Potato Pizza Hot Dish

This is not your traditional pizza dish, although it does have some of the same great flavors that pizza does. This is a quick and easy full flavored meal idea that goes together fast and is so good!  It is comfort food.  Even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy this meal and ask for seconds.  

Ingredients

1 lb.  ground beef
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 onion, chopped
1 sweet pepper
2 (14 oz. each ) jars or cans Pizza sauce
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1/2 c. milk
4 c. raw cut-up potatoes or frozen hash browns
sliced pepperoni, chopped (optional)
1 can mushrooms, drained

Topping

1 can tomato soup
1 small onion chopped
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. pepper
Shredded Mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°.

In a heavy cast iron skillet, brown hamburger, onion, and sweet pepper until the meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender. Drain away excess grease.

Stir in pizza sauce, cheddar cheese soup, milk, potatoes, pepperoni, and mushrooms.  You can transfer this into a casserole or baking dish, but I usually leave mine in the skillet.

In a small bowl, combine tomato soup, onion, sugar, oregano, and pepper.   

Pour over the top of the ground beef mixture.  Cover with a lid or with a sheet of foil.

Bake for 45 minutes.  Remove from oven and sprinkle the and Mozzarella cheese over the top.  Bake an additional 15 minutes.