Stuffed Pizza Casserole

SERVES: 6

COOK TIME: 35 Min

Our Stuffed Pizza Casserole is a great weeknight meal! Kids will love it and so will all the kids-at-heart at your table! It's a double-crusted hearty deep dish pizza chock full of a beef, Italian sausage and veggie filling that will have everyone begging for seconds!

What You'll Need

1/2 pound Italian sausage, casing removed
1/2 pound ground beef
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 (10-ounce) cans refrigerated pizza dough, divided
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 1/2 cup pizza sauce, divided

What to Do

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook sausage and ground beef 8 to 10 minutes, or until browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in mushrooms and bell pepper and cook 3 to 5 minutes, or until just tender. Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, unroll 1 pizza dough, press into bottom and halfway up sides of prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese, top with 3/4 cup pizza sauce, spoon meat mixture evenly over sauce, and sprinkle with 1 more cup cheese. Unroll and place second pizza dough on top. Press bottom and top crust edges together to seal. Make a few small slits in top crust.
Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven, pour remaining pizza sauce over crust and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake an additional 8 to 10 minutes, or until crust is browned.

Notes

If you like this pizza casserole, then you'll love our 5-Ingredient Pizza Bake, too!

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Rachel

Jun 18, 2018

Question for the Mr. Food Test Kitchen Can ground chicken or turkey be substituted for the ground beef? Rachel

Test Kitchen Team

Jun 18, 2018

Hi Rachel! Yes, turkey can be substituted. Enjoy! :)

ruska2001

Mar 30, 2016

I forgot to mention I also added garlic powder to the ground beef as I browned it.

ruska2001

Mar 30, 2016

This is yummy!! I love how you can add or subtract any toppings you want. For example, I added some pepperoni, roasted red peppers, onions, and cheddar cheese along with the ground beef, mozzarella cheese, and pizza sauce and it was DELISH!!!! I left out the sausage and mushrooms since I don't like them. I put the roasted red peppers (from the jar) instead of red bell pepper. Will definitely make again!

mecoracora 0757713

Oct 09, 2015

Just made this for dinner. Was so good D

raymondtreciokas 4 121902

May 26, 2015

This delicious casserole is the one I am preparing this Saturday for my euchre cards. Thank Mr. Food your recipes are amazing

rlpeterson1266 150 6159

Mar 05, 2015

Love this! It is an easy weeknight dinner. The kids loved it (and they are in college). It is requested weekly. I have stuffed it with all sorts of things, and it always comes out good. This one is definitely a keeper.

gwennie the pooh

Feb 27, 2013

This was so yummy!!! And a quick midweek dinner. Thanks Mr. Food : )