Pizza Potatoes – A Pizza Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

Pizza Potatoes is a vintage dinner recipe that’s also easy on your grocery budget. This is a pizza scalloped potatoes recipe which uses a box of scalloped potatoes, pepperoni, canned, diced tomatoes and shredded cheese.

Pizza Potatoes

Sometimes, recipes can be so easy, so simple, so much of a shortcut, that I actually feel silly sharing them with all of you. But then I get to thinking. If my family likes this recipe so much that they lick the entire pan, then I’d be silly not to share a shortcut dinner like this one.

This shortcut dinner in particular is an easy pizza potato casserole using a box of scalloped potatoes.

A Pizza Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

In all honesty, until recently, it had been years since I’d purchased a box of scalloped potato mix. But now, I’m hooked. That’s because, in my vintage Betty Crocker Recipe Set, there’s several shortcut dinners that use boxed potatoes.

Just like this recipe for Pizza Potatoes. Pizza Potatoes is a scalloped potatoes casserole with a pepperoni pizza spin.

Pepperoni Pizza Scalloped Potatoes

That’s one win for Mom for an easy dinner, and one win for the kids for eating pizza for dinner. My husband and I love the crispy cheese topping the best, while the kids love the saucy pepperonis.

To make this dinner even more gourmet, serve it along side of a large hunk of garlic bread. You know which kind I’m talking about right? The bright yellow, garlicy slices that you find in the freezer section. They are so bad, but so good at the same time; the perfect accompaniment to pizza potatoes.

Ingredient List for Pizza Potatoes with Scalloped Potatoes

What do I need to make a pizza scalloped potato casserole?

• Package of Scalloped Potatoes
• Canned, Diced Tomatoes
• Water
• Dried Oregano
• Sliced Pepperoni
• Shredded Cheese

How to Make Pizza Potato Casserole

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Pour undrained diced tomatoes in a large skillet. Break them up to smaller pieces (optional).  Use a meat chopper like this one.
3. Stir in water and oregano; bring to a boil.
4. Once boiling, turn off heat, and add dried potato packet and seasoning packet.
5. Pour into a 2 quart baking dish.
6. Arrange pepperoni slices to completely cover the top. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. If you don’t like crusty cheese topping, lay a piece of aluminum foil on top of the casserole while baking.
8. Let sit for 5 – 10 minutes before serving.

For the full ingredient amounts and recipe steps for pizza potatoes with a scalloped potatoes mix, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post. 

Notes About Scalloped Potato Pizza Casserole

• I use a regular package of scalloped potato mix but the cheesy variety works too.
• Use as many pepperoni as your heart desires. I cover the entire top of the casserole with pepperonis barely overlapping.
• For the shredded cheese, mozzarella is great but sometimes I use a Gruyere Swiss mixture.
• I also like to stir in 1/2 pound of fried up ground pork sausage from time to time for a new spin.
• My kids do not like large chunks of tomatoes. I almost always break up diced tomatoes from a can into smaller pieces. A meat chopper is the perfect tool for this task; however, you can leave them as is, if desired.
• If you are trying a low-carb diet, try this low-carb crock pot pizza casserole.
• Here’s another great dinner recipe using boxed scalloped potatoes – Potato Goulash with Ground Beef.

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