Sloppy Pizza Joes

Submitted by wattamess

"Sloppy Joes with a pizza kick, found in a cookbook"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 18 sanwiches
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef (80/20)
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 2 (14 ounce) jars pizza sauce
• 3 ounces sliced pepperoni
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 18 sandwich buns

directions

1. Use a 12" skillet to cook the beef and onion over medium heat till done. Drain the beef and onions.
2. Spray a 3.5 - 4 qt slow cooker with cooking spray and spoon the beef mixture into the slow cooker, add pepper, basil, oregano, pepperoni and sauce. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.
3. Spoon mixture into buns and sprinkle with the mozzarella.

Reviews

[rinefam_4943273]

Very good and a great way to include vegetables. Also try using Italian sausage instead of hamburger. If you like supreme pizza throw in a couple sliced mushrooms, black olives, or other vegetables and meats. This is great to have in the crockpot on a baseball practice night good and ready when the guys get home!!!!!

 

[AmyMCGS]

I threw half a batch of this together using ingredients I had on hand (precooked frozen ground beef, a bag of frozen chopped 3-color peppers & onions) and left it for DH and the kids one night when I had to work. It got rave reviews- and the leftovers were gone before I got to taste one! I'll keep this in mind for a quick and easy meal in the future- thanks!

 

[Nimz_]

This was a little different and we really enjoyed it for lunch. I used recipe #51861 for my pizza sauce, which is a favorite for us. I made half the recipe and have leftovers for the week. Thanks for sharing. Made for PAC Spring 2011 :)

 

[JamieTND]

Today for dinner I made these but, I followed another recipe for pizza joes. Thankfully I tasted it before serving it. It was lacking flavor by the time I got done with it, I had made this recipe minus the pepperoni but added 2 tsp ground mustard, 2 TBSp Worcestershire, 4 celery stalk minced (as those were what the other recipe called for). I'm giving it 4 stars only for finding one just like what i tossed together a few mins ago. But it still needs flavor. I think next I will just use half a can of Hunt's traditional spaghetti sauce and season if needed. Still it's a cool idea for a hot summer day.