Have you seen the Pizza Casserole recipe floating all over Pinterest? It looks absolutely amazing! A family favorite dinner recipe is this Pizza Casserole Recipe. Bakes in 20 minutes so dinner is ready in no time. One of my most pinned on Pinterest.
I knew I would have to try it out. But sadly most of the pins go to dead links, so that sent me on a mission to find the recipe to share with you!
And it tastes even better than it looks! I have a feeling this is going to become one of my kids’ favorites.
So as you can see I found the great secret Pizza Casserole Recipe, so here it is!
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- 1 bag of egg noodles, cooked and drained
- 1 large can or jar of pizza sauce
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (or more if you like a lot of cheese)
- 2 lbs. ground chuck, cooked and drained
- 2 packages of pepperoni (or less if you like less)
Cook and drain the ground chuck in a large skillet. Cook and drain the egg noodles in a medium pot. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large 9×13 oblong baking dish, start by spreading a thin layer of the pizza sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
Continue by layering in this order: Half of the noodles, half of the ground chuck, half of the pizza sauce, half of the shredded cheese, the remaining half of the noodles, the remaining half of the ground chuck, the remaining half of the pizza sauce, the remaining half of the cheese, and top off with the pepperoni. If you are using any optional items, incorporate them into the layers of ingredients.
Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. After this time is up, remove the foil cover and bake for another 15 minutes. Allow the pizza casserole to sit for about 10 minutes before serving.
YUMMY!!
mmm…looks delish!
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That looks awesome! We love pizza at our house as well. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this @ Show & Share! I am very happy to have you there!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I love the “thumbs up” picture. So cute!
This looks delicious! I might make this instead of the homemade pizza I intended on making tonight thanks!
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I would love to here what you thought about it!
Been wanting to try this so tonight i am
Trying tonight…Looks so good!! Thanks for a great idea!
If you were to make this and freeze it, would you freeze before you cook it? or after? What do you think would be better?
Looks good I am giving my wife a break from trying to figurewhat to have for dinner
It sounds a lot like lasagna. I’m sure it is yummy. Another recipe like this uses the frozen ravioli with cheese. You can use so many different variations. Just think out of the box and have fun.
My family likes this casserole, but we use 1 pound ground beef and 1 pound Italian sausage for more flavor 🙂
I also throw in some basil, oregano, garlic powder and thyme in the meat while browning it.
Where in the order are you supposed to put the first half of the cheeses?
Alisha, thanks for catching my oops. I have added it to the recipe but it after the first half of pizza sauce.
We’ve been making this dor yrs. Before that my father in law made it. We use left over spaghetti sauce and spaghetti noodles.
I think you may have over compensated the meat and noodles. I didn’t have enough room for all of it. Also there is no way to fit 2 packs of pepperoni on there trust me I tried lol. We’re pepperoni lovers In our house. It’s in the oven as I type. I’ve got high hopes.