BBQ Chicken Pizza
While I love pizza all year round, it certainly seems to become more of a staple as the weather cools. Not only do we find ourselves ordering in more often, but pizza just seems like the perfect option when you’re sitting down to watch a football or hockey game. Even better is that there is now a yeast available for pizza crusts that doesn’t require a rise time so that you can have homemade pizza in two shakes of a lamb’s tail (more on that in a minute – the yeast, not the lamb). I have no idea how I went my entire life without having a BBQ chicken pizza. It’s fabulous!! This is an especially useful way to use up any leftover chicken you have in the fridge. Feel free to use my recipe below as a guide and add whatever ingredients you like – black beans, chopped tomatoes, and avocado would be great additions.
The yeast I used for this pizza is a new line by Fleischmann’s that was designed specifically for pizza crust. The Pizza Crust Yeast has been formulated in such a way that it eliminates rise time and the associated worry that for some reason it might not rise. I was pretty excited to try this. Even though I love my very favorite pizza crust recipe perhaps more than life itself, sometimes you just don’t want to have to wait, and sometimes you just don’t want to drag out your mixer or food processor. This pizza crust yeast provides the perfect alternative. I mixed it in one bowl, with a wooden spoon and then kneaded on the counter, pressed the dough into a pan and topped it and baked it. Less than 40 minutes from when I began until I pulled the pizza out of the oven. It doesn’t get much better than that! On top of the convenience, I really enjoyed the texture and flavor of the crust. It got crisp, but not too crunchy and still had a bit of the chewy factor that pizza crust is known for. I know many people who are intimidated by homemade pizza due to the yeast factor, so I hope this new product gives some of you who may have been hesitant to try yeast-based recipes before the confidence to give this one a shot!
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BBQ Chicken Pizza
Ingredients:
For the Crust:
1¾ - 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 envelope Fleischmann's Pizza Yeast
1½ teaspoons sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup very warm water (120° to 130°F)
3 Tablespoons olive oil
For the Toppings:
1½ cups cooked, shredded chicken
½ cup + 2 Tablespoons barbecue sauce, divided
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
¼ red onion, thinly sliced
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Combine 1 cup flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add water and oil. Mix together until well blended; about 1 minute.
3. Gradually add ½ cup flour until soft dough ball is formed; will be slightly sticky. Add additional flour if needed to form dough ball.
4. Knead on a floured surface, adding additional flour if needed, until smooth and elastic; about 4 minutes. With floured hands, press dough out to fill a greased pizza pan, or roll dough into a 12-inch circle and transfer to a greased pizza pan.
5. Mix together the shredded chicken and 2 Tablespoons of barbecue sauce.
6. Spread ½ cup of the barbecue sauce over the pizza dough. Top with chicken, bacon, onions and cheese.
7. Bake on the bottom oven rack for 12 to 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and the crust has browned.
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Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by ACH Foods, makers of Fleischmann’s Pizza Crust Yeast
There are so many to choose from…probably onion for a veggie, and chicken for a meat! Mmm, I wanna go bake a pizza right now.
Prosciutto, onions, bruschetta-style-tomatoes, and goat cheese! Goat cheese is amaaaaaazing on pizza!
This looks delicious! I love making my own pizza. Favorite toppings are artichoke hearts, tomatoes (fresh or sundried), mushrooms, and olives.
I actually like Caesar Salad ON my pizza.
I love fresh basil tomato and mozarella! :)
I loooove lots of veggies on my pizza.
Yumm! I like mushrooms and black olives best on my pizza.
I love pineapple! When my husband and I started dating, we had pizza issues since I hate olives and he hates mushrooms. We compromised on pineapple and never looked back! Thanks for the opportunity :)
I love onions & peppers! :)
I’ll take pretty much anything, so long as there are no anchovies. I really like experimenting with non-traditional ingredients, so this is a great new recipe for me to try.
I love a good veggie pizza with everything including feta!!
I love having capsicum on my pizza!
I looove pinneapple on my pizza!
We love making buffalo chicken pizza! But I had to say my fave toppings are cheese and bacon. Yum.
Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and prosciutto!
BBQ Chicken pizza – I saw that you had bacon in your recipe – I’ll have to try that!
The best pizza I ever had was in Italy. It had gone into the stone oven with nothing but tomato sauce and a salty prosciutto, and when it came out hot and sizzling it was instantly topped off with argula and mascarpone. I never thought a pizza could be more than “okay”. I was wrong :)
Mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms! My husband loves the BBQ chicken, though and has, as of late, become our go-to-pizza.
Fresh basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella -yummy!
Favorite pizza toppings = LOADS of roasted garlic, chunky tomato sauce, spinach, and broccoli. Mmmm :)