An amazingly easy crock pot pizza casserole to please the entire family. Pizza night has never been so simple. Whip one up tonight.
I read a lot of recipe. Most of recipes called for jar pizza sauce (yuck). This “make it yourself” with the crushed tomatoes and a few spices is so much better. Also there was lots precooking of the pasta going on. Let’s see, precook and 4-5 hours in a slow cooker will make ummm …. mush.
Rating
It is a high 4 for us pizza lovers. But can’t be a 5 just because there is no crust.
Notes: Vary the ingredients to what you like. I like sausage but though that would dominate the flavor. Be careful about adding red pepper or other spicing. The cooking gets the pepperoni spicing distributed and some of it is already spicy.
Start by chopping a small onion and half a green pepper.
Brown 1 pound of lower fat ground beef over medium high heat. Add 1 small chopped medium onion after a couple of minutes. Cook for about 8 minutes until no pink left. Add 2 cloves of crushed garlic the last minute of browning. About 8 minutes total.
Add 1 – 28 oz can crushed tomatoes, 1 cup water, 4 oz of sliced pepperoni minus 12 slices for topping, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1/2 chopped green pepper, 1 cup mozzarella cheese to a smaller crock pot. I used 3 1/2 qt. Mix well. Add 2 cups uncooked pasta. Mix well. Helpful hint: separate the pepperoni as it goes in.
Add the cooked ground beef after draining fat.
Top with 1 cup mozzarella and the 12 slices of pepperoni.
Cook on low for approximately 5 hours until edges browning nicely.
Crock Pot Pizza Casserole
An amazingly easy crock pot casserole to please the entire family. Pizza night has never been so simple. Whip one up tonight.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of lower fat ground beef
- 1 small onion
- 2 cloves of crushed garlic
- 1 – 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup water
- 4 oz of sliced pepperoni
- half a green pepper.
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 chopped green pepper
- 2 cup mozzarella cheese – divided
- 2 cups uncooked pasta
Instructions
- Start by chopping a small onion and half a green pepper.
- Brown 1 pound of lower fat ground beef over medium high heat. Add 1 small chopped medium onion after a couple of minutes Cook for about 8 minutes until no pink left. Add 2 cloves of crushed garlic the last minute of browning. About 8 minutes total.
- Add 1 – 28 oz can crushed tomatoes, 1 cup water, 4 oz of sliced pepperoni minus 12 slices for topping, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1/2 chopped green pepper, 1 cup mozzarella cheese to a smaller crock pot. I used 3 1/2 qt. Mix well. Add 2 cups uncooked pasta. Mix well. Helpful hint: separate the pepperoni as it goes in.
- Add the cooked ground beef after draining fat.
- Top with 1 cup mozzarella and the 12 slices of pepperoni.
- Cook on low for approximately 5 hours until edges browning nicely.
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From DrDan at 101 Cooking For Two
Updated
December 26 2013