Crescent Roll Taco Ring

Fill the center of this Crescent Roll Taco Ring with your favorite toppings to create an attractive meal in under 30 minutes.

Familiar taco meat is more fun to eat when served in a ring of crescent rolls with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, sliced olives, avocados and sour cream.

If you like this one dish meal you may also enjoy our Ground Beef and Zucchini Casserole.

Easy Taco Ring Recipe

Taco meat coated with cheese and wrapped in crescent dough makes this Taco Ring recipe that’s easy to personalize. Popular toppings fit right in the center. The more unique garnishes can be served on the side.

With very similar ingredients to our Crescent Roll Tacos and Taco Pie, but so much more eye catching, this crescent roll taco ring is an easy family dinner!

My daughter says this recipe is, “Very yummy! It’s almost like a pizza because of the rolls, but tastes like a taco.” When kids eat the meal and smile that’s a note worth sharing!

More fun food that the kids love to customize with different toppings are our Hawaiian Roll Garlic Bread and Pancake Tacos.

Ingredients Needed

• Crescent Roll Dough – Two tubes of refrigerated dough.
• Ground Beef – We prefer a lean blend that’s at least 85% lean.
• Taco Seasoning – Use a packet, but decrease the water to 1/3 of a cup.
• Cheddar Cheese – Shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese is divided and sprinkled on the meat as well as served with the lettuce in the center of the crescent taco ring.
• Toppings – Shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, chopped green onions, sliced black olives, cubes or slices of avocado, more cheese and a squeeze tube of sour cream for convenience.

How To Make A Taco Ring

Cook ground beef over medium high heat and use a meat masher to separate while cooking. Drain any excess drippings.

Return skillet to medium heat and add 1/3 cup of water and packet of taco seasoning. Using less water than a packet recommends works best in our crescent roll taco ring recipe.

Stir until taco seasoning is mixed well and water is evaporated.

Use cold dough and separate into triangles. The wider end of the triangles will form the center of the ring in the center of a pizza pan.

Using a round pan serves as a guide and makes it easier to form a ring.

The thinner, pointed ends of the dough will point out – almost like rays of sunshine radiating out. The wider side of the triangles will overlap slightly to form a slight curve that forms the center circle.

Carefully spoon cooked meat on the thickest part of the crescent roll dough.

Sprinkle one cup of cheese on top of the warm meat.

Gently pick up each point, one at a time and wrap in the center. Tuck the end of the point under and pinch to seal closed.

Slight adjustments can be made to the shape of the ring if necessary.

Then bake in an oven preheated to 350℉ for 30 minutes or until the dough is golden brown and baked through.

Serving Tips

We like to prep the lettuce, tomatoes, avocados and any other toppings while the taco ring bakes.

While the ring is still warm fill the center with the toppings everyone in the family will enjoy. We serve sour cream and avocado on the side because not everyone eats those.

Add the chopped veggies to the center. Set on the table and slice with a pizza cutter.

Enjoy!

Recipe Tips and Tricks

• Keep dough as COLD as possible until the second you are ready to use. Dough that warms up becomes more tacky, stretch and tear easily and gets progressively more difficult to work with.
• Overlap dough evenly while forming the center of the circle as the overlapped portions will take the longest to cook through.
• Cover baking pan with foil and coat with non-stick spray for easier clean-up.
• Store leftover fresh veggies separate from the cooked crescent taco ring. The ring reheats fine in the microwave or air fryer.

More Easy Family Meal Ideas

Kielbasa and Potatoes is an easy skillet meal with peppers and onions mixed in.

Spaghetti Pie is another food that’s more fun to eat when served out of a pie dish.

Hot Dogs and Sauerkraut is a classic that’s great in a skillet or on the grill.