Easy Pizza Casserole Recipe

Spoil yourself with tonight's dinner by choosing this Easy Pizza Casserole. Made with your favorite hearty ingredients from both pasta and pizza, this dish is an explosion of flavor and savory, cheesy goodness!

Course dinner, gluten-free, lunch, meal-prep

Cuisine American

Keyword Pizza Casserole

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 25

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 455kcal

Author Erin Antoniak

Ingredients

16 oz pasta I used brown rice fusilli from TJ's
2 tablespoon avocado oil
½ yellow onion diced
3 cloves garlic minced
1 green pepper diced
4 cups broccoli chopped
1.5 lb chicken sausage uncooked and in casing (from the meat counter)
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon salt
1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
4 cups pasta sauce
3 oz pepperoni
1-2 cup shredded mozzarella

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9x13 glass baking dish with non-stick spray.
Cook pasta according to package, drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, heat dutch oven with avocado oil. Once hot, add in yellow onion, garlic, green pepper, and broccoli.
Let saute for a 5 minutes until veggies begin to soften.
Take sausage out of casing and add to veggies. Chop up using wooden spoon and let cook all the way through.
Once cooked, add in oregano, basil, and salt. Then add in diced tomatoes and pasta sauce.
Stir to combine, and then add in pasta noodles, stirring until all mixed together.
Pour into baking dish and then add a layer of pepperoni. Top with mozzarella cheese.
Bake in oven uncovered for 25 minutes.
Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

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