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
Bacon, mushrooms and pepperoni!
That pizza looks great! Can’t wait to try the recipe
This looks great! My favorite topping is bacon, super simple but really good!
I love to keep it simple…black olives and mushrooms! Perfections!
There’s just something so comforting and great about pepperoni…that classic is def my favorite. Though, I can’t say no to a good white pizza.
I love pepperoni and bacon. Yum!
I could eat pizza every day of the week. I really, really could. For homemade pizza, my favorite toppings are tomato and prosciutto, with some fresh mozz, of course! But from pizzeria pizza, I like a classic sausage and cheese. Delish!
Oh wow! my friends and I love pizza!! Personally I enjoy a caramelized onion and asparagus pizza with goat cheese (on the grill!) Although I also like buffalo chicken with goatcheese…yum yum!
Favorite – gruyere, carmelized onions – that’s it!
My favorite pizza toppings are veggies! Mushrooms, onions, olives, and green peppers.
I love green peppers and any other veggies and pepperoni.
My favorite pizza toppings are mushrooms, pepperoni, green peppers and black olives.
My boyfriend and I have this ongoing pizza war about New Haven vs. Jersey. He finally introduced me to Jersey pizza, and I have to say my new favorite topping is calamari. Sooo good!
Broccoli. For some reason I just love it on pizza.
That looks delish!
My favorite toppings are lots of cheese, mushrooms, red onions, broccoli and cauliflower. YUM!
Light on the onion and pepperoni.
My favorite pizza is topped with fresh spinach, ricotta cheese, mozerella, and mushrooms!! I used to be the pickiest eater, a cheese-only kind of girl, but my husband has introduced to me to the world of flavors and toppings!!
I worked in pizza place for years and found out that I had many favorites!!
I would choose Pep, Mushrooms, Onions, bacon and hotpeppers.
But my second runner up is bbq chicken with red onions, bacon and hot peppers!!
Yum!
mushrooms, and thick sliced tomatoes
Eggplant Pizza at Modern Apizza in New Haven is the best in the world.. seriously.
Mushrooms, sausage and spinach!
mmm, lots of veggies, spinach, broccoli,tomatoes,and mushrooms with loads of garlic and fresh mozzerella. i like grilled pizza best.
oh how i wish i was eating pizza instead of sittting in an airport on standby…
Mushrooms and Artichokes!
Homemade pizza is one of our favorite dinners. I love them loaded with veggies – artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, olives…the list goes on and on!
I love turkey pepperoni and any vegetable I can get my hands on – mushrooms, onions, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, and broccoli on occasion!
Pepperoni is my fav!
Oh gosh…I love them all. Tonight we’re having chicken ranch pizza for dinner. But I love a good pepperoni & green olive, or sausage & mushroom, or beef & onion, tomato & basil…
I am so hungry right now!!!
I love pepperoni!
I’m all about the vegetables.
I usually go for a veggie pizza with onions, green peppers, mushrooms & pineapple — but no black olives, please!!
My favorite is pepperoni, green olive and onion, but garlic chicken ranks right up there too.