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
Chicken and Broccoli!
I go back and forth between craving chicken with black olives or canadian bacon with pineapple… Yummy!!
Onions and peppers. I like my pizza with just enough cheese to “stick” the toppings on, lots of sauce!
This sounds really weird but is strangely good – mashed potatoes, crumbled bacon, sauteed onions and red pepper and of course cheese.
MMM…mozzarella, tomato and basil!
i love a white pie. a thin, crispy crust lightly brushed with good olive oil and doused with chilli flakes. a layer of fresh mozzarella slices, lots of garlic, some basil and maybe some little artichoke hearts. oh YUM.
cheers,
*heather*
I love love love White Pizza! I have not tried BBQ Pizza yet…but as always you make EVERYTHING look good!
This is a great new product!! I will have to try it. I don’t have a favorite pizza topping. I do love BBQ, but I also like a simple basil and mozzarella.
pepperoni and pineapple… mmmm :)
sausage and peppers and mushroom! – yum! :)
The pizza looks great. I just made my very first pizza last week and was very surprised at how good it turned out. I’m a pretty simple when it comes to pizza. My favorite topping is pepperoni with roma or sundried tomatos on thin crust. YUM-O!!!
Pepperoni, mushrooms, black olives and feta cheese… yum!!
My favorite combination is goat cheese an cashews. You can’t get that in my town, so I have to make my own.
My favorite combination of toppings is pepperoni, bacon, mushrooms and green peppers
Pepperoni. I am simple like that. Ha,ha!
My favorite toppings are at Marzano’s in Oakland – the breakfast pizza with egg, panceta, mozzerella, chiles and onions!
YUM, that pizza sounds/looks amazing. My fav. is just fresh mozzarella, basil and tomatoes.
Roasted zucchini and fresh tomatoes topped with fresh herbs and garlic!
My favorite toppings: 4 cheeses, spinach, tomato, bacon, and chicken – yum!
I was just thinking about making BBQ chicken pizza this weekend! You read my mind! Favorite all time toppings though are pepperoni and mushroom for me :) yum!!!
I love mushrooms. If the whole pizza is only covered in mushrooms then I’m a happy camper. My husband loves BBQ and Chicken. This recipe looks terrific.
Traditionally I’m a pepperoni girl, but lately I have really been enjoying buffalo chicken pizza, with a ranch/blue cheese dressing hybrid to dip. The one at California Pizza Kitchen is really good.
My faves are crumbled sausage, banana pepper rings, and onions
my favorite is probably an eggplant and bacon combo we order back home in CT, but recently i made one with caramelized onions, roasted acorn squash, goat cheese, and arugala sprinkled on at the very end- delicious!
What a cool product, I love homemade pizza dough!
My favorite pizza toppings are goat cheese, mushrooms, and sausage!
pepperoni!!
Whoa, this pizza is piled high! I love baking pizza at home, but I am a very traditional girl. I like diced cooked ham, home made tomoato sauce, gruyere or comte cheese and fresh mushrooms :)
This post comes just in time! My husband and I were just talking about homemade dough but I am always hesitant about yeast. Thanks for the info. We usually order a ham, pineapple, and jalapeno!
If I get a take-out pizza, I love pepperoni, olives, and mushrooms. But at home, my favorite pizza to make is buffalo chicken with a sprinkling of blue cheese. Heaven.
It sounds kind of strange but my favorite pizza is a red sauce pizza with dollops of mashed potatoes and crispy bacon topped with mozz! It’s amazing. The best I’ve had is at Bar in New Haven, CT. I keep meaning to try to make it at home.
Your BBQ chicken pizza looks fabulous!