I’m taking everything you love about a juicy cheeseburger and combining it with the gooey, crispy magic of pizza. Topped with seasoned ground beef, melty cheddar and mozzarella, pepperoni, onions, tangy pickles, and a bold drizzle of mustard, this Deep Dish Cheeseburger Pizza is a flavor explosion you won’t want to miss. Whether you're a pizza fanatic or a burger lover, this mashup will blow your mind and your taste buds!
Preheat your oven to 425° F
Brown your ground beef in a hot cast iron pan, season the beef with sea salt and black pepper to your taste.
Remove the cooked beef from the pan with a slotted spoon. Dispose of the remaining beef fat and rinse and wipe the pan out with a paper towel.
Lightly spray the same pan with some olive oil. Press the prepared pizza dough down into the pan, working it until it covers the bottom and goes up the sides of the pan as much as possible.
Bake the pizza crust in the oven for 8 minutes.
After 8 minutes, remove the pan from the oven and poke the half-baked dough with a fork if it puffed up at all.
Make your "tingle layer", which is 1/2 stick of butter melted, then shake in a few good shakes of garlic salt w/ parsley. I use the garlic salt w/ parsley from ALDI. Add as much as you like to reach the tingle level you're going for! With a brush, paint the tingle layer all over the half-baked dough, even pulling the sides of the dough away from the pan so you can get the tingle layer down under the crust as well.
Pop open your favorite jar of pizza sauce (I like to use Mid's) and add as much pizza sauce as you want, spreading it to cover the bottom of the pizza crust. Add a layer of shredded cheese on top of the sauce.
Now add half of the seasoned ground beef, with some of the onions and bell pepper. Then add the second half of the ground beef and additional onions and peppers if you'd like. Top it all with more shredded cheese and sliced pepperoni.
Bake your deep dish cheeseburger pizza for an additional 12 minutes or until the edges of the crust are golden brown.
Serve each pizza slice with a side of arugula and pickle slices and a healthy drizzle of yellow mustard. Enjoy!
