I was watching Food Network again last week, and a crazy food truck in Los Angeles was serving Meat Lover’s Pizza Rolls. Surprise, surprise, I was intrigued!! It sounded pretty basic, so I bought all of the ingredients and started making my standard Italian Seasoned Ground Beef that I use as a calzone filling…..and then I started to put them together…..
and immediately realized that this recipe was not going to work as planned. He wrapped his pizza rolls in spring roll wrappers and deep fried them. Okay, easy enough. Guess what, there are different versions of spring roll wrappers!!! I bought the clear, rice paper type {the only type that they sell at the grocery store}, apparently what I actually need is closer to a large won ton wrapper.
If it had not been 4:00 in the afternoon, I would have made pizza dough and turned the filling into calzones…..which I will do if I cannot find won ton wrappers. So instead, I have decided to share this delicious Italian Seasoned Ground Beef with you in preparation of the deliciousness to come. 😉
How to make Italian Seasoned Ground Beef:
This is so simple to make, simply heat olive oil in a large skillet over Medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the minced garlic…..
stir and cook for one additional minute. Add the ground beef and Italian sausage, stir and chop the meat into smaller pieces…..
Grass-fed beef is a crazy, deep pink color. Cook until no longer pink and add the chopped Italian parsley…..
To be honest, I didn’t even measure. I just tossed in a handful. 😉 Stir together, season with salt and pepper to taste, and and serve however you choose…..
Super easy, ready in less than 30 minutes, and full of flavor.
Yes, you can add basil and oregano, but this basic version is used as a base in other recipes so simplicity works.
More Italian beef recipes:
Instant Pot Pepperoni Pizza Meatloaf
Instant Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches
Enjoy!!
Italian Seasoned Ground Beef
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 cups chopped yellow onion
- 2 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound ground beef grass-fed
- 3/4 cups Italian sausage
- 1/4 cup chopped, Italian parsley
Instructions
- Heat oil over Medium heat in a large skillet.
- Add the onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for one additional minute.
- Add the ground beef and Italian sausage. Chop meat into small pieces and cook until no longer pink.
- Add the Italian parsley, stir to combine.
- Use as a filling for calzones, egg rolls, or as the base for meat sauce.
Seana Turner says
April 20, 2015 at 7:59 amNot sure where to get the grass fed beef, but it looks so good. It’s hard to find good meat! If you want to be healthy, you could just spoon this into lettuce cups with a little dipping sauce:) YUM!
Lisa Johnson says
April 20, 2015 at 5:11 pmI buy it at Hy-Vee, our local grocery store. Once the Farmer’s Markets start up again, I can buy it from local farmer instead. 🙂 I am loving your lettuce cup suggestion Seana, that sounds delicious!!
marcie says
April 20, 2015 at 3:37 pmThis meat would be a huge hit here at my house whether it be stuffed in pizza rolls or taco shells — no matter! Looks delicious! 🙂
Lisa Johnson says
April 20, 2015 at 5:08 pmThank you Marcie. 🙂
Chanel | Cultural Xplorer says
April 22, 2015 at 11:03 pmOh my gosh that looks SO amazing – yum yum
Karly says
May 3, 2015 at 3:50 pmThis looks incredibly delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!