Easy Shareable Pizza Casserole Recipe
Image credit: Rachel cooks with love ❤ via YouTube
If you can’t choose between pizza and pasta, then you can have them both in one casserole with this recipe by Rachel cooks with love ❤ on YouTube! This dish is so delicious, hearty, and loaded with lots of meaty and cheesy goodness, plus, this is super easy to prepare, too. Learn how to make this now and serve it to your family for dinner.
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces of small elbow macaroni
- ½ pound of ground beef, 80/20
- ½ pound of mild Italian sausage
- 2½ -3 ounces of pepperoni slices, or as needed
- ½ medium onion, finely chopped
- 1½ tsp of Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp of salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp pepper
- 20 ounces of pizza sauce
- 8 ounces of freshly grated mozzarella cheese
- Green bell pepper, thinly sliced, as needed
- Pepper flakes, for serving, optional
Directions:
Step 1
Place a pan on a stove over medium-high heat, then add both meat to the pan, and break them apart. Allow them to cook until nice and brown, then drain off the excess grease, and season them with onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and ground black pepper. Add the chopped onion and pepperoni, then mix them all together until well combined, and continue to cook them while preparing the pasta. Bring a large pot filled with water to a boil, then sprinkle some salt before adding the pasta, and cook them according to the package instructions. Now back to the meat, add the pizza sauce to the mixture, then give them a good mix to combine, and turn off the heat.
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Step 2
Check the doneness of the pasta, then turn off the heat and drain off all the water, and add the meat sauce to it. Toss them together until well combined, then lightly spray a baking dish, and spread some of the pasta mixture at the bottom spreading it in an even layer. Sprinkle some cheese on top until covered, then add the remaining pasta all over the top spreading it evenly, and then add the remaining cheese on top of it. Place the bell pepper slices and pepperoni slices on top, then place it in the middle rack of a preheated oven at 350 degrees, and allow it to bake for about 35 to 40 minutes or until the top is nice and melted. Sprinkle some pepper flakes on top if desired, then serve, and enjoy!
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