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
My fav toppings are Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Pineapple, and Artichoke hearts!!!!
Your pizza looks incredible! I’ve never heard of or seen pizza yeast before but what a great product! I love that CI recipe for pizza dough but sometimes there just isn’t time. My favorite pizza toppings if I’m making the pizza are turkey pepperoni, turkey sausage, and turkey bacon. If it’s purchased pizza, I just like onion :)
Hard to say, I like different kinds of pizza. I’ll go with a good combination of pepperoni, sausage, cheese, olives and bell peppers.. and mushrooms
Pizza :) I love just plain old cheese, as much as possible. Add a little feta and I’m in heaven.
My favorite pizza toppings lots of cheese, tomatto and figs.
I love Spicy Chicken red onions and extra cheese on my pizza
I am a simple girl when it comes to pizza toppings. My favorite is just green pepper. I do like to mix it up w/ different kinds of cheeses on occasion.
I like a BLT pizza that CPK makes and White Pizza with plum tomatoes.
I really like ham, pineapple and bacon all together, my 2nd favorite is onion and green peppers.
Pepperoni and mushroom!
My favourite toppings vary depending on my mood…except when I make it at home. Then the toppings are pesto, goat cheese, mushrooms, onions, and diced fresh tomato. Oh yum.
I love fresh mushrooms, turkey bacon, onions and tomatoes.
My favorite pizza topping is onion and mushrooms.
Love the barbque chicken pizza with LOTS of onions!!
Too many to choose from. But probably sausage, basil, tomato and carmalized onions. YUM!
Artichokes and mushrooms are my go-to toppings.
Goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, olives and basil
Just cheese. Extra cheese, maybe, but nothing fancy :)
White sauce, roasted garlic, mozzerella, and feta
I love Chicken Parm pizza… where the chicken is already breaded and fried, and then added to the top of the pizza!
My favorite toppings are sausage and pepperoni.
I love mushrooms on a pizza. Whether they are alone or with other toppings I just love the combo of the crunchy/chewy crust, gooey cheese and mushrooms. I am going to cook this recipe for BBQ chicken tonight :-) Love your site!
Definitely arugula, mozzarella and truffle oil! I make myself sick every time!
My favorite pizza toppins are extra sauce, extra cheese, green peppers and black olives. Yumm….pizza
prosciutto and tons and tons of veggies!!
For me you nailed it on the head: BBQ Chicken!!
I’m a fan of black olives, ground beef, onions and peppers
Extra sauce, light on the cheese, lots of veggies and fresh herbs all on a thin crust. Love it!
I LOVE Peperoni and Pineapple – i never really like the combo of the ham with pineapple then one day i was eating a plain pepperoni pizza and thought humm something a little sweet couldn’t hurt – I’ve been sold ever since!
Definitely fresh mozzerella, simple tomato sauce and oregano on a super thin crust….