Quick & Easy Deep Dish Pizza

Name: Quick & Easy Deep Dish Pizza
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 servings.
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 medium green pepper, chopped; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce; 10 slices Canadian bacon (about 6 ounces), coarsely chopped; 2 packages (6-1/2 ounces each) pizza crust mix; 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese; 4 ounces sliced pepperoni

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 30 min. YIELD: 8 servings.

I was trying to impress my boyfriend with my cooking, so I made this meaty, deep-dish pizza. I think it worked. Here we are 17 years later, and I still make it for our family at least once a month, if not more! —Stacey White, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce
10 slices Canadian bacon (about 6 ounces), coarsely chopped
2 packages (6-1/2 ounces each) pizza crust mix
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
4 ounces sliced pepperoni

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425°. In a large skillet, cook beef, pepper and onion over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, breaking beef into crumbles; drain. Stir in pizza sauce and Canadian bacon; remove from heat.
2. Prepare dough for pizza crust according to package directions. Press dough to fit bottom and 1 in. up sides of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan.
3. Spoon meat sauce onto crust. Sprinkle with cheese; top with pepperoni. Bake, covered, 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until crust and cheese are golden brown.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 476 calories, 22g fat (9g saturated fat), 76mg cholesterol, 1124mg sodium, 39g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 2g fiber), 29g protein.

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