Refrigerated pizza dough filled with cheesy ground beef makes these Cheeseburger Pockets a quick weeknight dinner. Assemble and bake in only 30 minutes!
Ingredient
FOR THE POCKETS:
- 1 tube refrigerated pizza crust, whole grain if available
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 small onion, diced
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
- Olive oil
Instructions
FOR THE POCKETS
- Brown ground beef with diced onion and black pepper. Add ketchup and mustard to ground beef. Tip: To make assembly of the pockets go quicker, complete this step the night before or earlier in the day and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Spray a non-stick baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Open refrigerated pizza crust and unroll onto a baking sheet. Using fingers, spread the dough into a larger rectangle about 14”x 10”.
- Using a pizza cutter cut the dough in half and then make two equal cuts lengthwise to make six sections of dough.
- To each dough section, add ¼ cup ground beef mixture and top with approximately 1 tablespoon shredded cheese in the center of the section. If any meat or cheese remains to distribute equitably among sections.
- Tip: Using cooled ground beef will make it easier to form the pockets as the dough is less likely to tear if the ground beef is cool.
- Take one of the short edges of the section and fold over to the other short edge. Pinch the edges to seal the contents and make a pocket. Flip the pocket so that the pinched edges are on the baking sheet. Do this for all six pockets.
- Bake pockets until slightly brown, about 12-15 minutes. Pull pockets from oven and brush with olive oil. Bake for an additional minute.
- While the pockets are baking prepare a salad and fresh fruit for a healthy meal! These pockets are a great on-the-go meal option. Wrap in foil to keep warm until you get to your destination.