This pizza casserole using biscuits has only 6 ingredients that are combined to make a fluffy and deliciously-flavored casserole with two types of cheese, pizza sauce, Italian sausage, flaky refrigerated biscuits, and pepperoni.
I love meals that are easy to make, especially on busy days. This pizza casserole using biscuits only takes about 10 minutes to prep, then it’s ready to put in the oven to bake.
I’ve made this dish multiple times for my family now, and they keep telling me how much they love it, and they want me to make it again. If your family loves pizza, then they’ll love this pepperoni casserole.
Before making this pizza casserole with biscuits, these questions that people have asked might be helpful.
What Is A Pizza Casserole?
A pizza casserole has the ingredients of pizza, but it’s combined all together and placed into a casserole dish to bake. The combined ingredients include refrigerated biscuit dough, ground sausage, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and slices of pepperoni.
What Can Be Served With Biscuit Pizza Casserole?
A green salad would make a great side dish with this pizza casserole. I’ve also added vegetable side dishes such broccoli and fruit side dishes such as strawberries or apples to complete this meal.
How Do You Make Pizza Sauce With Biscuits?
You can use any of your favorite jars of pizza sauce that can be purchased at the grocery store to make the pizza sauce for this recipe. You can also make your own homemade pizza sauce with just 5 ingredients from Natasha’s Kitchen.
How Can You Make Pizza Casserole On A Budget?
The nice thing about this recipe is that it doesn’t cost too much to purchase the ingredients for the recipe. However, if you are on a tight budget, a few things you can do to cut the cost of this recipe is to make your own homemade biscuit dough, make your own homemade pizza sauce (see recipe link above), and cut out the ground sausage from the recipe.
How Do You Make A Pizza Casserole Using Biscuits?
Here is the recipe of how to make the pizza casserole with biscuits:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a pan, cook and crumble the ground Italian sausage until it’s no longer pink. Drain the grease.
Cut each of the 8 refrigerated biscuit rounds dough into 8 smaller pieces.
In a large bowl, combine the cooked Italian sausage, biscuit dough pieces, and pizza sauce. Stir until combined.
Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread the pizza mixture evenly into the dish.
Top with mozzarella cheese and slices of pepperoni on top.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until the biscuits are cooked through and the cheese is golden on top.
Remove the casserole from the oven and sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top. Let the casserole sit for 5 minutes, then cut and serve.
Here is the pepperoni casserole recipe:
Pizza Casserole Using Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground Italian sausage, mild
- 1 tube Flaky Refrigerated Biscuit Rounds Dough (16.3 oz)
- 1 jar pizza sauce (14 oz)
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 24 slices pepperoni
- 2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a pan, cook and crumble the ground Italian sausage until it's no longer pink. Drain grease.
- Cut each of the 8 refrigerated biscuit rounds dough into 8 smaller pieces.
- In a large bowl, combine the Italian sausage, biscuit dough pieces, and pizza sauce. Stir until combined.
- Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread the pizza mixture evenly into the dish.
- Top with mozzarella cheese and slices of pepperoni on top.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the biscuits are cooked through and the cheese is golden on top.
- Remove the casserole from the oven and sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top. Let the casserole sit for 5 minutes, then cut and serve.
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