Sloppy Joe Pizza (stuffed crust)

Name: Sloppy Joe Pizza (stuffed crust)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 can refrigerated pizza dough (I use the thin crust version); 1 lb ground beef; 1 can Sloppy Joe sauce of your choice; 1 1/2 cup Cheese flavored French's French fried onions; 1/4 cup diced red onion; 1/4 cup diced yellow onion; 6 stick colby string cheese; 1 1/2 cup shredded colby cheese

lili.luxe.9 @cook_3547820

Brookfield, Wisconsin

I have a thing for creative pizzas. I will literally turn any meal into a pizza and it has become a tradition in our house.

lili.luxe.9 @cook_3547820

Brookfield, Wisconsin

I have a thing for creative pizzas. I will literally turn any meal into a pizza and it has become a tradition in our house.

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 servings

1 canrefrigerated pizza dough (I use the thin crust version)
1 lbground beef
1 canSloppy Joe sauce of your choice
1 1/2 cupCheese flavored French's French fried onions
1/4 cupdiced red onion
1/4 cupdiced yellow onion
6 stickcolby string cheese
1 1/2 cupshredded colby cheese

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 400°F (or whatever temp is recommended on pizza crust dough can)
2

Saute red and yellow diced onions on medium heat in skillet using small amount of olive oil. Set aside sautéed onions
3

Brown pound of ground beef in skillet om medium heat and drain grease. After drained, add sauted onions and sloppy Joe sauce from can. Stir together and return to stove top
4

Cook browned ground beef, onion and sloppy Joe sauce according to can directions (usually heating on medium until it bubbles, then turn heat to low and simmer covered 5 to 10 minutes). Set mixture aside when complete.
5

Unroll dough onto 8 x 12 cookie sheet
6

Place string cheese around edges of dough leaving about half inch of space between string cheese and edge of dough.
7

Fold edges of dough over string cheese and press to seal to form stuffed crust
8

Crush 3/4 cup of the French's cheese french fried onions and press lightly into pizza crust dough.
9

Par bake stuffed crust according to directions on can of pizza crust dough of your choice (usually 5 to 6 minutes)
10

Allow par baked crust to cool 5 minutes, then evenly top with cooked sloppy Joe beef mixture
11

Top sloppy Joe beef mixture with shredded colby cheese evenly (I often end up sprinkling more on. Never have too much cheese...)
12

Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup of uncrushed French's French fried cheese onions on top of shredded colby.
13

Bake pizza in oven according to directions on crust can (in thin crust case, 10-12 minutes) or until edges are golden.
14

Remove pizza from oven and allow to cool for 2 minutes before cutting. Serve and Enjoy!