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Ridiculously Easy Chicago-Style Pizza Pie

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Chicago-style pizza is great, but it can be a pain to make and way too expensive to buy from a restaurant... so I came up with this easy-to-make recipe. The best Chicago pizzas usually feature cornbread crusts, but the pie crusts make a surprisingly tasty substitute! I use this recipe by Dan-Amer #1 for the sausage (http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-bulk-italian-sausage-chicago-style-329000), but store-bought sausage should work just as well.

by rpgaymer·published 2013-02-04

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One Dish Meal

Servings

1 pizza pie, 4 serving(s)

Total time

50 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

770 kcal

Ingredients (9)

serves

1 (9 inch) frozen pie crusts, thawedpie-crust
1 lb Italian sausage, sliced or crumbledsausage
1 small onion, slicedonion
4 ounces mushrooms, slicedmushroom
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shreddedmozzarella
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, shreddedparmesan
1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning (optional)
2 teaspoons parmesan cheese, grated (optional)parmesan

Instructions (5 steps)

01Preheat oven to 400°F.
02Bake the pie crust according to your package's directions. I usually prick the bottom and sides of the crust all over with a fork and bake it for 10 minutes, or until it becomes slightly golden. Remove, and set aside.
03Brown the sausage for about 5 minutes in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until the sausage is cooked and the onions are soft and translucent. Drain of any excess fat. (You can add salt & pepper at this point depending on how salty/spicy your sausage is- I usually don't).

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