Ground Beef Pizza
Next time you have pizza night at home, try this Ground Beef Pizza, you will love it if you are a fan of a crispy pizza crust topped with flavorful ground beef, peppers, and caramelized onions. And let’s not forget the creamy white garlic sauce! This is not at all healthy, but it is scrumptious.
Making homemade pizza at home is a great way to not only get the kids involved, it’s also a great way to make personalized pizzas for everyone!
Friday nights are usually pizza night. Even though we have a great variety of pizza places near us, I like to toss things up a bit and make homemade pizzas at home. There are so many different ways you can make your own pizza!
I had ground beef out and no clue what to make. I decided to try to make a spinoff of my steak, pepper and cheese sandwiches which I need to post about. This pizza was absolutely amazing.
This time I used a store-bought crust that we really like. However, feel free to use your own homemade recipe.
Another fun way to use pizza crust is by making Breakfast pizza! Seriously, if you haven’t made it yet, you have to try it! Make sure to check out our Ricotta Breakfast Pizza! I’m sure your family will love it!
Of course you will need an appetizer to go with your pizza! Our Garlic Flatbread is the perfect accompaniment!
Ingredients
- Pizza crust-homemade or store bought
- lean ground beef – I normally use 80/20 when making recipes that call for ground beef.
- green pepper – fresh or frozen will work
- sweet or red onion – you can even use yellow or white. This is totally up to you.
- shredded pizza cheese or mozzarella
Step by Step Directions
Preparing the vegetables.
Adding the toppings to the pizza.
Substitutions
- Garlic – you can use garlic powder instead of fresh garlic. You can also use the minced garlic that comes in a jar.
- Ground beef – I feel that 80/20 gives you the best flavor all around, however, feel free to use 90/10 or 70/30. You could also use sausage.
Variations
- Kid friendly – Since my kids aren’t fans of peppers and onions, I made a pizza just for them with the hamburger and white sauce.
- Bacon – cook up some bacon and dice it into small pieces for an additional topping.
- Red sauce – to change things up, use pizza sauce instead of making the white sauce.
- Banana peppers – if someone in your family loves those, serve some up on the side.
Equipment
- large skillet
- small saucepan
- knife
- cutting board
- pizza cutter
- baking sheet or pizza pan
- whisk
- smaller skillet
Storage
Fridge: Store any leftovers in a plastic bag. They will stay fresh for up to two days.
Freezer: Not recommended.
Top Tips
Making homemade pizza is a great way to get the kids involved with cooking. Let them help by putting the different toppings on.
FAQ
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Then place the crust on the bottom rack in the oven and cook about 10 – 15 minutes. Check the crust though throughout the baking process as each oven is different. Your crust will get nice and golden brown on the bottom. Then remove from the oven and put the toppings on, then place it back into the oven to finish cooking.
You want to season the meat before you cook it. As soon as you add the ground beef into the skillet, add in your Kosher salt, pepper, and favorite seasoning, such as Montreal steak seasoning, or whichever flavor you prefer. You can also add in onion powder, garlic powder, or Italian seasoning.
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Ground Beef Pizza
Equipment
- large skillet
- small saucepan
- Knife
- cutting board
- Pizza Cutter
- baking sheet/pizza pan
- pastry brush
- smaller skillet
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Pizza crust-homemade or store bought
- 1 ½ lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 1 tablespoon Montreal steak seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 large green pepper diced
- 1 medium sweet or red onion cut into thin rings
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 1-2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
Creamy White Garlic Sauce
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Prepare pizza dough or store bought dough.
- Brush pizza dough with olive oil and bake for about 10 minutes before adding toppings.
- In a non stick skillet, brown ground beef; drain fat if there is any.
- Return beef to the skillet and add steak seasoning, and garlic powder. Mix well, about 2 minutes.
- Add peppers and onions, sauté 3 minutes and remove pan from heat.
- Top crust with white garlic sauce, red pepper flakes, meat and vegetable mixture, and cheese.
- Bake about 15-20 minutes, until crust is to your liking.
- Slice pizza into 8 pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper(if that is your thing)
Creamy White Garlic Sauce
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat with garlic.
- Stir in flour and stir about 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in milk stirring constantly. Mixture will thicken. Simmer about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and continuously stir the sauce until it has thickened.
- If you feel it's a little too thick, add splashes of milk in until you get the texture you are looking for.
Omg, that looks so good…your recipes are getting yummier and yummier!
Yummy! I want to make that one too! My family will be so happy when Fall arrives and I am making some great new meals! :)
Love it girlie you know I added it to my to do list :). YUM
Oh yummy! This looks superb! I love pizza with white sauce and the Montreal steak seasoning sounds like it would give the ground beef an extra rich flavor. I’m definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
That sounds so good! As long as I could pick off the peppers I think I would like it…my hubby would love it though!
Wow, that sounds fantastic! I know my hubby will love it, we’ll try it this weekend!
Oh my gosh…garlic sauce on a pizza? That sounds wonderful!! Can I come over next Friday for pizza?? LOL!
Friday or Saturday night is pizza time in our house too. This sounds incredibly good! Love the white sauce!
This sounds great! I’ve been trying to figure out ways to put hamburger on a pizza and haven’t been able to come up with anything. I’m trying this!
Looks amazing!!
Oh yum! I actually have all the ingredients handy so I’m going to make this tonight. Thanks!
Can’t wait to try this!
It’s delicious:)