pizza burgers

How To Make pizza burgers

• 1

  Mix together the ground beef, tomato paste, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Form the beef into 8 thin patties.
• 2

  Place 1 slice of cheese on a beef patty, keeping cheese at least 1/2-inch away from edge of the beef patty. (If needed, break cheese into small pieces, and place cheese bits on patty, overlapping as needed.) Top with another beef patty, and pinch patty edges together, to seal cheese inside. Repeat until you have 4 cheese-stuffed beef patties.
• 3

  Heat a large skillet with vegetable oil. Add the stuffed patties, and cook until browned on the bottom, about 5 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook other side until thoroughly cooked (and internal temperature reaches 165°F), about 4 to 7 minutes more.
• 4

  While burgers are cooking, you can toast the buns in a toaster, if you prefer.
• 5

  Add a cooked burger to each bottom bun. Spoon some warm pasta sauce over each patty, and add the top buns. Serve immediately.
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