or make them low-carb or even low-caloric to fit your needs.

    These tortilla pizzas are so good the whole family and kids will love them. Easy and quick to make it your way with the toppings you love.

    🍕Ingredients

    Tortilla—flour tortillas or low-carb tortillas and flatbread
    Italian sausage
    Green pepper—chopped
    Onion—chopped medium size
    Pepperoni
    Pizza sauce
    Mozzarella
    Any toppings you like on regular pizza—red onion, mushrooms, ham, bacon, Parmesan cheese

    tortilla pizzas on a pizza stone.
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    • 🍕Ingredients
    • 👨‍🍳How to Make Tortilla Pizza
    • ✔️Tips to make it right every time
    • Other Pizza and Low-Carb Recipes
    • Variation: Four Cheese White Pizza with Chicken
    • ❓FAQs
    • 📖 Recipe
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    Featured Comment from Carol:
    "5 stars My tortilla pizza turned out to be great!"

    Prep your favorite ingredients ahead, and in 20 minutes, you can have fresh-out-of-the-oven pizzas that even picky kids love.

    Perfect for people following low-carb or keto diets, but you will love this recipe even if you are not on a diet.

    👨‍🍳How to Make Tortilla Pizza

    bag of low carb Flatout bread

    Preheat oven to 425° convection or 450° conventional with the pizza stone on a center rack.

    browned flat bread in a fry pan.

    In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 teaspoons of oil. Brown flour tortillas on both sides slightly. You are just firming it up to keep it from falling apart with the sauce and ingredients.

    spreading sauce on browned tortilla.

    Spoon 2 tablespoons premade pizza sauce on the crust and spread. Add other ingredients: my choices are sausage, onion, 12 pieces of pepperoni, green pepper, shredded mozzarella cheese, and topped off with 6 more slices of pepperoni.

    tortilla pizza on pizza stone.

    Transfer to the pizza stone. This will cook rapidly for about 10 minutes.

    For more details, keep reading. See the Recipe Card below for complete instructions and to print.

    ✔️Tips to make it right every time

    • The most important thing for good results is to give the tortillas a light browning before starting to top them.
    • Use your favorite toppings you order on traditional pizza.
    • If you don't have a pizza stone, preheat a baking sheet or cast iron skillet.
    • This can become a quick recipe to make with a bit of planning. Brown Italian sausage, chop some green pepper ahead, and freeze.
    • To make your own sauce: One 6 oz can of tomato paste and 6 oz water. Add ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, 1 clove of garlic, about half a small chopped onion, and 1 teaspoon oregano—a pinch (¼ teaspoon) of crushed red pepper flakes for a touch of heat.

    Other Pizza and Low-Carb Recipes

    Check out other pizza recipes, like Biscuit Pizza, Homemade Pizza Dough, Crock Pot Pizza Casserole, and French Bread Pizza.

    If you need low-carb recipes, see Parmesan-Sesame Crackers, Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole, Mashed Cauliflower, and Simple Splenda Lemonade.

    Variation: Four Cheese White Pizza with Chicken

    A wonderful change of pace. Give it a try.

    Just a change in toppings: Eliminate Italian sausage, green pepper, pepperoni, and pizza sauce.

    New ingredient:
    1 tablespoon butter
    ½ tsp garlic powder
    ½ cup diced chicken
    1-2 oz each of feta, white cheddar, mozzarella, and shredded Parmesan
    1 Plum tomato - thinly sliced  (about ¼ inch)
    Instructions:
    1) Melt 1 tablespoon butter and add ½ tsp garlic powder. Spread over the crust like sauce.
    2) Add the topping: ½ cup of diced chicken, thinly sliced plum tomato (about ¼ inch), 2 oz each of feta, white cheddar, mozzarella, and shredded Parmesan.

    ❓FAQs

    Do I need a pizza stone to cook tortilla pizzas?

    No, without the pizza stone, use a large ½ sheet baking sheet or cast iron skillet coated with PAM cooking spray. But the stone will help crisp up the crust more, and it is great to have around for heating standard pizza.

    How to make your tortilla pizza low-carb?

    Use low-carb ingredients, especially tortillas. The popularity of low-carb diets has led to multiple commercial versions of low-carb tortillas and flatbreads that are excellent products, cheap, and readily available.

    Can I make tortilla pizzas ahead and cook them when needed?

    Not a good idea. The tortilla will eventually get soggy. Prepare the ingredients ahead and assemble them while the oven is heating.

    How to keep the tortillas from becoming soggy?

    The trick is not just to slap the sauce and goodies on the tortilla. You need to brown them a little in a bit of oil, which will help keep them from becoming mush. It is that simple.

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    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Italian Recipes, Low Carb/Keto Recipes, Pizza Recipes

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    📖 Recipe

    tortilla pizzas on a pizza stone

    Tortilla Pizza—Quick & Easy

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    Quick and easy individual tortilla pizzas are perfect for lunch or dinner. Customize them with your favorite toppings or make them low-carb or even low-caloric to fit your needs.
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    4.58 from 21 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 2

    Ingredients

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    • 1 large low carb tortilla - or low carb flatbread
    • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil

    My suggested toppings - use what you like

    • ¼ pound Italian sausage - browned
    • ¼ cup green pepper - chopped
    • ¼ onion - Chopped medium size
    • 18 pieces pepperoni
    • 2 tablespoons premade pizza sauce - I like Ragu Sweet Basil
    • ½ cup mozzarella shredded
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425° convection or 450° conventional with the pizza stone on a center rack.
      bag of low carb Flatout bread
    • In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 teaspoons of oil. Brown flour tortillas on both sides slightly. You are just firming it up to keep it from falling apart with the sauce and ingredients.
      browned flat bread in a fry pan
    • Spoon 2 tablespoons premade pizza sauce on the crust and spread. Add other ingredients: my choices are sausage, onion, 12 pieces of pepperoni, green pepper, shredded mozzarella cheese, and topped off with 6 more slices of pepperoni.
      spreading sauce on browned flat bread
    • Transfer to the pizza stone. This will cook rapidly for about 10 minutes.
      A low-carb tortilla pizza on pizza stone
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips:

    1. I generally eat a whole one of these, but most look at it as two servings. So nutrition says two serving on one of these. You can double the number if you consider the whole thing one serving.
    2. Obviously, nutrition varies completely by ingredients.
    3. The pizza stone helps a lot. Preheat a heavy cooking sheet in the oven if you don't have one. Even a cast iron skillet will work.
    4. Use the flatbread if you can find it. It is thicker and will remind you more of a thin-crust pizza.
    5. DO NOT skip the browning step.
    6. I suggest making the ingredients up ahead, but the "crust" will be soggy and fall apart if you try to store a cooked one of these.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Calories : 373 kcal (19%)Carbohydrates : 4 g (1%)Protein : 17 g (34%)Fat : 32 g (49%)Saturated Fat : 15 g (75%)Cholesterol : 75 mg (25%)Sodium : 832 mg (35%)Potassium : 292 mg (8%)Fiber : 1 g (4%)Sugar : 2 g (2%)Vitamin A : 323 IU (6%)Vitamin C : 18 mg (22%)Calcium : 152 mg (15%)Iron : 1 mg (6%)
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Main Course
    Cuisine : Italian

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    1. Carol

      October 08, 2022 at 8:06 pm

      5 stars
      My tortilla pizza turned out to be great! I fried my chopped veggies, so they wouldn't be raw on the pizza. Pan fried my tortilla like you suggested and used Rao's pizza sauce, continued to build it. Cooked it like you recommended. Wonderful, will definitely make this many times in the future. Being on keto, using low carb tortilla, low carb ssuce, to make a pizza is such a treat. Thanks a lot.

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    2. Lou7

      January 31, 2022 at 10:53 pm

      I made this pizza and loved it, made two more for my son, he called me to say how good it was, his words "tasted like it came from a pizzeria", I agree.

      I fried the tortilla, browned the mild Italian sausage, green peppers, onions & mushrooms, spread on Classico Sauce, (Sausage, green pepper & onion), then spread thin layer of mozzarella, put on the sausage, green peppers, onion, black olives, more mozzarella cheese, sprinkled on salt, garlic salt & Italian seasoning. baked 10 minutes. Tasted like a professionally made pizza.

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    3. kazy

      April 26, 2021 at 4:19 pm

      Hi Dan,
      I found your white cheese pizza intriguing and would like to try it except I noticed in both places that you mentioned it, you gave no cooking instructions like you did for the pepperoni. Are we to assume that we prepare the tortilla the same way as we would if we were doing the pepperoni pizza, by browning it first in a pan on both sides, then topping it with garlic butter, chicken and and the 4 cheeses, then placing on a pizza stone and baking for 10 minutes?

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      • Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

        April 26, 2021 at 8:59 pm

        Hi Kazy,
        Welcome to the blog.
        Yep, cook everything the same, tortilla browning then toppings then bake on a stone.
        Dan

    4. Stacy Scoggins

      April 01, 2021 at 12:30 pm

      I really enjoyed this recipe! My toppings were leftover shredded brisket and cheese. I did quickly fry the tortilla and bake it at 425° for 10 minutes. That was so good, when I make pizza again, I'm not changing anything.

      Reply
    5. Jana

      September 29, 2020 at 9:52 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe is great! Before seeing this recipe I made a version of this, only without the first step to crisp up the flatbread, and mine was more flimsy. That step made all the difference in the world. The crust is thin and crispy and so yummy with the added toppings! A winner!

      Reply
    6. Paula Lynch

      February 13, 2016 at 5:00 pm

      We are so excited to try this (going to make the oven blackened tilapia tomorrow for first time). We don't have a pizza some, can we use a cookie sheet? If so, any adjustments needed? Also on conventional oven would we use 450 degrees like on tilapia recipe?

      Thank you so much in advance for your assistance. Feel blessed to have come upon your site today in Google search for tilapia, so many things we're going to try!

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      • DrDan

        February 13, 2016 at 5:06 pm

        Yep a cooking sheet will work. I do a lot of higher temperature cooking and have a discussion in the FAQs menu above. Basically I don't like to go above 425 much so if the recipe calls for 425 convection. Still with 425 conventional and add a bit of time.
        DrDan

      • Paula Lynch

        February 14, 2016 at 8:37 pm

        Ok great, ty so much! Will stick @ temp and just add time :) Will check out the FAQ. We enjoyed the oven blackened tilapia tonight!

      • Lou7

        January 31, 2022 at 10:58 pm

        I used a pizza Tim with holes in it, was fine!

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