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bbq chicken pizza

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Discover a new favorite with BBQ chicken pizza. Quick to make and satisfying, this recipe is pizza night redefined.
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Prep Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 1 12 inch pizza
Calories 170 kcal

Equipment

  • stand mixer
  • 12 inch pizza pan
  • sheet pan

Ingredients
 

Pizza Dough

  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Instant yeast
  • 1 tsp Sea salt
  • 2/3 cups Warm water
  • 2 tsp Olive oil
  • 1⅔ cup Bread flour

Toppings

  • 3 strips Bacon
  • 1 pint jar Canned chicken (approx. 1 #)
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1/4 cup Hot banana peppers
  • 1/4 cup Yellow onions (diced)
  • 1 cup Freshly shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup Freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tbsp Fresh chopped cilantro

Instructions
 

Pizza Dough

  • To make the pizza dough, combine the sugar, yeast, sea salt and warm water into the bowl of a stand mixer. Allow to rest for a few minutes for the yeast to bloom. It will become a little foamy on top.
  • Add the bread flour and oil to the mixing bowl.
  • Using the dough hook attachment, slowly knead the dough until the flour is cleaned off the bowl and the dough is a soft dough ball. This should take about 8-10 minutes.
  • Cover the bowl with a tea towel and allow to rise at room temperature for 2 hours or place in the refrigerator for 8 hours for a slow rise. If refrigerating the dough, remove from the refrigerator an hour before assembling the pizza so that the dough warms up and is easy to shape.

Toppings

  • Cook bacon until crispy, either in a skillet or baked in a 350℉ oven for about 20-25 minutes or until nice and crispy.
  • Preheat the oven to 425℉
  • In a mixing bowl, combine shredded chicken and a 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce. Stir to cover all the chicken with the BBQ sauce.
  • Flour the work surface for the pizza dough and stretch into a 12-inch pizza circle. Place the dough onto a pizza pan.
  • Spread the remainder 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce over the center of the pizza dough, leaving an inch around the outside not sauced.
  • Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the outer crust of the dough with olive oil.
  • Sprinkle the garlic powder onto the oiled dough. This will give the crust a garlic bread like flavor.
  • Evenly spread the BBQ chicken over the entire sauced pizza.
  • Sprinkle the chopped, crispy bacon over the chicken.
  • Cover the chicken and bacon with the cheeses.
  • Evenly sprinkle the banana peppers, onion, and cilantro over the cheese.
  • Bake the BBQ chicken pizza for 15-20minutes, or until the crust is crispy on the bottom and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
  • After removing the pizza from the oven, allow to rest for 5 minutes before cutting.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 170kcal
Keyword bbq
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