QUICK & EASY DEEP DISH PIZZA

Quick & Easy Deep Dish Pizza image

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

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 1h

Yield 8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

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

Steps:

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., 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., 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. Freeze option: Cool meat sauce before assembling pizza. Securely cover and freeze unbaked pizza. To use, bake frozen pizza, covered with foil, in a preheated 425° oven 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until golden brown and heated through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 476 calories, Fat 22g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 76mg cholesterol, Sodium 1124mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 29g protein.