BBQ Chicken Pizza is made with a fabulous homemade pizza crust, tender chicken, cheeses & your favorite BBQ sauce! This Homemade Pizza Recipe is the absolute best and is loaded with so many amazing flavors!
This homemade bbq chicken pizza is super easy to make but does require a little waiting time. But it is worth the wait for a delicious slice of this heavenly pizza, I promise! Easy, at home pizzas always taste better than delivery, and at a fraction of the cost too. What’s not to love?
The BEST BBQ Chicken Pizza
You are going to love everything about this simple and easy homemade pizza recipe. From the soft and chewy crust to the BBQ sauce and cilantro garnish on top. This pizza recipe has the right amount of everything to bring you back in for another bite. You can even customize this pizza to fit your tastes or cravings. Try it with some added bacon bits or pineapple for another added layer of depth and flavor.
BBQ Chicken Pizza Ingredients
For the crust, you will need:
-Flour: You will need 3 ½ cups of all-purpose flour for the base of the pizza dough.
-Water: Use 1 ½ cups of warm water to activate the yeast and get your dough to the right consistency.
-Oil: You will need to use 2 tablespoons of olive oil to help get the dough to stretch out nicely without leaving holes.
-Yeast: Use 2 ½ teaspoons of active dry yeast. This is about what you get out of one packet.
-Brown sugar: You will need 1 teaspoon of brown sugar to help activate and feed the yeast so that your dough rises properly.
-Salt: This is a natural flavor enhancer so adding in 1 teaspoon of salt will make your pizza crust taste even better.
For the toppings, you will need:
-Chicken: You will need about ½ pound of thin boneless skinless chicken. You can even use any leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken that you may have on hand.
-BBQ sauce: Use 1 ⅓ cups of your favorite barbecue sauce for the perfect balance on this pizza.
-Cheese: You will need 1 ½- 2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese for the top of the pizza. This is about what you would get from an 8-ounce bag if you buy it pre-shredded. I also like to use about ¼ cup Parmesan cheese as well.
-Onion: Use about ¼ of a red onion, thinly sliced, to add a on of delicious flavor and color to your pizza.
-Cilantro: This is for garnishing it at the end but you can swap it out for fresh parsley leaves if you don’t want to use cilantro.
How to make BBQ Chicken Pizza
Making the Crust
Start by dissolving your yeast and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Allow it to sit and rest for 10 minutes so that the yeast can bloom.
Then, stir in the oil and salt.
Next, mix in 2 ½ cups of flour until well combined.
Then, turn the dough out onto a clean and well-floured surface.
Knead the dough into the flour, gradually adding in a small amount of flour as necessary until the dough is no longer sticky.
After that, place the dough into a well-oiled bowl and cover the top with a cloth. Allow the dough to rest and rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.
Once the dough has set, punch down the dough and then form it into a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for about a minute before rolling it out into a pizza shape.
Prepare the toppings
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
Slice the chicken into small bite-sized strips and place them into a medium sized skillet preheated over medium-high heat. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the chicken begins to brown.
Then add ⅓ cup of your BBQ sauce of choice to the chicken. Cook for an additional 2 minutes or until the sauce is glazed onto the chicken and the chicken is fully cooked through.
Slice a ¼ of the onion into small pieces, set aside.
Make the pizza
On a parchment lined cookie sheet or on a pizza pan, roll out your dough into a circle.
Spoon 1 cup of your BBQ sauce over the top of the dough and spread it out, leaving about an inch of the crust uncovered around the edges.
Then, spread 1 cup of mozzarella cheese out over the top of the sauce.
Next, add the chicken & sliced red onions. Spread the chicken evenly over the pizza, along with the onions.
Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and if you have chosen to use parmesan cheese add that too.
Bake Pizza
Bake in the oven at 450 degrees F for 8-11 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the crust is a nice golden color.
Remove the pizza from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes.
If desired, sprinkle the cilantro over the top for garnish.
Cut into 8 equal sized slices and serve. Enjoy!
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 3 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 2 TBSP olive oil
- 2 ½ tsp active dry yeast or instant yeast!
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Toppings
- 3 cups diced cooked chicken divided
- 2 cups BBQ sauce divided
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese divided
- ½ cup red onion thinly sliced, divided
- Cilantro
Instructions
To Make the Pizza Dough
- Start by dissolving your yeast and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Allow it to sit and rest for 10 minutes so that the yeast can bloom.
- Then, stir in the oil and salt.
- Next, mix in 2 ½ cups of flour until well combined.
- Then, turn the dough out onto a clean and well-floured surface.
- Knead the dough into the flour, gradually adding in a small amount of flour as necessary until the dough is no longer sticky.
- After that, place the dough into a well-oiled bowl and cover the top with a cloth. Allow the dough to rest and rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.
- Once the dough has set, punch down the dough and then form it into a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for about a minute before rolling it out into a pizza shape.
BBQ Chicken Pizza Toppings
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
- Slice the chicken into small bite-sized strips and place them into a medium sized skillet preheated over medium-high heat. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the chicken begins to brown.
- Then add ⅓ cup of your BBQ sauce of choice to the chicken. Cook for an additional 2 minutes or until the sauce is glazed onto the chicken and the chicken is fully cooked through.
- Slice 1/4 of an onion into small pieces, set aside.
Assemble the pizza
- On a parchment lined cookie sheet or on a pizza pan, roll out your dough into a circle.
- Spoon 1 cup of your BBQ sauce over the top of the dough and spread it out, leaving about an inch of the crust uncovered around the edges.
- Then, spread 1 cup of mozzarella cheese out over the top of the sauce.
- Next, add the chicken & sliced red onions. Spread the chicken evenly over the pizza, along with the onions.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and if you have chosen to use parmesan cheese add that too.
Bake Pizza
- Bake in the oven at 450 degrees F for 8-11 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the crust is a nice golden color.
- Remove the pizza from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- If desired, sprinkle the cilantro over the top for garnish.
- Cut into 8 equal sized slices and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Can I use storebought pizza dough?
Yes, if you do not wish to make the pizza dough from scratch you can simply buy premade pizza crust from the deli section of your local grocery store. This will save you a lot of time and effort and still give you great tasting results. You can even use premade and baked crusts if desired.
What cheeses work well with homemade pizza?
I like to use shredded mozzarella cheese on my pizzas but even using gouda or provolone would work really well, so would any combination of the three! Yum!
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This homemade barbecue pizza recipe is an easy recipe to make and one you’ll want to make often. Made with a homemade crust, simple sauce, and topping, every slice tastes like a comforting bite of nostaligia.
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