Crock Pot Pizza Casserole

Submitted by CandyTX

"A friend of mine, Elizabeth, gave this to me a few years back... another I keep meaning to try!"

 

• Ready In: 5hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 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

1. Layer the ingredients in this order: Beef, Onions, rigatoni, pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms.
2. Cook on low for 5 hours.

Reviews

[njyecats]

I'm a vegetarian so I used Morningstar Veggie Crumbles & left off the pepperoni. It was delicious!

 

[trinigyrl1]

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 :)

 

[mums the word]

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.

 

[tastes great less f]

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.

 

[Lucky Clover]

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!