You’ve swooned over the restaurant version, but now you can make one of these flavorful pizzas in your own kitchen with this irresistible, homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza recipe!
1cupBBQ saucedivided (more if you like saucy pizza)
1 ¼cupsdiced or shredded cooked chicken
3ouncessmoked gouda cheeseshredded
5ouncesshredded mozzarella cheese
⅓cupdiced red onion
3tablespoonschopped fresh cilantro
1tablespooncornmealfor pizza peel
Instructions
Preheat oven to 475 degrees. If using pizza stone, place in oven and allow to preheat for at least 20 minutes. If grilling pizza, place pizza stone on grill racks and preheat for 20 minutes on high heat.
Sprinkle cornmeal on pizza peel. Set aside.
Sprinkle work surface lightly with flour and roll dough to desired size. Gently move dough to prepared pizza peel.
Top dough with ½ of BBQ sauce. In a small bowl, toss chicken with remaining BBQ sauce and place on pizza dough. Divide cheeses evenly over chicken. Sprinkle red onion on top of cheeses.
Gently slide pizza onto preheated stone (it takes a few small shakes back and forth). Bake for 10-15 minutes or to desired degree of doneness.
Sprinkle with cilantro, cut into 8 wedges and serve warm.
Notes
Don't have a pizza stone or pizza peel? Use an upside down baking sheet instead. It's very important to preheat your pizza stone (or baking sheet) for at least 20 minutes before cooking the pizza. A blazing hot stone (or pan) helps the pizza cook evenly and gives it that nice crispy bottom we all love.