Thursday, January 6, 2011

Runza Pie

This is a recipe I found awhile back. My family loves runzas, and this is a much simpler version. For those of you who don't know what a runza is, it's basically a pizza pocket but instead of pizza toppings has cabbage, meat and cheese. This is a great way to use up some of the left over cabbage from the soup!



Ingredients
Pie crust for double crust pie
1 pound ground beef
1/4 cup (diced)
3 cups cabbage
1/2-1 cup cheese (grated)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

*Instead of salt and pepper I use Greek Seasoning.

Instructions
Brown hamburger in heavy skillet; drain. Combine cabbage, onion, salt and pepper with hamburger. Place lid on skillet and let steam for 15 minutes. While cabbage is cooking, roll out pie dough and line a 9-inch deep dish pie pan. Turn drained meat mixture into lined pie pan. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Cover with top crust. Cut slits in top. Bake in a 425* oven for 35-45 minutes.

*Double recipe works in a 9x13-inch pan.

This reheats really well and is still very flavorful the next day. Also, one of James' (my hubs) favorite recipes....enjoy!

5 comments:

  1. Runzas......... This does look much simpler than making "runzas" but I sooo love that runza dough to work with and the texture.
    But not so much the backache of making all those runzas!

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  2. Yum! I have a new recipe up. My first one actually. Ima little slow on the uptake.

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  3. Mom, I used mozzerella cheese. I think it would be better with swiss though.

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  4. Just found this....making it tonight with a homemade oil pie crust as part of our eating out of the pantry adventure. However...a fun change is to use broccoli slaw ( my kids do not like cabbage).

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