Description
Hearty slow cooker pizza sloppy joes bring Italian-American comfort to dinner tables with zesty marinara and melted cheese. Serve these crowd-pleasing sandwiches on toasted buns for a mouthwatering meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 2 pounds (907 grams) ground beef
Pizza Sauce and Toppings:
- 30 ounces (850 grams) pizza sauce
- 1/2 cup (75 grams) pepperoni slices, halved
- 1 cup (113 grams) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 slices mozzarella cheese
Bread:
- 8 rolls
Instructions
- Prepare ground beef in a skillet over medium heat, crumbling the meat and cooking until completely brown. Eliminate excess grease through thorough draining.
- Transfer the cooked beef into the slow cooker, creating an even base layer for the recipe.
- Incorporate pizza sauce and halved pepperoni pieces, stirring carefully to ensure complete meat coverage and flavor distribution.
- Cover the slow cooker and allow the mixture to simmer on low temperature for approximately three hours, enabling the flavors to meld and intensify.
- After the initial cooking period, generously sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese across the meat mixture, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
- Continue cooking for an additional half hour, allowing the cheese to completely melt and create a rich, gooey texture.
- Select soft sandwich rolls and prepare them for filling, ensuring they are split and ready to receive the savory mixture.
- Ladle the hot, cheesy beef blend onto each roll, creating hearty and abundant sandwiches.
- Optional: Add an extra slice of mozzarella on top of each sandwich for additional cheesy indulgence.
- Serve immediately while the filling remains hot and the cheese maintains its luxurious, molten consistency.
Notes
- Drain ground beef thoroughly to prevent excess grease and ensure a cleaner, more appetizing dish.
- Choose lean ground beef (90/10 or 93/7) for a healthier version without compromising flavor.
- Customize pepperoni quantity based on personal preference, using more or less for desired intensity.
- Experiment with different cheese blends like provolone or a pizza cheese mix for unique flavor profiles.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 440
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 950 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 24 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg