This runza casserole recipe is an easy, cheesy version of the great-tasting runza pocket sandwich. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Melt butter in a deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ground beef until browned, about 5 minutes.
Basic ingredients are cabbage, onion, and seasoned ground beef. Adding some cheddar cheese to the traitional Runza recipe creates some serious savory flavors in each mouthful. Check out this Cheddar Cheese Runza recipe if you want a little more zip to the meal. FYI: This recipe includes a homemade dough recipe.
Seriously so much fun to send the recipe around to Nebraskans away from home and with the frozen dough (and pre-chopped cabbage) its practically a convenience meal. Thank YOU!! Tracy, the frozen bread dough is such a wonderful way to make these Runzas!
Actually, a batch and a half – one dozen cheese Runzas exactly as listed above, then an experimental half-dozen “Italian style.” For half a batch worth of filling, I chopped and sauteed one large bell pepper and half an onion, plus a pound of homemade turkey italian sausage.