Spicy Beef Pitzas

"From EveryDay with Rachael Ray June/July 2008."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
  • In a small bowl combine yogurt and two-thirds of the garlic; season with salt and pepper.
  • In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the bell pepper and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the reamining garlic, the habanero chile and cumin; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  • Add the beef and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
  • On a baking sheet, top each pita with a quarter of the beef mixture and bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Serve with the garlic yogurt.

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  1. This is a good recipe. Different. I used whole wheat pitas and used green bell peppers instead of habaneros. The yogurt made it special. Thanks for posting.
     
  2. This was very good. I made a couple of changes - I used steak strips instead of ground beef. Also, I forgot about the red pepper until after the pizza had already come out of the oven, so I chopped it up and put it on top raw. I rather liked the crisp crunch of the raw pepper, but I think next time I would pay more attention to the recipe when I was cooking. Also, I added green onions to the onions because I love green onions and I had a bunch to use in the refrigerator. I served the garlic yogurt on the side as a dip. It was very flavorful! I used whole wheat pitas. All in all, a treat for lunch! Made for Please Review My Recipe Tag Game, 1/17/09 - NELady.
     
  3. I omitted the habanero peppers cause I didn't have any. Instead of ground cumin I used taco seasoning. DH didn't put sauce on his pitza cause he's fussy with things like yogurt and sauce. But I did and I liked the taste. Thanks Shelby. Made for 123 hit wonders
     
  4. I saw Jen's pictures on Photo Tag and had to make these. They are very good and easy to make. I agree, I boosted the spices and added some sliced mushrooms. We loved the yogurt sauce, it gave it an almost Greek feel, which Jen picked up on with the feta comment. I think I'd leave this as is and serve it with a Greek salad - yum! Thanks for posting.
     
  5. A "pizza" I like without cheese is a big accomplishment! Even using lean ground turkey,non-fat yogurt and wheat pitas, this was outstanding. The meat could be spicier; I'll use more cumin and peppers next time for our taste. Most of the flavor comes from the raw garlic in the yogurt sauce which is really good! This would be great with feta melted on the top instead of the chilled yogurt sauce. Made for the Photo Tag game.
     
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  1. This is a good recipe. Different. I used whole wheat pitas and used green bell peppers instead of habaneros. The yogurt made it special. Thanks for posting.
     
  2. I omitted the habanero peppers cause I didn't have any. Instead of ground cumin I used taco seasoning. DH didn't put sauce on his pitza cause he's fussy with things like yogurt and sauce. But I did and I liked the taste. Thanks Shelby. Made for 123 hit wonders
     

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