Monday, March 5, 2012

Homemade Hot Pocket? Hell yeah!

Ok, so I'm pretty sure that I'm infringing on some sort of copyright by using the name "Hot pocket" but we'll just keep it like that until I get an email about it.
I know this is not your typical breakfast, but honestly, Hot pockets are eaten at all times of the day, so let's just go with it.
This makes a lot of food and is pretty filling. The recipe I'm going to put up is the one I used to feed two people and we have plenty of leftovers. If you have 4 people to feed, I suggest doubling the measurements for the filling only.

1 Pillsbury pizza crust
1/2 lb ground beef
5 slices of bacon
3/4 Cup shredded cheddar
3/4 Cup shredded mozzarella
1 egg
1 teaspoon onion powder
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 400. Cook the bacon until done (slightly crispy, or however crisp you like your bacon) let the bacon drain on some paper towels and brown the ground beef in the same pan (emptied of bacon grease). After draining the ground beef, return it to the pan (no heat) and crumble the bacon before adding it to the ground beef. Add both cheeses to the beef/bacon and stir until melted. Beat the egg and pour into the beef/bacon/cheese mixture and stir to make sure the egg is mixed in well.
Open the pizza dough and roll out onto a large cookie sheet. Do not spread the dough too thin. Spoon the filling into the middle, stopping a couple inches from the top and bottom edges. Gently take one side of the dough and, supporting the filling inside, roll it over to meet the other side of the dough. Press the top and bottom together to seal it and make sure your hot pocket is seam side down. Cook at 400 for 17 minutes, or until brown and dough is cooked.

This is my bacon cheeseburger version, but with any recipe where you stuff a filling into something, the possibilities are endless. Jon absolutely loves the meatball hot pockets so that will be the next one I make. Or maybe a pepperoni pizza one. Or maybe even a ham and cheese one. Well, you get the picture. Be creative and use your leftovers, you may be impressed at what you come up with!