Make this simple Sausage Pizza Dip with pork sausage, pizza sauce and gooey mozzarella cheese. Bake it all together in a cast iron skillet and enjoy!
One-pot
Minimal prep
You’ll Learn: How to turn the pizza flavor everyone loves into an appetizer
Worth It: Loaded with sausage and cheese, this dip actually fills you up
Bonus: Make ahead and bake when ready
This post was originally created in partnership with Jones Dairy Farm. It has since been updated with new images.
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Great for game day – This pizza dip recipe is one of my favorites to make for the Super Bowl or any football parties. It takes minimal prep time and feeds a crowd.
- Filling appetizer – I love that this pizza dip is packed with sausage and pepperoni for extra protein to make it more satiating.
- Make ahead dish – You can prep this dip to get it ready to bake earlier in the day. When it’s almost time to serve, put it in the oven for 10 minutes until the cheese is melted and browned. You could even make this in the slow cooker ahead of time.
Serving Suggestions
You can use crackers, baguette slices, or pita chips to dip into this dip. I also love slicing peppers to dip into it.
This pizza dip is perfect to serve with a few different appetizers. I love pairing it with fried pickle dip and taco dip for a nice dip variety. Air fryer buffalo wings, mini pretzel dogs or cheesesteak sliders are great options to serve a crowd as well.
If you like to add some sweeter options for your party, this chocolate dip for fruit is so delicious and so easy to make. Another favorite of mine is this peanut butter apple dip. For a super quick addition, throw in this maple cinnamon snack mix.
If you are looking for more game day ideas, check out this list of super bowl recipes.
Ingredients
- Pork sausage – you can use links and remove the casing, or you can get a roll of ground sausage. I love Jones Dairy Farm pork sausage roll for this.
- Pizza sauce – use your favorite jar of pizza sauce, or you can make your own
- Shredded mozzarella cheese – you can use pre shredded mozzarella, grate your own, or even use mini mozzarella balls
- Pepperoni – the pepperoni adds that pizza flavor to this dip
- Dried oregano, garlic – these spices are all you need to make this dish delicious, but you can add any spices. Italian seasoning or onion powder would be great additions.
Ingredient Substitutions
You can substitute the pork sausage with chicken sausage or turkey sausage.
For the pizza sauce, you could also make your own with some tomato paste, water, salt, crushed red pepper flakes, oregano, and garlic powder. You could also use marinara sauce for this recipe.
You can add in your favorite pizza toppings in this recipe. Feel free to add mushrooms, black olives, peppers, or any other toppings you would like.
In place of the mozzarella inside the dip, you could use a cream cheese layer, then only sprinkle the mozzarella on the top layer. The cream cheese mixture will make it extra creamy inside.
On top of the finished dip, I love to sprinkle a bit of parmesan cheese and basil or parsley.
How To Make
Step 1: Brown pork sausage
To begin, preheat oven to 400F. Then, heat a small cast iron skillet or over medium heat and place a roll of pork sausage in the warm skillet.
Break up the pork into crumbles with a stiff spatula, cook until browned about 6 minutes (Image 1). If you are having trouble getting the crumbles to break apart, you can take them out of the skillet once cooked and chop them.
Step 2: Mix in pizza sauce
Then, add the 1 1/2 cup pizza sauce (Image 2) and mix it into the sausage crumbles in the skillet. Add the oregano and garlic powder and stir to combine (Image 3).
Step 3: Top with mozzarella cheese and bake
Next, add half of the mozzarella cheese, then add a layer of the pepperoni (Image 4), and top with the remaining mozzarella cheese (Image 5). Place in the oven and bake at 400F for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is browned on top (Image 6).
Enjoy with green bell pepper slices or slices of toasted baguette!
Storage and Reheating
This sausage pizza dip is best enjoyed immediately, but you can store the cooked dip in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Reheat in the oven, toaster oven or air fryer in an oven safe dish.
Looking for another pizza inspired meal? Try this easy tortilla pizza recipe.
Try These Other Game Day Dips!
For another skillet pizza recipe, try these cast iron skillet pizzas!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Sausage Pizza Dip
Ingredients
- 16 oz pork sausage roll or pork sausage links cut of casing
- 13 oz jar pizza sauce
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups mozzarella
- 2 oz pepperoni
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Heat a small cast iron skillet over medium heat and place a roll of pork sausage in the warm skillet
- Break up the pork into crumbles with a stiff spatula, cook until browned about 6 minutes – if you are having trouble getting the crumbles to break apart you can take them out of the skillet once cooked and chop them
- Make a simple pizza sauce by mixing the tomato paste, water, salt, crushed red pepper, oregano, and garlic powder
- Take the pizza sauce and mix it into the sausage crumbles in the skillet
- Add half of the mozzarella cheese. Next, add a layer of the pepperoni, and then top with the remaining mozzarella cheese. Place in the oven.
- Bake at 400F for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is browned on top
- Enjoy with green bell pepper slices or slices of toasted baguette
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
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