Here’s a fun, Mini Pizza Burgers recipe 🍔🍕—perfect bite-sized treats for snack time or a party:
Mini Pizza Burgers
Ingredients (makes ~8 mini burgers)
For the burgers
- 500 g (1 lb) ground beef or turkey
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the pizza topping
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella
- ½ tsp dried oregano or Italian seasoning
- Optional: mini pepperoni slices or cooked sausage bits
Other
- 8 mini burger buns or slider buns
- Butter or oil for toasting buns
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
- Make mini patties
- Mix ground meat with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Form small patties slightly larger than the buns (they shrink while cooking).
- Cook patties
- In a skillet or on a griddle, cook patties 3–4 minutes per side until done.
- Assemble pizza burgers
- Place cooked patties on a baking tray.
- Spoon a little pizza sauce on each patty.
- Sprinkle with mozzarella, add mini pepperoni if using.
- Bake in oven 5–7 minutes, until cheese melts and is bubbly.
- Toast buns
- Lightly butter and toast mini buns in a pan or oven.
- Serve
- Sandwich the pizza-topped patties in the buns.
- Optional: drizzle with extra sauce or sprinkle oregano on top.
Fun Variations
- Veggie version: Use a black bean or lentil patty.
- Extra cheesy: Add a slice of mini mozzarella before topping with shredded cheese.
- Spicy twist: Add a little chili flakes or hot sauce to the pizza sauce.
If you want, I can give a super-fast 15-minute version that skips baking and melts the cheese right on the skillet.
Do you want me to do that?
