Runza Casserole

Name: Runza Casserole
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 pound ground pork; 2 onions, finely chopped; 4 cups shredded cabbage; 1 clove garlic, minced, or to taste; 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls; 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)

8 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
2 onions, finely chopped
4 cups shredded cabbage
1 clove garlic, minced, or to taste
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, pork, and onions in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Add cabbage to the skillet on top of the meat mixture. Cover skillet and let cabbage steam, 1 to 2 minutes. Add garlic, salt, and pepper and mix well. Remove from heat.
3

Separate 1 package of crescent rolls into pieces; cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan with dough. Spread meat-cabbage mixture on top of dough. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of meat. Separate remaining tube of rolls into pieces and cover the cheese.
4

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Cover baking pan with aluminum foil and bake 10 minutes more to soften crust.