Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Pepperoni Pizza Casserole

I actually happened to have all these ingredients on hand and decided to try Pepperoni Pizza Casserole for dinner last night. It was so good! We really like pizza in this house and this was a different take on regular pizza, using noodles for the "crust". It makes a good amount so we had lots of leftovers for lunch today. It smells like pizza, kind of looks like pizza and tastes like pizza. What a great comfort food!

Pepperoni Pizza Casserole From Sparks from the Fire

1 1/2 lbs ground beef or bulk sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/4 lb pepperoni, sliced
8 oz. mushrooms and juice
4-6 oz noodles, cooked
10 1/4 oz can pizza sauce
1 can tomato soup
1/2 can of water

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Brown meat; drain. Add onion, salt, pepper and mushrooms. Simmer 3 min. Combine pizza sauce, tomato soup, water and green pepper in separate bowl. Put 1/2 the noodles on the bottom of a greased 2 qt casserole dish. Top with 1/2 the sauce mixture, then 1/2 the meat mixture and half the cheese. Put a layer of pepperoni on top of cheese; repeat layers. Bake for 45 minutes.

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