Chicago-style deep-dish pizza ready to eat in 45 minutes? You bet! Thanks to a thick Pillsbury™ pizza crust, copious amounts of cheese and classic toppings like Italian sausage, bell peppers, mushrooms and olives, this loaded pizza is over-the-top in every way—save the time it takes to make it.
More About This Recipe
- You don’t have to travel to the Windy City to enjoy a good slice of Chicago-style pizza, thanks to this deep dish pizza recipe. A unique take on pizza, deep dish pizza is fervently loved by Chicagoans, but it doesn’t look like your typical slice of pizza. Deep dish pizza is baked in a round pan that looks like a cake pan, which means the crust is deep, leaving space for a generous amount of sauce, cheese and other typical pizza toppings. Baked in this format, deep dish pizza resembles a savory pie more than a flatbread. You can make quick work of the pizza crust in this recipe when you start with Pillsbury classic pizza crust. This recipe is baked in a 9-inch square pan, which isn’t the traditional round that you normally see deep dish pizza served in, but you will achieve the same thickness and taste associated with deep dish pizza. In this recipe, we call for sausage, green bell pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, olives and green onions, but feel free to play around with the toppings based on your family’s preferences. Now that you’re an expert on deep dish pizza, read up on how to make all different kinds of regional pizza varieties in this article, or browse all of our delicious pizza recipes.
Chicago Deep-Dish Sausage Pizza
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 45 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 lb bulk Italian pork sausage
- 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 can (8 oz) pizza sauce
- 1 can (13.8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Classic Crust Pizza Crust
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (6 oz)
- 2 medium plum (Roma) tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup sliced ripe olives, if desired
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions (2 medium)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. Heat 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sausage and bell pepper in skillet 7 to 9 minutes, stirring frequently, until sausage is no longer pink. Stir in mushrooms and pizza sauce. Keep warm over low heat.
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Step2Unroll dough in pan. Press in bottom and up side of pan, folding edge under to form crust. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the cheese evenly in bottom of crust. Spoon hot sausage mixture over cheese. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese, the tomatoes and olives.
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Step3Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Sprinkle with onions. Let stand 5 minutes. To serve, cut pizza into wedges with serrated knife.
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Nutrition
390
Calories
18g
Total Fat
21g
Protein
37g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 27%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 37%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 15%
- Sodium
- 1050mg
- 44%
- Potassium
- 440mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 37g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 21g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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