Crock Pot Pizza Casserole
"A friend of mine, Elizabeth, gave this to me a few years back... another I keep meaning to try!"
photo by trinigyrl1
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef, browned and drained
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 11 ounces rigatoni pasta, cooked and drained
- 28 ounces prepared pizza sauce
- 2 lbs shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 ounces pepperoni, sliced
- mushroom, to taste
directions
- Layer the ingredients in this order: Beef, Onions, rigatoni, pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms.
- Cook on low for 5 hours.
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Reviews
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I'm a vegetarian so I used Morningstar Veggie Crumbles & left off the pepperoni. It was delicious! -
Tasted great, though the next time I would put either more spices in the ground beef (I had already put garlic powder, garlic salt and a bit of Lawry's) when I cook it or a bit of the pizza sauce in it to make it more uniform with the rest of the dish. The pizza sauce didn't make its way to the bottom. Same with the onions, maybe put a little salt and black pepper. I also added a little cheddar on top and left out the mushrooms. My 6yr old son was a fan! He loooves pizza and pepperoni :) -
I made this for a potluck lunch at my DH's office and it was very well received. I doubled the recipe except for the onion, added some green and red pepper and left out the mushrooms as I didn't have any. I increased the sauce by adding an additional 28oz to the doubled recipe as it was going to be kept warm for several hours and I was afraid it might dry out. I would make this again. Thanks for the recipe.
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this did taste like pizza, but was pretty bland. I hate to give up on recipes after only one try so I'll try it again. Maybe this time I'll add some chopped bell peppers with the onions,or use pizza sausage instead of ground beef. -
Quick and easy favorite! I used 1 lb of ground chuck, 11 oz. campanelle pasta, 28 oz. parmesan & romano spaghetti sauce, 8 oz. of pizza sauce, pepperoni, onions, banana peppers, and put the cheese on top (at the end, just so it had long enough to melt). I used to make this all the time, but lost my old recipe. The only thing I would change with this one is to add even more sauce next time. There just wasn't quite enough, especially after it cooked for so long. Thanks for sharing!
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Tweaks
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A picture of it out of the crackpot :-)
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We tweaked it some by using Italian sausage instead of beef, added diced red bell pepper, and I used gluten free pasta. I also layered it a little differently. It is good though!
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I used whole wheat rotini pasta, 2 jars of prego traditional spaghetti sauce, and Turkey pepperoni. It turned out great! Everyone loved it!
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this did taste like pizza, but was pretty bland. I hate to give up on recipes after only one try so I'll try it again. Maybe this time I'll add some chopped bell peppers with the onions,or use pizza sausage instead of ground beef.
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We all agreed the casserole needed salt and after this addition, the flavor was really good. My family has requested that I use ground sausage instead of beef when I make this again. I used a three cheese Italian blend containing mozarella, but will stick with plain mozarella next time.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CandyTX
Austin, TX
<p>My name is Candy, married in 1993 to Tom. We have two kids (ages 13 and 11) and live in Austin, TX. Most of the cooking is done by Tom these days and he loves to play around and experiment with food. I own a bookkeeping business from a home office and Tom is a teacher so we stay busy and are always on the look out for something fun, fast and healthy.<br /> <br />View my all about me website for links and other information about us - <a href=http://www.candybeauchamp.com>HERE</a>. <br /> <br />We both absolutely love to read! Our kids are turning into little bookworms too :) We are all Kindle addicts and read a lot, my husband and I easily read 200 books per year between the two of us.</p>
