Pizza Sandwich Recipe So Easy Anyone Can Make it

Pizza is a beloved food, so much so that it has been turned into many things. People enjoy pizza as it is, but it is also available in pocket and bagel forms. You can even add pizza seasoning to anything to make it taste like pizza. A pizza sandwich recipe may be the easiest.

This pizza sandwich recipe is one of the easiest and most fun lunch or dinner recipes to make! You can easily adapt the recipe to your taste and make this a weekly staple in your meal planning.

Pizza is a fairly simple food. We start with the dough, which is cooked until golden brown, preferably on a pizza stone. The dough is covered in marinara sauce and loaded with clumps of cheese and some basil leaves.

Margherita pizza is the most common and beloved type of pizza, though we now know there are hundreds of combinations to choose from. Pepperoni pizza with slices of pepperoni or sausage pizza- we can even switch up the sauce to a pesto sauce or an alfredo.

Essentially, people pick their favorite toppings and add them to the pizza dough with some homemade pizza sauce for a delicious treat. Here’s a fun fact: pizza has been around since 997 AD in Gaeta, Italy.

That is when and where historians claim is the first written evidence of the dish. However, pizza was nothing more than a flatbread with toppings. There was no pizza crust; today’s traditional form of pizza wasn’t invented until 1889.

This means that the traditional pizza was a type of sandwich, a one-sided sandwich. People took their favorite bread, added sauce and cheese, and called it a day, like a pizza melt.

It only makes sense to go full circle and transform the flatbread into a pizza and then into a full-blown sandwich. In fact, some may say it is a great idea; all we need is this simple pizza sandwich recipe to turn cheese sandwiches into delicious pizza sandwiches.

Pizza Sandwich Recipe Ingredients

• ​Bread: We use San Luis Sourdough in this recipe. However, you can use any piece of bread you like. Use slices of bread you think will go best with your sauce and toppings. Get really adventurous and use garlic bread.
• 16 Oz Jar of Pizza Sauce: Homemade pizza sauce is a great option for next time. However, your first time should be as easy as possible. Pick out a warm pizza sauce you like the most. You can even go with a spaghetti sauce if you’d like. 
• 8 Oz Ball of Fresh Mozzarella: Another opportunity for a fun twist is the cheese. This recipe uses the classic mozzarella cheese. However, you can use parmesan cheese, American cheese, a slice of mozzarella cheese, or any combination. In fact, you can make a complete cheese pizza sandwich for kids with their favorite cheese slices.
• Toppings: This pizza sandwich recipe uses green peppers, mushrooms, basil, and a tomato. However, pizza sandwiches are just as customizable as pizza itself.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

What do you like on your pizza? Some people love the combination of black olives with sausage and a banana pepper. Unfortunately, others prefer nothing more than cheese and sauce.

A combination pizza is always an easy dinner when you order in. The beauty of this recipe is that it brings with it all of the pizza possibilities. Want to make a Hawaiian pizza sandwich?

Use this recipe as the base, and then change the toppings to pineapple slices and ham. You can use any of your favorite pizza toppings in your sandwich. In fact, kids will love the opportunity to build their own pizza for a Friday night dinner.

You haven’t quite had a grilled cheese like this. This is going to be a regular amongst your sandwich recipes. The best part is the pizza without the pizza dough and all of the classic pizza toppings.

Panini Maker Substitutions

This pizza sandwich recipe is not an ordinary sandwich recipe. Instead, this recipe is a panini sandwich recipe that is filled with flavor and a combination of textures. A panini, for the uninitiated, is a sandwich that has not only been grilled but pressed firmly between the griddles.

This makes for a flatter sandwich, more akin to stuffed flatbread, a new twist! Of course, not everyone has a panini press. Luckily, the goal is just to melt the cheese inside the sandwich and give it a bit of crispiness.

We can achieve the same results with our sandwich bread by simply grilling the sandwich in a frying pan. There are plenty of options to choose from in this recipe. Each one leads to delicious sandwiches.

Maybe try frying your sandwich in garlic butter if this is the route you plan on taking.

How to make a Pizza Panini

Heat a panini press to medium heat and grease the plates.

Place a piece of Sourdough bread on a plate and spread a layer of pizza sauce.

Cover the bread with shredded or sliced fresh mozzarella cheese.

Place pepperoni and other desired toppings onto the sandwich.

Place the sandwich on the panini press, close, and toast until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden brown, about 6-9 minutes.

Remove from your panini press and enjoy!  This pizza panini recipe is one of my favorite easy recipes and is also super fun to make with the kids!

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