BBQ Chicken Pizza
BBQ Chicken Pizza is a quick and easy weeknight meal to use up leftover chicken, especially when you have some pizza dough ready to go. Reminiscent of the version of California Pizza Kitchen!
Servings 1 large pizza
Ingredients
- ½ batch pizza dough traditional or gluten free
- 1 - 2 chicken breasts cooked and chopped
- your favorite BBQ sauce amount varies
- shredded Colby cheese approx. 2 cups
- ½ red onion finely chopped
- cilantro chopped, for finishing
Instructions
- Place pizza stone in a cold oven. Heat oven to 500°F and preheat stone for at least 30 minutes, preferably 60 minutes.
- Shape dough into a large round on a piece of parchment paper. Brush crust lightly with olive oil.
- Transfer parchment paper with crust onto a pizza peel or baking sheet and slip onto the preheated baking stone. Prebake crust for 5 - 7 minutes until just starting to turn golden. Remove from oven, transfer parchment and crust to a work space.
- Top crust with BBQ sauce as you would do with traditional pizza sauce. Add chopped chicken, chopped red onion, and shredded cheese.
- Transfer parchment with pizza back onto the baking stone. Bake for 5 - 10 minutes (watch closely as ovens vary) until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.
- Slide pizza onto baking sheet or pizza peel and transfer to a large cutting board surface. Allow to cool for several minutes, slice, and top with fresh cilantro.
Notes
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