Open Faced Pizza Burgers
An Open-Faced Pizza Burger is an English muffin topped with a ground beef pizza sauce mixture full of gooey cheesy goodness, baked up, and served open-faced.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 459kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 small onion chopped (approximately 1/2 cup)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- Salt & Pepper to taste go easy on the salt, because the cheese makes it salty, too!
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese shredded
- 8 ounces Mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup fresh Parmesan cheese shredded or grated
- 1 15 ounce can pizza sauce
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 6 English muffins cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
- Brown ground beef together with onion, garlic and onion powders. Salt & pepper to taste.
- Cut English muffins in half horizontally, and place them inside up on a cookie sheet.
- Pre-bake muffins for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, remove ground beef from heat and stir cheese, pizza sauce and oregano.
- Divide evenly and top each of the 12 muffins.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until hot and cheese is melted.
Nutrition
Serving: 11/2 | Calories: 459kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 660mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g