Delicious Ground Beef Pizza Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
• salt or seasoning salt and pepper
• 3 -4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 lb pepperoni, divided
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 4 cups pasta sauce
• 3 -4 cups rigatoni pasta (cooked to firm-tender and drained, do not overcook the pasta)
• 4 cups mozzarella cheese, divided

Recipe

• 1 grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
• 2 cook the gound beef in a medium skillet with the onions, green peppers, garlic, salt pepper until meat is browned and veggies are tender; drain fat, and mix in the parmesan cheese.
• 3 stir in the 1/2-pound pepperoni (chop this pepperoni to add to the mixture, leave the remaining half pound pepperoni sliced), mushrooms, pasta sauce; stir well until combined; simmer for 20-25 minutes on top of stove.
• 4 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 place the cooked rigatoni pasta on the bottom of the greased baking dish.
• 6 sprinkle with 2 cups mozzarella cheese over the pasta.
• 7 layer with pepperoni slices evenly over the cheese.
• 8 top with the ground beef/pasta sauce mixture.
• 9 bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• 10 remove from oven, sprinkle with the remaining 2 cups mozzarella cheese.
• 11 return to oven and bake for 10 minutes longer, or until bubbly.
• 12 let stand for 10-15 minutes before serving.