Our cheesy pizza pasta casserole recipe is a super kid friendly pizza casserole that you and everyone in your family is going to love. Whether you want to eat it instead of your traditional pizza on friday night, or are craving pizza, this easy pizza casserole recipe will hit the spot!
Plus you can make this cheesy pizza pasta bake for dinner and enjoy the leftovers the next day and it will still be just as delicious. If you’re anything like me and leftovers are where it’s at, then you will love this recipe.
It is also a great ground beef recipe that is not a traditional recipe so you can switch it up a bit without going too crazy. By making pizza casserole with ground beef you still get a good amount of protein, but don’t have to compromise on flavor.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our cheesy pizza pasta casserole, you need the following ingredients:
- Ground beef
- Diced onion
- Green bell pepper diced
- Pizza sauce
- Mushrooms, drained
- Sliced pepperoni
- Salt
- Oregano
- Garlic powder
- Dried basil
- Rotini pasta, cooked
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Fresh basil
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our Cheesy Pizza Pasta Casserole Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Brown ground beef, onion and green pepper in large skillet over medium heat. Drain grease.
- Add pizza sauce, mushrooms, pepperoni, salt, oregano, garlic powder, basil and cooked macaroni.
- Grease a 9 x 13 inch dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Pour pasta mixture into the pan and sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until heated through and cheese is melted. Garnish with fresh basil.
Recipe Notes
- Sauce: If you are up for it, you can make your own pizza sauce for this recipe. Budget Bytes has a great thick and rich pizza sauce recipe that would work great for this pizza pasta casserole. If you do not want to make your own sauce, store-bought sauce works well.
- Additions and toppings: You can leave this recipe as is, or you can customzie it to suit your family. Our favorite additions and toppings include the following: cooked ham, ground sausage, pepperoni, red onion, banana peppers, or black olives.
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Cheesy Pizza Pasta Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 2 (16 ounce) pizza sauce
- 4 ounces mushrooms, drained
- 4 ounces sliced pepperoni
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 3 cup Rotini pasta, cooked
- 1 ½ cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1 Tablespoon fresh basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Brown ground beef, onion and green pepper in large skillet over medium heat. Drain grease.
- Add pizza sauce, mushrooms, pepperoni, salt, oregano, garlic powder, basil and cooked macaroni.
- Grease a 9 x 13 inch dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Pour pasta mixture into the pan and sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until heated through and cheese is melted. Garnish with fresh basil.
Notes
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I’m going to totally substitute the beef with turkey meat and scarf down a bunch of this for dinner. Thank you for this delicious dish.
Carbs are the best!!! This looks right up my alley 🙂
We have pizza every Friday, this looks like a fun spin on it!
This looks so good!! Pizza is the one food I could never give up, so I am all about putting that flavor into a baked pasta!
This is a recipe every family would love. This looks so easy and tasty. Wonderful idea making pizza casserole. I really enjoyed seeing your recipes this month and choosing something from your blog. I love the combination of flavors and of course anything with cheese on it is a good thing, LOL!
Absolutely LOVING this!! Pizza is one of the best things in the world and this is such a comforting version, can?t wait to make this, it?s miserable and raining outside so I could do with a big plate!
Sounds great! We’re not big pizza fans. Lots and lots of cheese. 🙂
Made this tonight and the whole family loved it! I made a few changes because i only had 1 jar pizza sauce so i added half a jar of spaghetti sauce instead and it turned out great! I think just pizza sauce wouldn’t be as good both me and husband thought, I also added extra cheese mixed in the sauce. Will make again Thanks! This would be a great freezer meal too!
Could I makes this in the morning, keep in fridge to back that evening?
Yes, you can make this dish ahead of time.
Is this a good do ahead freezer meal?
You could make it work. My worry is the pasta. Pasta is tricky when freezing it. So when converting this casserole into a freezer meal, the pasta should have been cooked just up to al dente and not beyond.
We loved this recipe so much! I also made it Gluten free with GF rotini. FYI in your recipe it does not say when to add the cheese. I am assumed step 4 is when to add the cheese since step 3 and 4 are the same.
Thanks so much for catching that. I went in and fixed the recipe so that it is now correct.
My family loved this pizza! It’s definitely a keeper. My kids gave it a 5 out of 5 stars.