Papa John's has a new Philly Cheesesteak pizza. The pie is topped with green pepper, onion, steak, mozzarella, provolone, and garlic sauce. The large typically costs $12, and there are 340 calories in each slice. Business Insider recently tried the pizza, and it was a big hit.

Philly Steak Ingredients: Beef, Water, Dextrose, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavor.

This Philly Cheesesteak Pizza boasts the same tantalizing toppings you'll find in cheese steaks: thinly sliced steak, gooey melted cheese, sautéed onions, bell peppers and mushrooms (sometimes in cheese steaks). You can also add any of these common toppings : sweet peppers.

The original cheesesteak was credited to Pat and Harry Olivieri, two brothers who ran a hot dog stand near South Philadelphia's Italian Market. Legend has it that in the 1930s, the brothers wanted to offer new sandwiches. Their new item was grilled beef and onions in a toasted roll.

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Considered by its fans to be one of the best Papa John's pizza varieties, this meaty and cheesy triumph will keep the party going all night long.

cheesesteak, also called Philadelphia cheesesteak or Philly cheesesteak, a sandwich made with sliced or chopped steak and melted cheese on a long sandwich roll. While its origins are subject to debate, brothers Pat and Harry Olivieri are often credited with coming up with the idea in South Philadelphia in the 1930s.

Considered by its fans to be one of the best Papa John's pizza varieties, this meaty and cheesy triumph will keep the party going all night long. For a flavorful treat that would satisfy even the Philly Phanatic, try the Philly Cheesesteak pizza from Papa John's.

Instead, Philadelphia pizza owes more to Greek pizza - a method of pizza making that emphasizes a thick, chewy crust, sweet sauce and cheese that oftentimes mixes in cheddar alongside mozzarella.

So when you get an american or provolone sandwich. The american cheese and provolone cheese is already on the roll like. This put the meat on top. So the gold belly package comes assembled.

Home of the original cheesesteak, Pat's King of Steaks is still owned and operated by the legendary Olivieri family, whose patriarch and founder Pat invented the first steak sandwich in 1930, then added cheese to the mix a decade later.

: a sandwich consisting of thinly sliced beef topped with melted cheese and condiments (such as fried onions or peppers)

11 Iconic Philadelphia Foods & Must-Have Philly Eats

• Philly Cheesesteak. Philly's most iconic food is, of course, the cheesesteak.
• Hoagie.
• Roast Pork Sandwich.
• Philly Soft Pretzels.
• Water Ice.
• Tastykakes.
• Scrapple.
• Tomato Pie.

The Sauce. Unlike a fresh, lightly cooked Neapolitan sauce, Philadelphia tomato pie sauce is thick, heavy, smooth, and sweet, and comes heavily seasoned with herbs. As I learned from my research into New York-style pizza sauce, there are a couple keys to building great flavor into a cooked-down tomato sauce.

It could simply be their mouthwatering deliciousness. Cheesesteaks are simply thinly sliced rib eye beef sautéed and then tucked into a fresh roll with melted cheese. Many cheesesteak aficionados also like to top their cheesesteaks with fried onions, peppers, mushroom and ketchup.

Just the word elicits pangs of hunger among the millions of cheesesteak enthusiasts in America and around the world. The secret to its appeal probably is the simplicity it has retained since the Great Depression, when it was invented as an alternative to the hot dog.