Pizza Buns

Fun individual pizzas on burger buns, made with ground beef and seasoned pizza sauce, are topped with mozzarella cheese for that real pizza taste. Best of all, they're quick and so easy to make.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 341 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 pound ground beef
• 8 hamburger buns, split
• 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce (such as Contadina®)
• 0.125 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 0.33333334326744 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 0.25 teaspoon onion powder
• 0.33300000429153 cup onion, chopped
• 2.25 teaspoons Italian seasoning

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

Step 3

Place bun halves, crust sides down, onto a baking sheet. Broil buns until just toasted, about 1 minute. Watch them carefully, they burn easily. Set aside.

Step 4

Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Add onion to beef; cook and stir until onion translucent, about 5 minutes more. Stir in pizza sauce, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil, then simmer to blend the flavors, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring often.

Step 5

Spoon sauce over buns on the baking sheet; top each with about 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese bubbly and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.