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 (160 to 270 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 envelope Fleischmann's Pizza Yeast
- 1½ teaspoons (1.5 teaspoons) sugar
- ¾ teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) salt
- ⅔ cup (166.67 ml) very warm water, 120° to 130°F
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
For the Toppings:
- 1½ cups (210 g) cooked shredded chicken
- ½ cup (143 ml) + 2 Tablespoons barbecue sauce, divided
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ¼ (0.25) red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup (113 g) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
- 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
I love pepperoni, mushrooms and olives on my pizza! :)
I love mushrooms on my pizza.
I love mushrooms on pizzas –
That looks delicious! My favorite pizza toppings are lots of cheese, bacon, onions, and mushrooms, yum!
I am pretty simple i love pepperoni and mushrooms. I love it even more if it is a chic ago deep dish pizza.
That looks amazing!
My favorite toppings on a traditional pie – bacon + sausage
I’ve never had BBQ Chicken Pizza, but it has always sounded good to me. My favorite is spinach, feta, and mushrooms. I’m definitely going to give this one a try though!
omg this is the greatest thing ever! the #1 reason why i shy away from making pizza dough at home anymore is because of the rise time. i just don’t have the patience. you better believe i’ll be picking up some of this new yeast the next time i’m at the store. thanks so much for sharing!
oh, and my favorite pizza topping is pepperoni. boring, i know :)
I love tons of veggies on my pizza – especially peppers, onions, fresh tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, and olives! And I always sprinkle on a lot of crushed red pepper ….. ahh, want some now even though it’s not even 7:00 a.m. :)
My all time favorite would have to be roasted garlic, spinach and artichoke hearts! YUMMMM!
Favorite pizza toppings = LOADS of roasted garlic, chunky tomato sauce, spinach, and broccoli. Mmmm :)
Fresh basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella -yummy!
Mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms! My husband loves the BBQ chicken, though and has, as of late, become our go-to-pizza.
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 :)
BBQ Chicken pizza – I saw that you had bacon in your recipe – I’ll have to try that!
Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and prosciutto!
We love making buffalo chicken pizza! But I had to say my fave toppings are cheese and bacon. Yum.
I looove pinneapple on my pizza!
I love having capsicum on my pizza!
I love a good veggie pizza with everything including feta!!
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 onions & peppers! :)
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 :)
Yumm! I like mushrooms and black olives best on my pizza.
I loooove lots of veggies on my pizza.
I love fresh basil tomato and mozarella! :)
I actually like Caesar Salad ON my pizza.
This looks delicious! I love making my own pizza. Favorite toppings are artichoke hearts, tomatoes (fresh or sundried), mushrooms, and olives.
Prosciutto, onions, bruschetta-style-tomatoes, and goat cheese! Goat cheese is amaaaaaazing on pizza!
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.