BBQ Chicken Pizza
Posted Aug 13, 2023, Updated Apr 14, 2024
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This is the best BBQ chicken pizza recipe! Pizza sauce and BBQ sauce are slathered onto homemade pizza dough, then topped with mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, BBQ chicken, red onion and cilantro.
I got my very first job when I was 14 working at a local pizza restaurant in the suburbs of Chicago. As a result, I am incredibly passionate about good pizza, and BBQ chicken pizza is my all-time favorite variety.
However, ordering BBQ chicken pizza from the shops here in Utah is incredibly disappointing and doesn’t compare at all to what I’m used to in Chicago.
So, I perfected this BBQ chicken pizza recipe (using my homemade pizza dough and homemade pizza sauce). It’s loaded with delicious toppings, BBQ sauce and a combination of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses.
BBQ Chicken Pizza: Ingredients & Substitutions
- Pizza dough. I suggest this homemade pizza dough, but store-bought works well too.
- Pizza Sauce. this is the best homemade pizza sauce! You can use store-bought, if desired.
- BBQ Sauce. Use your favorite sauce. I love this organic BBQ sauce.
- BBQ Chicken. Use either grilled BBQ chicken or shredded crockpot BBQ chicken.
- Red Onion. green onion, white onion and yellow onion all work well.
- Mozzarella/Cheddar cheese. The combination of mozzarella and sharp cheddar makes this pizza extra delicious. Feel free to use only mozzarella if you prefer.
- Optional: sometimes I add finely diced pineapple to the pizza!
How to Make BBQ Chicken Pizza
We have perfected our pizza-making methods, so I will share them with you in this post! Watch the video for further information and check out this post on how to make pizza!
Begin by putting a pizza stone in the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
Then, roll out the pizza dough into a 14” circle on a piece of parchment paper (for easy transfer to the pizza stone).
Then, spread the pizza sauce evenly over the dough.
Next, spread the barbecue sauce evenly over the pizza sauce.
Then, sprinkle 1 ¾ cups of mozzarella cheese and ¾ cups cheddar cheese over the sauce.
Evenly distribute the chicken, diced onion, and cilantro on top of the cheese.
Then add the remaining ¼ cup cheddar and ¼ cup mozzarella cheese on top of the toppings (this helps hold the pizza together).
Next, use a pizza peel to transfer barbecue chicken pizza on the parchment paper onto the baking stone in the oven.
Bake the bbq chicken pizza in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Use the pizza peel to remove the pizza from the oven and transfer it to a wire cooling rack to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Serve
Cut the pizza into 8 to 16 pieces and serve warm. I love dipping bbq chicken pizza in ranch dressing (so good).
I suggest serving this pizza with a salad like burrata salad or kale salad, along with additional pizza varieties like cheese pizza and pepperoni pizza.
Store/Freeze
Let the barbecue chicken pizza cool completely before storing in a single layer in an airtight container. It will last up to 1 week in the refrigerator. You can also freeze it for up to 1 month.
Reheat in the microwave or in the oven set to warm.
Barbecue Chicken Pizza Recipe FAQS
The classic toppings are BBQ chicken, red onion, cilantro and BBQ sauce. You can add pineapple, olives, different types of cheese, veggies like bell peppers and mushrooms etc.
Yes! Double the ingredients and make two pizzas!
Baking pizza on a pizza stone is the best way to get restaurant-quality pies. However, you can use a regular pizza pan (and preheat the pan in the oven while you assemble the pizza) and bake it on the lower rack of your oven.
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BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- Pizza Dough
- ¾ cup Pizza Sauce
- ¼ cup BBQ sauce
- ¾ cup BBQ chicken
- ½ cup red onoin finely diced
- 1 TBS chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Put a pizza stone in the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
- Roll out the pizza dough to a 14” circle on a piece of parchment paper (for easy transfer to the pizza stone).
- Spread pizza sauce, then barbecue sauce evenly over the dough.
- Sprinkle 1 ¾ cups of mozzarella cheese and ¾ cups cheddar cheese over the sauce.
- Evenly distribute the chicken and diced onion, and cilantro (if desired) on top of the cheese.
- Add the remaining ¼ cup cheddar and ¼ cup mozzarella cheese on top of the topping.
- Use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza on the parchment paper onto the baking stone in the oven.
- Bake the pizza in the preheated oven for 14-16 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- Use the pizza peel to remove the pizza from the oven and transfer it to a wire cooling rack to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Cut into pieces and serve warm.
Video
Notes
- Pizza dough. I suggest this homemade pizza dough, but store-bought works well too.
- Pizza Sauce. this is the best homemade pizza sauce! You can use store-bought, if desired.
- BBQ Sauce. Use your favorite sauce. I love this organic BBQ sauce.
- BBQ Chicken. Use either grilled BBQ chicken or shredded crockpot BBQ chicken.
- Red Onion. green onion, white onion and yellow onion all work well.
- Mozzarella/Cheddar cheese. The combination of mozzarella and sharp cheddar makes this pizza extra delicious. Feel free to use only mozzarella if you prefer.
- Optional: sometimes I add finely diced pineapple to the pizza!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
